Hearing five thousand dollars, Matthew Carter immediately perked up, but said, “I don’t do anything illegal.”
To go to jail for a mere five thousand dollars—the price is just too low.
“It’s a very simple job.” Angelina Jolie opened her handbag and took out a small DV camcorder. “Take this, go into the estate, film all the scenes of that bastard Jonny Lee Miller fooling around with women, then bring it back to me, and the five thousand dollars is yours.”
“What?” Matthew Carter widened his eyes and pointed at himself. “You want me to secretly film them?”
Then he realized something was off. “Why do you want to secretly film this stuff?”
Angelina Jolie looked at him and asked coldly, “Are you in or not?”
This kind of thing definitely carries risks, especially since Jonny Lee Miller is a rich man. Matthew Carter’s mind raced—why would Angelina Jolie want to do this? If he didn’t figure this out, he wouldn’t dare act recklessly; he could end up in jail!
He’d already tasted that feeling when trying to collect back wages before. In a country as wicked as America, it would surely be even scarier!
He looked at Angelina Jolie’s sharply defined square face, then at the estate not far away, and thought about the little information he had about Jolie. Suddenly, Matthew Carter thought of a possibility.
He immediately asked, “Is Jonny Lee Miller your... husband?”
Angelina Jolie didn’t deny it. This was almost common knowledge, wasn’t it? She thought he already knew.
“You want me to help you catch him cheating?”
Confirming that Jonny Lee Miller and Jolie were a couple, Matthew Carter suddenly understood. “Or are you planning to divorce him?”
Angelina Jolie looked at Matthew Carter with a bit of surprise. This guy’s mind worked fast.
“You don’t need to know.” Angelina Jolie placed the DV between the two seats again. “Are you in or not?”
Matthew Carter didn’t answer right away. Instead, he started thinking. This job was risky, but not impossible. Still, wasn’t five thousand dollars a bit too little? The person sitting next to him was Angelina Jolie—even if she didn’t yet have her future fame and fortune, she was already a pretty famous Hollywood star.
Hollywood... Hollywood...
The name kept circling in Matthew Carter’s mind. Suddenly, he said, “Why don’t you do it yourself?”
Angelina Jolie snorted. “If I walk up to the estate gate, the people inside will know I’m here.” Her face instantly darkened, and she said in a barely audible voice, “I want that bastard to pay!”
She had already hired a private detective, and a few days ago claimed she was going out of town to film “Taking Lives,” giving Jonny Lee Miller this opportunity. In reality, she’d had someone watching him closely the whole time. Unfortunately, the estate was surrounded by tall walls with electric fences, so the private detective couldn’t get in. It had taken a lot of effort to track down this Red Penguin company and contact the driver who handled high-end business, but that person suddenly quit to play the stock market. The new driver had never handled this kind of thing before...
Luckily, the private detective kept an eye on the place, and as soon as she got the news, she rushed over.
Divorcing Jonny Lee Miller was a must, but divorce involved a considerable amount of shared property. To make Jonny Lee Miller back down, she needed something substantial.
With her personality, only by handling everything herself could she get the satisfaction of taking revenge after being betrayed!
So, she didn’t have her bodyguard or agent handle it, but instead took care of it personally. Once she got what she wanted, she’d join forces with those around her to utterly ruin that bastard’s reputation!
If it were any other Hollywood star showing up here, Matthew Carter would definitely think they were crazy—who would be foolish enough to handle this kind of thing themselves? But with Angelina Jolie, he actually thought it was normal. Who didn’t know this woman was a madwoman when she was young? And it was obvious that Angelina Jolie was more and more like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
But he wasn’t afraid of the volcano’s fire. Instead, he felt a strange excitement, as if he was incredibly, incredibly lucky!
The previous guy had waited around in Los Angeles for months with nothing to do. He had just become a driver for a pimp company—no, a seasoned driver—delivering a few models to a high-profile client, only to find out that the client was actually Angelina Jolie’s husband, and now an enraged Jolie was coming after him...
This was really good luck! This was an opportunity!
Someone like Matthew Carter knew the importance of opportunity. In his mind, talent was nothing compared to the right chance.
Even though he was a bit of a fool, he knew to seize an opportunity.
Wasn’t Angelina Jolie just the perfect chance to break into Hollywood? But how could he grab it?
The sudden stroke of luck made Matthew Carter a little excited. After calming himself down, he said, “Alright! I’ll do it!”
With these five thousand dollars, he could rent a place to live, which meant he’d have a foothold in Los Angeles, and then he could start plotting his Hollywood career.