Her mobile phone vibrated for a few moments before it quietened down.
However, not long after, it began to vibrate again.
Summer thought that the trending news of Leonardo and her would have cooled down by now. Little did she expect that she would receive so many private messages.
She opened her message box, and before she even got into the messages, she already knew that there were going to be people berating her.
“Shameless…”
“Mistress!”
As good-tempered as Summer was, getting bashed early in the morning was still annoying.
She returned to the notification screen and clicked open the first notification;it was a new trending topic.
This time, the wording appeared familiar.
“#Summer Jarrett Mistress”
Summer frowned. Remembering that she was reheating the milk, she poured it out first. Only then did she sit down at the dining table to continue her read on Weibo.
The media dug up rumors of Leonardo and Amber’s engagement but with no proof that it was true;they called just Summer a h*ssy mistress.
It was a made-up accusation. Some people working in the media would do anything to achieve their aim of getting attention.
Summer browsed through the comments under the topmost post. Some comments were strongly opinionated while some were on the fence. However, most of them were still rational.
She casually glanced through them before she put her mobile phone aside.
It was not like they—the family of three—could enjoy their breakfast quietly every day. Therefore, Summer decided not to talk about it until after breakfast.
She got to her feet and set off to wake Leonardo as well as Rosie up.
Just as she reached the front of Leonardo’s room and was about to knock on the door, it was opened from the inside.
Summer’s hand froze midair for a few seconds before she waved at him.”Good morning.”
“Good morning.”There was no expression on Leonardo’s face. He then sidestepped her to go to the washroom.
So, Summer proceeded to wake Rosie up.
Rosie just needed to get changed, brush her teeth, and wash her face.
Leonardo only came out after Rosie and Summer had been sitting at the dining table for a while.
He did not look too well. He just glanced at Summer once when he emerged from the washroom.”I have to go now. Someone will come and collect Rosie later.”
He then took his jacket and left.
Summer got up and called out to him,”Leonardo!”
He did not look back as he went out through the door.
She caught up to him and stopped him.”Don’t you want to have breakfast first before you leave?”
Looking at him at close range, Summer realized that he appeared a lot more hideous than earlier.
He stood motionless at the doorway.”I have something to attend to.”
“As important as the thing is, you should have your breakfast first,”she said, bringing him back to the dining table.
Leonardo was initially adamant about not going back in. But when he looked back and saw Summer’s mobile phone on the dining table, he followed her back in.
It felt like she was seeing things, but Summer seemed to notice Leonardo looking at her mobile phone during breakfast.
Luckily, she did not have a habit of looking at her mobile phone after meals.
“Why are you staring at my mobile phone?”she asked as they finished their meal.
“Nothing. I’m leaving now.”He was leaving for real this time.
Summer only realized that she had not told Leonardo about the new trending topic after he left.
However, when she checked Weibo again,”#Summer Jarrett Mistress”was gone. Even the search results for the previous trending topic did not exist any longer.
No wonder Leonardo was staring at her mobile phone earlier. Could it be that he had discovered the trending topic and was worried about her reading it?
It had to be Leonardo’s work, considering how quickly the matter was dealt with.
He said he had something on and left in a hurry. Could that”something”be this case?
A smile formed on her face as she thought of it.
Rosie rested her head on the dining table and looked at Summer with her head tilted sideways.”Why are you smiling, Mommy?”
Summer patted her on the head.”Because something good has happened.”
“Oh.”Rosie nodded. Then she slid down from the chair and went off to play on her own.
Leonardo had told her that he would send someone to collect Rosie. Yet, that”someone”never came. She needed to go out right then, so she planned to drive Rosie back to Leonardo’s place.
After Summer got changed, Rosie looked at her in excitement.”Are we going somewhere?”
Summer sorted out Rosie’s bangs, then held her and walked toward the door.”I’m sending you back to Daddy’s place.”
“No!”Rosie shook her hand away and crossed her arms, not allowing Summer to hold her hand.
Rosie seldom threw a tantrum.”What’s wrong?”Summer asked cautiously.
Rosie pouted as she began to sulk.”You aren’t even there!”
Summer was in a quandary, and as she spoke, it sounded like her hands were tied.”Hasn’t Mommy been visiting you every day?”
After Summer coaxed her for a while, Rosie agreed to go back to Leonardo’s place. On her way home from dropping Rosie, she received a call from Jessica.
Jessica had outdoor shooting every day and usually had no time to call Summer during the day.
“You aren’t shooting now?”Summer asked.
“It’s raining, so we got a break.”Jessica sounded down.
“Yesterday, it was raining cats and dogs in Hoover City too, but today, it’s sunny.”Summer looked out of the window at the clear sky above.
“It’s been raining for several days here. My laundry just won’t dry, and the rainwater has leaked down through the roof and wet my remaining clothes. I almost have nothing left to wear…”Jessica moaned.
“Maybe it will be sunny in a few days.”
…
Since Jessica had grumbled about the wet weather on her side, Summer paid attention to the weather in Jessica’s location. Unfortunately, it seemed that the heavens were having a bad leak;it rained continuously in the subsequent days.
Summer called Jessica, who told her that she was still on her downtime except for a few scenes that were shot in the rain.
“Since you guys can’t carry on shooting, why hasn’t the production team given you a few days’break?”
“The director is a senior who’s very strict. He wants us, the main leads, to get to know each other more. There’s no holiday for us.”It sounded like Jessica would have to make do with her circumstances.
“I’ll visit you. Is there anything you want? I can bring it to you.”
Jessica immediately stopped her.”You want to come here in this weather? You better don’t…”
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll decide what to bring. All you need to do is wait for me.”
Summer was set on visiting Jessica.