In this era, gay celebrities were not an uncommon phenomenon. In fact, many celebrities preferred the same gender to the opposite gender, whether they were coming out of the closet or staying hidden in the closet for various reasons. In this country, more celebrities dared to appear openly than in other countries, especially in Eastern countries. Gay people were often seen together in public places as well. They could even freely hold hands or even kiss without feeling worried about being judged as abnormal. Therefore, it was not uncommon for a celebrity to turn out to be gay, but Jessica still warned Noah about the consequences if the public ended up finding out about Tyler's true sexuality. Maybe it wouldn't be a problem if the public only found out that Tyler was gay, but what would happen if they found out that he was also the third person in a two-person relationship? 'It's not like I care about him, but I just don't want to be dragged down if something bad happens in the futu
Jessica had loved photography since she was in high school. Initially, it was because her father gave her a camera as a gift on her seventeenth birthday. For some reason, she felt very interested in cameras, and she really wanted to learn everything about cameras. In fact, she not only learned about the device, but she also learned about photography techniques. For starters, she made her classmates her models, and the shooting location was only inside the school. Sometimes, she also used her teachers as her models, and they were quite happy with that. She also took part in several photography competitions while she was a student, and she won prizes several times. This motivated her even more, and she even started buying a professional camera and several books on photography using the prize money. At that time, her parents supported her choice, even allowing her to pursue her dreams by continuing to study photography. That happened many years ago, but the feeling of joy in her heart
"It's finally over!" Tyler looked so relieved as he lay down on the bed. He had just finished showering, and even his black hair was still soaking wet from the water. “Don't just lie down like that without drying your hair, Tyle. You'll get sick," Noah said patiently to the younger man while gently pulling the man's hand to get him up from his lying position. Tyler looked lazy, but he got up anyway. In his hand was a small towel, and Noah used it to dry Tyler's wet hair. “Your wife is not bad, Noh," Tyler's body remained still as he let his boyfriend help him dry his hair, but his mouth refused to stay still as he struck up a conversation with the older man. "I've seen the results of today's photo shoot, and I have to admit that she takes great photos," he continued as he slowly closed his eyes when he felt comfortable on his head because of his boyfriend's touch. "She is very passionate about her work," Noah calmly answered. “Even if she has to work with her rival, she still doe
"What are you doing here?" Closing the door behind him, Noah asked his wife. It was true that Jessica knocked on the door before her husband answered, and it was like Noah's silent decision when he closed the door behind him instead of inviting her into the room. The brown-haired man wanted to talk to her outside instead of letting her inside when Tyler was also in the room. Jessica received the question, but instead of answering it immediately, she stretched out her hand holding a piece of paper, and even though Noah looked confused, he finally accepted it. "You asked for a copy of our agreement, and that's the copy," Jessica finally answered, withdrawing her hand. The piece of paper was now in Noah's hand, and his eyes scanned it and found that it was indeed the copy of the agreement they signed last night. "Don't let anyone find out about the agreement, so it's best to keep it in a safe place," Jessica spoke again when her husband didn't immediately reply. "Understood," Noah
Maybe this time Noah needed to thank Jessica. It was the blonde woman who saved him from Lisa's suspicions by saying that the curly-haired woman watched too many dramas and had a good imagination, and the blonde-haired woman then asked her colleague to go to the restaurant first without waiting for them. Of course, Lisa didn't look happy with her words, and she even pouted at her. However, it seemed that Lisa had no room to argue, and that was why she could only sadly carry her feet towards the elevator before entering the silver object. The object caused her to disappear from Jessica and Noah's sight, and both of them simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed like this time they were in perfect harmony, and they even looked at each other in surprise. In the past, Jessica would blush every time something like this happened, but this time, her expression remained calm. "You can go back to your boyfriend's room to put the paper in a safe place, and you can also invite your
A week had passed, and they had finally finished the photo shoot. In the past week, nothing bad happened during their work at Fort Tilden, and Jessica was quite satisfied with the results of the activity.Her coworkers considered the business trip to Fort Tilden as a small holiday, and that was why they seemed happy to share the stories that happened during the trip with their other colleagues in the company. Jessica could only shake her head watching the cheerful atmosphere in her workplace.But she didn't plan to join in the fun. For her, the trip to Fort Tilden was purely business, and other than the discomfort she felt during the trip, she didn't feel anything else. 'If I could, I would erase all the memories that happened during that trip,' she lamented to herself, and her expression looked bitter because she knew that humans did not have a delete button in their lives.Her mood wasn't as bright as her coworkers, and that was the reason why she chose to stay in her cubicle while
As fast as lightning, Jessica's hand moved to grab the pen on the table before using it to hit Tammy on the forehead. "That hurts! Why did you hit me, sis?” Tammy almost screamed when she felt the pain on her forehead, and her hand immediately moved to rub the sting on her forehead and also to protect herself in case there was another attack from the older woman. However, the older woman didn't seem to be planning any more attacks, and she just glared at the short-haired woman while replying, “If I don't hit you, then I'll sew your lips together so you won't be able to talk nonsense again! Ah! I should have done that a long time ago because your mouth never says anything nice!” The hand that was previously on her forehead immediately moved toward her lips right after Jessica finished speaking. Of course, Tammy didn't want her lips sewn shut by the older woman, she even shook her head as if begging for mercy. Jessica just sighed heavily without responding to the younger woman verbal
Jessica thought she would only meet Noah again during the presentation in front of the Button Boss people, but it turned out that was not the occasion when she met the man again after the last time she saw him in Rockaway. Just a week after they returned from Rockaway, Jessica received a call from her father, inviting her home for dinner. Dinner sounded simple, but it was actually not simple because her father asked her to come with her husband. In the past, such a request was not a big problem for her, but this time she felt reluctant because she had to see her husband again. They also needed to pretend as if they came from the same place, and that was why they were in the car together before the car stopped in front of the two-story house. In contrast to Jessica, who didn't like cooking at all, her mother really liked cooking, and that explained how her dining table was full of various kinds of food. With warm smiles on their faces, the older couple invited the younger couple to e
“Mom, are we really going to stay overnight at Grandma's house today?” Glancing in the rearview mirror to look into the back seat, Jessica could see how her son kept swinging his legs while asking the question. His cute movements only showed that the blonde boy was very excited to hear his mother's answer. But, this wasn't even the first time Shane had asked that question, and Jessica actually had answered the same question before. Thankfully, Jessica didn't get tired of hearing her son's excitement, and she smiled while shaking her head helplessly before answering, "We're going to have a sleepover at Grandma's house for real, but why are you so excited about that, Shane?" Jessica could keep glancing at the boy because she didn't need to focus on driving. But, the answer to her question came not from her son but from her daughter, "That's because Grandma promised us that she would tell us more stories about Grandpa, Mommy! We wonder if Grandpa is more like me or Shane!" "Of cou
“What is 'proposing,' Mommy? Why do you keep saying that word?” Impatiently, Shane continued to pull the side of Jessica's shirt while asking the question. It was indeed the little boy who responded to Jessica even though the question was directed at Noah. But, that didn't upset the woman, and instead, she looked satisfied as she smiled at the boy before answering, “You'll have to ask your favorite Daddy about that word, Shane. He would know more than me about that word.” Jessica did direct her answer to her son, but her eyes glanced at Noah when she said her last sentence. Noah looked cornered, he even tried to look away from the mother and son pair. The artificial light around the area reflected on the man's forehead after he took off the cat head, and it looked glistening with sweat, either because of his cat costume or because of his nervousness. Jessica didn't know the reason, but that didn't stop her from staring intently at the man while waiting for his answer. "Proposin
“So, where is your Daddy now? Did he run away after giving my son a stup—a funny task?” Gritting her teeth to suppress her annoyance, Jessica questioned her son, almost failing to restrain herself from uttering the word "stupid." However, it was not her son who responded. Instead, it was her daughter who suddenly tugged on her sleeve, causing her to turn towards the little girl. “Daddy didn't run away, Mom,” the little girl said, and Jessica thought she would continue to say something. That's why Jessica remained silent waiting for her daughter to explain what she had just said, but the little girl didn't say anything and just moved her little hands towards the pink backpack hanging on her back. Jessica didn't know what the girl was doing, but she could see how the girl unzipped her backpack before taking something out of it. To Jessica's surprise, the thing the girl had just taken out of her backpack was a camera. To be pr
In the end, Jessica decided to give Noah a second chance. Yes, a second chance to be closer to her children.The reason behind her decision was that her children really liked Noah since the first time they met at the mall ice cream shop when she accompanied Tammy to buy a birthday present for her husband. It could be said that the ice cream succeeded in buying the kids' love, and they really liked spending time with the person who bought them the ice cream.Actually, that was not a bad thing, but Jessica was quite annoyed by the stubbornness of her children who kept calling Noah "daddy." It was clearly Noah's fault for casually confirming that he was indeed the twins' father, and Jessica continued to curse the man in her heart from that day on.She didn't even realize that a week had passed since her mother left the hospital and started living again in Noah's old apartment. Due to her mother's pleading, she ended up staying in that apartment as well rather
“That… that's too cheesy! Aren't we going to buy food for my mother and children? We better leave now or they will eat us alive if they get too hungry," Jessica tried to change the topic of their conversation when she started to feel nervous because of what Noah had just said to her. She even averted her gaze to look at anything as long as it wasn't Noah's face, and that was why she didn't notice the hopeful expression on the man's face. "You just said that what I said was too cheesy, but you didn't say that you didn't believe what I said," Noah replied, ignoring the fact that Jessica was trying to change the topic of their conversation. Finally, Jessica could no longer avoid the man's face, and she once again looked at him with her pair of blue eyes. At this moment, she could finally see a glimmer of hope in the man's eyes. "To be honest, Tammy has told me everything related to you," Jessica finally said the truth.
“Why didn't you remarry after we divorced five years ago?” Jessica's voice was finally heard in the car. "Is it because you still can't get over Tyler?"Suddenly, Noah sneered before replying, “Do you think I love that man so much that I can't replace him with someone else? I don't know if this information is useful for you or not, but the truth is that I didn't really love him when we were together.""You didn't really love him but you still wanted to be with him even though it meant betraying our marriage," Jessica answered sarcastically, and Noah looked stunned by her answer.For a moment, Noah could only stare at the blonde without being able to utter a word with his mouth, but then he took a deep breath before saying, “I believe love and guilt are two different things, and I differentiated them clearly when I was still with him. I betrayed our marriage because of my feelings of guilt, not because of my love for him.”Jessica was the one who d
Jessica didn't know what to say after hearing Noah just say what was on his mind and heart, but for some reason, she felt familiar with the situation. The familiar feeling she felt in her heart made her anxious, her hands even moved to grip her jeans tightly as if asking for support from the blue fabric.“You probably think that my situation is similar to your children's situation, right?”Jessica felt her heart stop beating for a moment after hearing what Noah had just asked. It was actually impossible for her heart to stop beating while she was still alive, but she was truly surprised by the question. She finally understood why she felt anxious about Noah's story. That was because the story reminded her of her children.“I am the illegitimate child of that billionaire, and your children are the same even if their father is not a billionaire. They are very young now, but their lives are probably as full of drama as mine. Their lives will be full of lies a
After everything that happened to her five years ago, Jessica really didn't like surprises. Back then, many unexpected things happened to her, and none of them were pleasant surprises. That was why she felt traumatized by unexpected things, but today, she kept getting unexpected things since she came to the hospital to see her mother.First, a surprise came in the form of Noah, and second, it was in the form of the fact that her mother ended up living in Noah's old apartment. As if that wasn't enough, Noah then told her that he wanted to discuss a matter with her alone, and in the end, Jessica could only follow the man's lead.They were once again in Noah's car, and Jessica had fastened her seat belt. She prepared to look for something for her mother and her children's lunch, but she was puzzled because Noah did not start the car immediately.“Did you forget your wallet?” Confused, Jessica asked the man while looking at him.Her thinking was indee
In fact, Jessica had no plans at all to get into her ex-husband's car. Even her ex-husband's appearance at the hospital was not her plan at all, but in the end, she could only surrender and agree to get into the vehicle.Her mother first sat in the second row of seats with the twins, and she had no choice but to take the passenger seat next to the driver's seat. On the way to her mother's house, Noah, her mother, and the twins continued to chat happily about everything, but Jessica remained silent. None of those people seemed to notice her, and that was why she was lost in thought during the journey.She was actually drowned by the fact that she was passing through a route that she used to travel in the past. She didn't know her mother's new address, but she was sure that every street the car took was familiar to her eyes. It brought a feeling of nostalgia that both warmed and chilled her heart.At first, she ignored the familiarity she felt, assuming that