Reborn With a Money-Making System: Ruined Actress to Nation's Treasure-Chapter 164: The Sweetest Quest Ever

Marissa clearly still wanted to let out all of her anger, but the moment she heard me say we should just let it go, she finally forced herself to calm down.

"Don’t worry, Helcia," she told me gently. "You can get better movie offers in the future. Besides, you still have a working contract with Red Zone Production."

Red Zone Production wasn’t directly tied to the Brixton Holding Group, so it seemed like Kai didn’t have the authority to sabotage me in that company.

The lead actor was a jerk, but after what Kai did to me last night, now Samuel looked like a freaking saint.

"For now, it would be better if you don’t meet any of the Brixtons, at least until your first project is finished," Marissa said. "Listen, Helcia, you will be alright, so don’t be too sad—fuck, of course you’ll be sad! What kind of person wouldn’t be sad because of this shit!"

I laughed softly when Marissa tried to cheer me up. "I know. I know. I’ll try my best not to become depressed because of this." She continued, "But Marissa, I was also supposed to attend the last day of the script reading at Red Zone."

"I already talked to Mr. Langford about this. I told him you caught a severe flu, so if you came, you might infect the other actors," Marissa continued. "He said it’s fine if you can’t come. Your first script reading was good enough, but he wants you to send some acting videos from home. I’ll tell you which parts he wants to see later."

"Alright, then. I understand," I said. "Please don’t worry, Marissa. I won’t do anything bad after this."

Honestly, if Lando wasn’t beside me, I might have had the urge to jump off the second floor right now. But he kept trying to calm my mind, and he didn’t let go of my hand even once. Because of that, I felt so much better.

After we said goodbye, Marissa ended the call. I let out a rough sigh, feeling completely drained from the problems I faced and from the drug I took yesterday.

I thought my life would get better after I put Addison in jail, but it turned out I immediately got hit with something worse on the same day.

[Ding! Ding!]

What the hell was wrong with Penny today!

She clearly said that I could rest for the next six days, but now she kept throwing random quests at me like confetti!

[Random Quest!]

[Quest: Spend a Peaceful Day With Your Husband!]

[Reward: $400,000]

[Time Limit: 1 day.]

What?

I narrowed my eyes slightly. ’That’s it?’

Penny didn’t even give a specific explanation about what I needed to do with Lando to get that high reward!

[Penny knows you went through something very traumatic yesterday, so as our top-tier Host, Penny wants to give you something to make you feel better!]

[For today, you can do anything you want with your husband. As long as it makes you feel better, you will still get the reward at the end of the day!]

I fell silent for a moment, not knowing what to say because Penny was being too sweet to me.

’Thank you,’ I said in my head as I took a deep breath. ’It really means a lot to me, Penny.’

[Anything for you, my sweet Host!]

But the biggest question was... did Lando even want to spend the whole day chilling with me? He must be tired and also have a lot of work to do, right?

Well... maybe there’s no harm in asking.

"Husband, are you busy today?" I asked hesitantly. Before he could say anything, I added, "It’s just... I feel a bit under the weather today, and... I would appreciate it if you could stay with me."

He looked so tired because he had been taking care of me the whole day. That’s why I didn’t have high hopes for him to agree.

But to my surprise, he suddenly squeezed my hand and said firmly, "Alright, I’ll stay with you for the whole day." Lando then patted my head with his other hand. "But first... let me sleep for one or two hours."

I giggled, then pulled him down until we were lying on the bed. "I also still want to sleep." I smiled as he lay beside me. He didn’t look as tense as before, maybe the earlier conversation with Marissa helped his little brother go back to sleep.

"Don’t you want to go back to your bedroom?" Lando asked. "I can lend you my wheelchair."

I scooted closer to him. "Are you kicking me out?"

"No... I’m just giving you options." Lando wrapped his arm around my waist. "If you don’t mind, you can stay here a little longer."

Honestly, I also didn’t understand why Lando brought me to his bedroom last night, but I assumed he was probably just too panicked and took me somewhere familiar to him.

But... the person who carried me wasn’t Lando, right? So it didn’t really make sense for that person to bring me here.

Or maybe... Lando instructed him to bring me here. Ah, whatever. As long as he kept me safe, I didn’t really care where he wanted to take me.

"Then I’ll sleep here, and we can have breakfast together after this," I said with a smile.

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The sleep that was supposed to last only one or two hours ended up turning into six hours. Honestly, it made sense for Lando to sleep for six hours because he barely slept last night, but what about me?!

I slept the whole night and still overslept today!

But at least, when I woke up after that long sleep, my body no longer felt stiff or trembling like before. I could even stand up straight again.

"I’m going to take a shower first, then we can have lunch together!" I said happily.

I stretched my arms upward as soon as I got out of the bed. All the exhaustion that had been weighing me down was gone after sleeping while holding my husband in my arms.

Lando also looked much better, though he looked a little too adorable with his messy hair and the way he rubbed his slightly red eyes.

"Okay," he replied.

I almost had a heart attack because his voice was so deep it nearly made my legs weak.

Dear lord, my husband was too hot for his own good!

If I had a snake between my legs, it would’ve jumped awake by now. Luckily, I was born a woman, so no one would notice if I got horny out of nowhere.

"Take your time," he said again, still with that dangerously deep voice. "I’ll wait for you in the dining room."

God, he needed to stop talking before my legs folded like wet paper!

"I-I understand!" I hurried out of his bed before my brain could be completely taken over by lust. The side effects of the drug Kai gave me last night must still be messing with me!

Yeah, that sounded like the safest excuse!

[Penny thinks it’s just you, Host.] 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

[No one will judge you for getting horny over your own husband!]

"Shut up, don’t say embarrassing things in my head," I blurted out by accident, making a few maids nearby glance at me with confused faces.

Actually, the maids had already been staring at me strangely ever since I walked out of Lando’s bedroom. Well, who could blame them? My hair was a mess, and I looked exhausted, like Lando had taken me to poundtown the entire night.

Still, some of the maids must have seen Lando carrying me home while I was completely drunk. And since he said only Henry knew my real condition, the rest of them must honestly think we had drunk sex.

But how would that even work?

Lando couldn’t move his legs freely, so if we really did have drunk sex, I would’ve been the one moving on top of him.

Oh, what the hell was wrong with me?! Why did I have to think about something so embarrassing?

But honestly, I didn’t mind if I had to do the job for him. The fact that his pillar could still stand was already more than enough for me.

I slapped my cheeks a few times to wake myself up from such lewd thoughts. Then I quickly walked to my room and took a relaxing bath.

When the clock hit one, I finally walked to the dining room and saw Lando already sitting there. He seemed to have cleaned himself and changed his clothes, because now he looked like a proper young master again.

"Come, sit here." Lando patted the empty seat beside him. "The cooks have prepared something delicious for you."

I walked over and took the seat next to him, still feeling a little shy after everything that happened earlier. But the warm smile on Lando’s face made me relax almost instantly.

"Do you feel better now?" Lando asked gently as he poured me a glass of warm tea.