As her voice trailed off, she could clearly see Leonardo was transfixed for a second.
“Why ask?” He only spoke after a while, his voice natural, not a single pitch was out of place.
She stuffed a mouthful of rice in her mouth, looking silently at Leonardo. Unaffected by her stare, he even fetched her more food.
“I heard that people who work in the entertainment industry would develop better sense; they would know if paparazzi follow them. If they are being secretly photographed, they would know. So most photographs are not that clear and sharp.”
A smart man like Leonardo definitely knew what she was talking about. He nodded. “It’s possible.”
Summer looked down as she ate her breakfast, her mind drifting else.
She had wanted to draw his attention to the secret photography of Adams and her, and their photos going viral on the internet.
But Leonardo pretended not to know what she wanted to say.
Recalling what she had been suspecting all this time, it seemed that things had become so complicated. She did not know what to make of it.
When she got involved in the trending topic, she asked Leonardo, who told her he had not found out who did that.
She suspected that he had found it but just would not want to tell her.
She even suspected that except for the first trending topic incident, which was an accident, the subsequent two counts could be the work of Adams.
This conjecture might sound a little ridiculous. But she could not think of any other person whose identity Leonardo was so scrupulous and hesitant to reveal.
Not forgetting that when the second trending topic incident happened and no one could contact Adams, Leonardo had posted a lengthy PR piece about Adams and Tip Top Entertainment in Weibo.
Now it seemed that the lengthy PR post was not only a PR gimmick but also something Leonardo had wanted Adams to read. It looked more like he was giving Adams a chance to explain himself and to bury the hatchet.
Of course, it was just her speculation, which could only hold water if Adams was the ultimate person behind all this.
Perhaps he wondered why Summer had been silent for so long, Leonardo glanced up at her. “Don’t think too much. I will take care of it if there is anything.”
Twitching her mouth, she said, “Don’t expect you can take care of everything. You can share the problem with me. Who knows, I might be of help?”
Their eyes met. Summer’s eyes were so bright and clear that Leonardo looked away after a few seconds. It seemed he was afraid that she could read his mind.
Summer let out a sigh; Leonardo still did not want to talk about Adams.
He was avoiding her. But this further reinforced her suspicion.
She could be right. Adams and Leonardo were brothers of over twenty years, while her marriage with Leonardo was only a brief moment in comparison.
This would explain many things, though it was depressing to her.
…
Leonardo said nothing, but she could sense that his mind was not with her.
Even an ‘outsider’ like her could not make sense of what Adams was doing. Let alone Leonardo.
Both of them were taking a day off and staying at home today.
But there were few words between them.
The trending topic of Summer and Adams fell out of the chart quickly.
People were speculating who Summer really was.
No one had ever mentioned XN, the founder of Tip Top Entertainment. So it did not affect Summer much now.
Instead, people were accusing Adams of seeking publicity because his new movie was coming soon.
But as soon as this accusation surfaced, Adams’s fans came out to defend him in full force.
“Adams is seeking publicity? Ridiculous!”
“Every new movie of Adams’s has grossed over 100 million dollars on its first day.”
“Ignorance is holding back your imagination…”
Summer was not worried about it, because Leonardo said he would take care of everything.
But things always go wrong when one thinks it is the safest.
…
As soon as Summer arrived at the office early in the morning, she heard everyone quietly talking about Adams.
“Adams has been on the trending topic very often.”
“I wonder why. With his fame and status, he doesn’t have to create hype or seek publicity now. Someone sinister must be behind this.”
“Someone on Weibo yesterday claimed to know who the woman was dining with Adams.”
“Really? Adams should be still single, and his schedule is always tightly packed.”
“His schedule for this year isn’t that tight anymore…”
Upon hearing this, Summer went online and saw the Weibo post they were discussing.
The post “Adams’s secret girlfriend” was topping the trending topics.
“Stop guessing. I know who the woman was dining with Adams. I will see you all at 8 p. m. Friday.”
The poster ID was written in English, but this person had hundreds of thousands of followers and frequently exposed the privacy of celebrities.
Relatively speaking, it was more trustworthy. The post was only a few short sentences, yet creating enough suspense.
People were waiting for him to reveal the answer on Friday, tomorrow.
But it did not really worry her. She had Leonardo as her support.
She refreshed the page and saw a new post from this same poster.
“Since everyone is curious. I will give you all some hints: graduate from the top film academy in the country, an entertainment industry insider but not an actress, currently working in a major company in the industry.”
It sounded just a general statement to others, but Summer was a little flustered because she had identified herself with the statement.
She graduated from Hoover Film Academy, which was the top film academy in the country. She was working in Tip Top as a screenwriter, a non-actress. All these matched what the Weibo post said.
Going into the pantry, she called Leonardo. There was no answer.
She took a deep breath and came back to the office space.
The thought was giving her the heebie-jeebies, and Leonardo did not return her call.
After work, she bumped into Adams again. If he was truly the person who orchestrated the last two trending topic incidents…
What he did really stuck in her throat. She was dragged into this and became a trendy topic of discussion.
In the end, it would be Leonardo who had to clean up the mess.
In this case, Adams’s motive was plain to see. He was using her to go against Leonardo.
Adams walked in her direction with no assistant or manager beside him.
Summer went up to him and blocked his way.
“Elder Brother, have you been busy lately?”
Adams noticed the unfriendly look in her eyes and was a little startled. But he kept calm and smiled. “Yeah,” he replied.