Jane’s face grew more serious and even a bit stiff as she listened, but she didn’t blame Patrick. She knew it wasn’t his fault that they had to go through all this trouble today because of Michelle.
But thinking about it made Jane sigh, “I really didn’t expect Michelle to be like this… But it’s over now, don’t worry. She shouldn’t cause any more trouble. Otherwise we can tell Duckstein. He definitely wouldn’t want his daughter to be that kind of person.”
Patrick looked at Jane and instinctively hugged her tightly. Only when he was with her did he feel truly real.
Speaking of Michelle, Patrick felt a little inexplicably annoyed again. He was probably blinded by responsibility today and ignored everything else.
“I didn’t expect… looking at her, she seemed like such a quiet girl. I really don’t know what Duckstein would think if he knew Michelle was like this. How did I fall into the trap today? Tsk!”
The man sighed with regret and annoyance on his face.
Jane just laughed lightly and leaned against Patrick’s shoulder to comfort him slowly, “Okay okay don’t be angry anymore! You’re back now anyway, and you can’t blame yourself for what happened with Michelle after all – she is still European royalty after all; even a princess could use such despicable means in the end.”
Jane smiled mischievously as she gently pinched Patrick’s nose, “It’s just because your charm is too great that you attract so many admirers.”
In this relaxed atmosphere, Patrick’s earlier regrets quickly dissipated. “This just proves your good judgment. Besides, even if I attract a lot of attention, I still only have eyes for you.”
With laughter and banter, the awkward atmosphere between them finally vanished. Jane had spent the evening with him, and now, nearing dawn, the long-suppressed fatigue suddenly surged. The two returned to the bedroom and embraced each other as they fell asleep.
…
On the set of “My Youth, My Choice.”
“Maria, come a little closer. You two are too far apart.”
The cinematographer looked up, directing Maria and Osborn’s poses.
Maria listened and took a small step towards Osborn, but it didn’t seem to have the desired effect. Observing this, the cinematographer’s expression turned slightly displeased, and he approached to adjust their positions.
“You two are playing a couple in the drama, not just good friends. Get a bit closer.”
Pushing Maria towards Osborn, the photographer touched his chin, seeming to be unsatisfied with something.
Thinking this way, the photographer directly grabbed Osborn’s hand and held Maria’s. Both of them were stunned and wanted to pull their hands back at the same time, but the photographer clapped his hands fiercely.
“Yes! That’s it! Don’t move! Keep your pose and expression!” He ran back behind the camera again, looking for various beautiful angles for shooting.
Maria quietly pursed her lips and looked elsewhere, but all her attention was on their joined hands. If people didn’t observe carefully from the front view, they might not even notice they were holding hands from behind.
Suddenly Maria thought that working together like this was pretty good. Some things that she couldn’t achieve in reality could come true in a script after all.
However, just as Maria was thinking this way, the voice of the photographer came again, “What’s wrong with you Osborn? Why is your smile so bitter? Someone who doesn’t know would think someone is forcing you!”
“Sorry.” Osborn laughed dryly. This kind of reaction made Maria realize something was wrong. And today he had been called to a stop by photographers many times already.
“Forget it; let’s take a break first and continue later.” The photographer didn’t force him when he saw what happened; instead he signaled everyone to move around after checking his watch.
Just as Maria raised her head to look at Osborn again, she found out that he had already walked away from beside her.
He sat quietly on a resting chair staring blankly at his phone without even hearing what his agent next to him said.
Watching him like this made a sense of relief rise up inside of Maria since only one person could make Osborn feel so lost like this.
But soon enough bitterness occupied her chest since she herself felt lost for someone else too now.
Fortunately today they were only taking makeup photos and short films which wasn’t much work; they finished around noon time already.
After finishing work, Maria turned around wanting to find where Osborn went but found out that he had left earlier than everyone else did.
Just as Maria was feeling dazed, someone tapped on her shoulder, “What are you looking at? Your Dr. Ragsdill?” The agent smiled while looking at Maria.
“Ah, nothing,” Maria shook off her shoulders and lowered her head to pack up her things. The agent helplessly shook her head while hugging Maria with both arms, “Go quickly, don’t keep him waiting. You’ve been distracted all day, are you forgetting about your career now that you’re in love?”
“Where to? Do we have a dinner party today?” Maria didn’t react at first, but she felt like she had forgotten something.
“I see Dr. Ragsdill has been waiting for you in the parking lot for a while now. Don’t tell me you didn’t know?” The agent looked at Maria suspiciously, as if it was unbelievable.
“Honest to God, I haven’t worked you non-stop!”
Maria slapped her forehead and remembered her date with Kim this afternoon.
She ran to the parking lot as fast as possible and saw Kim leaning against his car with his eyes fixed on the exit. When he saw Maria coming out, he walked towards her.
Maria was running in high heels and wanted to stop but couldn’t stand still and fell into Kim’s arms. Her nose hit his chest and it hurt so much that she groaned softly.
“Slow down.” Kim reached out helplessly wanting to rub Maria’s nose but she stood up straight herself holding her face.
“You waited for a long time didn’t you? Sorry I forgot about our date this afternoon.” Maria looked apologetic towards Kim.
“It’s okay. Was today’s shoot smooth sailing?” Kim shook his head and opened the car door for Maria.
“It went well…”
Maria blinked but couldn’t help thinking of Osborn’s face in her mind.
When she turned around, however, she found that Kim’s face was close by.
Without thinking much about it since they were already dating each other, she puckered up slightly before turning away, “No!”
“What did you say?” Kim seemed surprised by what just happened.
Maria was speechless; they were boyfriend-girlfriend now so there shouldn’t be any issues like this anymore.
Thinking of this, Maria pursed her lips together then leaned over carefully closing her eyes gently against his cheek.