Chapter 27: Regina's first music album

The day Regina's album was released, she was nervous at home and patiently waiting. For more than a month, she worked hard together with the company's staff to complete the first album full of enthusiasm. The songs on her album do not follow the general market trend but have a very unique musical style.

At first, Regina was a little hesitant to choose these songs for the album. Mr. Otis preferred songs that were catchy and easy to listen to, but Regina felt that such songs were not really to her liking. Anyway, she wants her debut album to be really good.

When the album was released, people's reactions were quite superficial at first. Regina had expected this, but she still couldn't help but feel disappointed.

As she sat on the sofa looking at her phone, Darryl approached. The song on her phone rang, and Darryl immediately recognized her voice.

"Is your album out yet?"

Hearing Darryl's voice, Regina was slightly startled. She didn't expect Darryl to care about such a trivial matter of hers.

"Um." She awkwardly replied.

To describe their current relationship, Regina could describe it in one word: Weird. Even though they lived in the same house, Regina always felt awkward when they were near each other. Darryl is no longer aggressive towards her, possibly because he is too busy with work and often not at home. In addition, recently, Regina has also put all her mind into perfecting her first album, so she has avoided conflict with Darryl.

It was the first time in more than a month that they sat next to each other and talked about such a simple topic.

"Then why do you look unhappy?"

"Ah, the album hasn't been well received by everyone so I'm a bit disappointed. But that's okay, such a start is a success for an unknown singer like me. I don't feel like there's anything to be discouraged about."

Regina forced a smile, lifting herself up. She felt uncomfortable being with Darryl, so she made an excuse and left. Darryl frowned slightly, took out his phone and dialed.

"Oh my god, good morning sir." Mr. Otis' voice reverberated with his usual flattering smile.

"My wife is not happy today."

"Unhappy?" Mr. Otis was confused. Today is clearly the day of Regina Lynne's album release, she should be the happiest of all. When he opened the chart for the number of listens to Regina's songs, Mr. Otis immediately realized the reason. "Sir, maybe it's because the album just came out that not many people listen to it, if you wait a few more weeks..."

Before Mr. Otis could finish his sentence, Darryl's clear voice spoke and interrupted him.

"Wait? I'm giving you the problem so you can think of a solution, not for you to ask me to wait. If you feel you can't solve this little problem, you don't need to take my money."

"Wait... wait, sir. You can rest assured and entrust this to me. I guarantee it will be completed today."

...

Tonight, Regina was invited to a party to celebrate her debut album. Regina originally didn't want to participate, but Myrna was the one who organized it, and she deliberately invited many guests to attend as if she wanted to show off Regina's first achievement. For that reason, Regina couldn't help but attend.

The party was held in the biggest bar in the city, a place where ordinary people could not easily enter. Only those who are really rich or have great power can come here, of course, some people with special tickets can also participate. This bar has a large lounge for people to meet and dance to live music. In addition, this bar also has a floor dedicated to organizing parties. There are only about 20 rooms for parties, so it is really difficult to book a room here, Regina heard that someone who booked a few months in advance still could not.

Regina did not understand how Myrna managed to book such a luxurious room to host Regina's party.

When Regina arrived, she was guided by a dedicated waiter to the party venue.

"Maam, please hold the issued magnetic card and press the touch panel of the door with the number corresponding to your card."

After giving instructions, the male employee of the bar respectfully left. Regina looked confusedly at the magnetic card in her hand and went to find her party room. This was the first time she saw how complicated it was to find a party room. Perhaps for safety and security reasons for upper-class customers, this bar has devised a way to use magnetic cards to open the door.

"1106...1107..." Regina looked at the number while muttering.

At this moment, the door of room 1107 suddenly opened, and a man staggered out. There was a strong smell of alcohol on his body, his clothes were ragged and untidy, and his face was lethargic, as if he had been very drunk.

"Fuck, I don't know who that bastard is. Tell him to come meet me." The drunk man slurred, his eyes red and scary looking.

"Sir, please calm down. You can't just make a mess here."

A waitress ran out right behind her, she desperately wanted to hold the drunk man's arm, but her strength was not enough. Taking advantage before he did something terrible, the female employee quickly informed the radio to notify the bar manager.

"I told that bastard, if you're good, meet me. Fuck, is he hiding?" The drunk man roared and pushed the petite employee to the ground. At this moment, he saw Regina, the expression on his face changed for a moment. "Wow, why suddenly meet a beauty here? Come and have a drink with me baby, you and I will have fun together."

The man's hand grabbed Regina's arm, then he casually wrapped Regina's waist and pulled her into his lap. Regina panicked, the smell of alcohol wafting from the man's mouth into her face disgusted her.

"I don't want, mind you let me go." Regina struggled, the first time she encountered such a crazy situation as she had to remain calm on the surface.

"Like it or not, it's not up to you to decide."

Seeing that the man was about to forcefully carry her into his party room, Regina was really scared, she almost used all her strength to kick him in the stomach and then give him a strong slap.

The man was drunk so his movements were not as flexible as usual, a strong slap from Regina made him stagger and fall to the ground. This was an insult to him, he angrily cursed and grabbed the empty wine bottle that was rolling on the ground and hit Regina on the head.

Regina knew she was basically not agile enough to dodge, so she reflexively raised her hand to clutch her head and closed her eyes.

However, the pain did not come as expected.

There was a loud sound, Regina could hear the shards of glass falling to the ground along with the female employee's scream.

When Regina opened her eyes, in front of her was a tall back, the man standing in front of her and blocking the beer bottle from the drunk.

"I heard you were looking for me." Darryl Rider coldly looked at the drunk. "You shouldn't mess around in the hallway, it'll disturb my guests. It's better that you and I go into the room to talk."

"Okay." The drunken man paid no attention to Regina anymore, only giving her a sharp glare. The purpose he came here to find Darryl Rider, so he didn't care too much about the others.

Seeing Darryl Rider and the drunk enter the room, Regina let out a breath. It's not clear why Darryl Rider happened to be in this place, but Regina feels lucky that he's here. At this moment, she noticed the female employee who was quickly cleaning up the broken wine bottles on the ground. The red drops of blood that met Regina's eyes made her dumbfounded.

"Are you hurt?" Regina asked the female employee.

"Not me, ma'am." The female employee respectfully replied.

Regina looked at the splatters of red blood and was startled to realize that when Darryl held the bottle for her, he was using his bare hands. So the one injured was Darryl. Regina frowned as she looked at room 1107, shook her head, then walked away. But after taking a few steps, she couldn't help but turn around.

"If you don't mind, give this to Darryl Rider later." Regina handed the female employee a few bandages in her bag, then decisively left.