“I know that it was my bad in the past.” Fredric held her hand. “Trinity, you have bloopers and retakes in filming. If the actor isn’t in a good state, they get lots of retakes… Can you let me have a retake too?“I promise, just this once,” Fredric said seriously with a smile. “It’ll be one-take from now on. I’ll be your best male lead!”Trinity fell in a daze as a tear fell, but her smile came back. She pressed a kiss on Fredric’s forehead, and both of them smiled at each other, their eyes shining with happiness.“Okay,” she replied softly. “You’re the only male lead in my script from now on. But you have to listen to the director and can’t change up the storyline yourself, okay?”Fredric grinned. “Whatever Director Trinity says!”…At night, Cordelia lay by Zephyr’s side as she recalled what had happened recently.It had actually only been two weeks since they found out that Fredric had gotten hurt and gone missing to him being saved out of the critical state, but it felt so l
Cordelia and Zephyr rushed to the venue where the new launching would be held despite the night.The event would be held the following day, but the staff had discovered that over ten haute couture dresses had varying degrees of damage to them when they ran the regular check tonight. The holes were not too big, but they affected the appearance, and the garments could barely be used.One would need to glance at the clothes and know that they had been intentionally ruined.Cordelia was calm and carefully went through each piece of clothing before she asked, “Weren’t these clothes delivered three days in advance? Didn’t you all check them properly, then?”“They were sent by the head designer of each brand personally, and the vehicles they came in were bulletproof. Our people checked them in detail when they arrived, and there was no issue!”Zephyr scowled and sent someone to retrieve the surveillance recording.“Cordelia, stay calm,” he told her with an arm around her. “This venue ha
Trinity was shocked and quickly put a hand around Cordelia. “Don’t get too excited. Careful of the baby!”Cordelia beamed and returned to the meeting room to discuss the design changes with the designers.The area of damage on the skirts was not big. Some alteration and the blend of cultural elements might produce an unexpected result.The designers agreed, and their eyes lit up with wonder when the design was completed.The elegance and enigma of cultural elements made the dresses stand out even more.“The draft looks great!” said one of the designers. “But it might be difficult to execute it.”The meeting room went silent.The other designers nodded in agreement.“Yeah, all our dresses are hand-sewn. This part is no exception.”“To embroider in cultural elements here, the idea is great, but we don’t know how to. Will it be in time if we learn now?”Cordelia’s brows locked in place.The area of damage had to be embroidered and sewn. The added pattern had to blend in with th
“You’ve got some guts to be roaming the streets like this, huh? Do you know you’re like a big juicy steak to those people? They could rip even your underwear off you with your outfit!”Neil paused and could not help chuckling.“Is it so serious?”Aurelia looked dead serious. “Isn’t Fredric’s encounter enough for you to keep your guard up?”“But it was nighttime when that happened to him—”“Uncle.” The girl crossed her arms in front of herself. “Nobody cares if it’s day or night when they commit crimes on this street!”“What!?” Neil was in disbelief.He was not shocked about the crimes, but the term of address she had chosen—“uncle”!Uncle!?What did she address Fredric? Fredric!What? Did he look so old to her that she had to call him uncle?Neil’s gaze darkened significantly as he tightened his fists.Aurelia observed his expression carefully and noted that he seemed upset. True, it would be weird if he was happy when an affluent man like him was in the slums!She scratch
Cordelia stood outside the hotel room, worried about what was happening inside.This was Neil’s VIP suite, and Aurelia had been inside for two days.Neil had not entered the bedroom these two days and would only move around in the living room. The bedroom door was tightly shut—he had locked Aurelia inside.He had bodyguards guarding the door and would go out leisurely every day. If he was free, he would sit on the couch in the living room and prop his long legs on the table, swishing a glass of wine. His eyes would be on the bedroom door as he wore a triumphant smile.Cordelia heard from the bodyguards that Neil had only said two things the day he caught Aurelia back.The first sentence was: “Get in!”He then tossed all the dresses and design drafts to her and said the second sentence: “Don’t think about eating if you don’t finish embroidering them!”Cordelia chuckled. Of course, she knew Neil would not starve Aurelia, but she was curious why he was this angry. He was quite comp
Aurelia frowned. She wanted to open her eyes but was reluctant to do so.Neil’s handsome face was scrunched up in worry, and he would pat her face seeing she did not react.However, the doctor stopped him. “Sir, she’s simply too tired and needs rest. Let her sleep well, and she’ll be fine when she wakes up.”“Sleep? She’s been asleep for 12 hours!” Neil checked his watch anxiously. “She won’t lose her mind from too much sleep, will she?”The doctor chuckled dryly and turned to leave.Neil vented his anger at the bodyguards at the door.“Why are you all standing here? Don’t you know to get another doctor!?”“Mr. Harris, well…” The bodyguards were rendered speechless too.That doctor was already the fifth one, and each one had said the same thing.Aurelia had not slept or rested for two full days. Of course, she needed sufficient sleep.It was something so normal, but why was Neil so nervous?For self-preservation, though, the bodyguards pretended to go off to get another doct
Neil was stunned. He thought Aurelia would ask for something big. It turned out she only wanted to eat something good.The streets filled with criminals came to mind. The filthy and small basement, the nomads who were dancing and singing at the square… He had never thought there were people who would live like that in the world.They strived to live.He felt terrible. He lifted his eyes softly and looked into Aurelia’s eyes which were filled with excitement.He stretched his arm to pat her head and squeezed out a word. “Sure.”Aurelia was over the moon. She was going to eat after having a good sleep. Life was so good!Soon, someone sent the food to the room. It was cooked by the top chef of the hotel. This meal was even better than the ones she had had throughout the two days she had been working.Aurelia could not hold back, and her eyes lit up. When she picked up the cutlery to dig in, she suddenly stopped.She got off the bed carefully and made the bed. She then brought food
Zephyr asked Neil to stay with him. Neil pretended to be shy but instantly brought his bags and moved into the villa.The two men were sitting on the carpet, drinking, while Cordelia was on the couch listening to prenatal music.It was Tchaikovsky’s symphony that was playing on the vinyl player. The grand music was elegant and lively.However, Neil was frowning. He was thinking about the square.The nomads did not have proper musical instruments. They could not play symphonies. However, the tambourine and guitar turned the big square into a party. It was eye-opening.He wondered what the girl would look like when she danced in a dress.Her voice was like a nightingale—she could definitely sing well.Then men would surround her…Neil felt a squeeze in his heart. He pinched the wine glass until his joints paled.“What are you doing?” Zephyr reminded him. “It’s your turn to play!”Neil saw his mocking smile when he snapped back to his senses. He did not have to play, and he wa