Marriage And Love Again

Austin drove to the airport yesterday and his car was still in the parking lot outside the airport. But it took them some time to find the car since the parking lot was quite large.

It was already 5:30 pm, but the sky was still bright as the nightfall came late in July in J City. On the way back, Suny watched the sky outside the window turn orange, bit by bit. A taxi passed by, and the pictures that Alicia sent her last night popped into her mind.

Suny turned to look at the man driving beside her, “I wasn’t in J City yesterday. What did you rent those taxis and e-screens for?”

The car turned off the airport expressway and slowly came to stop at a traffic light. Austin turned to her, answering in a deep voice, “They were not meant for you.”

It was a warning for those who had remarked that Suny didn’t deserve Austin.

He would love to rent all the LED screens in D City if Charles allowed.

Suny raised one of her eyebrows, “Then, who?”

Austin stared at her for two seconds, and then answered, “For my rivals in love.”

Suny giggled, “I have a bunch of rivals, too. So, maybe I should rent some e-screens and claim my sovereignty over you?”

“You don’t need to.”

“Why not?” She snorted.

“You don’t need to make the claim. I’m already yours – your rivals have no chance.”

Suny did not know where Austin had been to learn to flirt. He became better and better at this.

She had thought that she got used to his flirtation as she had heard much of it. But now, she found that she was wrong.

To come to her aid, the traffic light turned green. Suny smiled, “It’s green now.”

“Fine.”

The car started up again and arrived at Bishounen half an hour later. It was almost 7:00 pm.

When they two finished the meal, the sky was completely in darkness.

Back at the villa, it was already past 8 o’clock.

Suny chose to take a shower once she got home. When she came out of the bathroom, she checked her phone and got several pieces of messages from Alicia, asking whether she arrived in J City or not as Alicia wanted to discuss some issues with her.

Suny raised her eyebrow and sent her a question mark.

Soon came the reply, “I guess having a voice chat with me won’t bother you and Austin?”

Suny got amused, feigning anger, “It will, actually.”

The chat invitation from Alicia came the next second.

Suny turned on the light on the balcony, walked outside, and leaned on the railing to enjoy the breeze, “What is it?”

It was in summer. A gentle breeze brought a burst of fragrance coming from the blossoms downstairs.

Here came the voice from the other side of the phone, “Well, Moving Forward will come to its last episode this weekend. The director sent me to ask you: can you join the show as a guest again?”

Eyebrow raised, Suny rejected her immediately, “No.”

Alicia tried to get some sympathy, “I’m crying. How can you be so heartless?”

Suny rubbed her temples, “The show is coming to an end. Why am I still needed to be a guest?”Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Alicia had no choice but to confess, “A few days ago, c sent out a tweet, indicating that you joined the show by sponsoring it. Because of that, her fans are already cursing on Internet, even though the show isn’t on the air yet. We are afraid you would be chewed out when the show is officially rolled out.”

Suny didn’t expect that Ginger was such a sore loser. After getting knocked out from the show last week, Ginger sent out an intriguing tweet, shading that Suny had gotten the answers ahead of time in those episodes that she and Suny both attended.

Ginger continued in the tweet, saying that SOMEONE wanted to be popular but kept holding back the intention. The winner had been picked in advance, which was the well-deserved show sponsor.

Since Ginger was on-trend these years, her tweet reminded many of her fans of the show Moving Forward, which she joined this year. But they couldn’t figure out who she was talking about, as there were other four amateurs in the show.

However, the first episode of the show would be on air in September. At that time, Suny would easily become the target when the fans of Ginger found out the connection between the tweet and the show.

Alicia had stayed in the entertainment industry for a long time and she believed in the tit-for-tat attitude. Suny wasn’t a member of the industry and probably didn’t care about others’ criticism. But she cared, a lot. As Suny’s fan and friend, she asked Joan to contact Ginger’s manager at once, yet the side of Ginger arrogantly refused her contact.

The producers of the show were forced to work on a plan overnight to tackle the issue, which was to invite Suny to be part of the last episode and review how she deduced the clues in the former ones.

It was not a perfect plan, but the best one that the producers could think of to deal with what Ginger had done.

As Alicia explained to Suny, her anger that had been suppressed returned, “Ginger should really go to check her mental health. She has already tweeted several times to satirize you.”

Suny clicked her tongue. “If my memory serves, Ginger is an artist in the charge of Star Group, the sub-branch of the Central Company, right?”

“Yes? I suppose.” Alicia was just about to pour out curse speeches when she heard what Suny had said.

Suny smiled, “There’s nothing to be afraid of, then. The show can be rolled out as it was planned. If something unpleasant occurs, I think Mr. Brooks will do me a favor.”

“Please allow me to worship your wits, you genius.” Alicia gasped in admiration, as her friend easily solved the problem that she racked her brain to find a solution to.

“Lord, do I deserve such an intelligent friend?” thought Alicia.

Suny tutted, “Then, I don’t need to join the last episode.”

But Alicia still wanted Suny to show her beauty in the show, “You can still be a guest in the show. It’s better if we have you in it.”

“No, thanks.”

A low-key person as she was, Suny avoided being high-profile.

Suny didn’t intend to say more, “I’ll hang up. Bye.”

Once the chat ended, a few messages came from Alicia.

Suny lowered her head and glanced over them, which turned out to be some screenshots of Ginger’s recent tweets.

The tweets were sarcastic indeed and some of her fans had already left comforting or cursing comments.

Suny didn’t take the tweets seriously. It was 10 pm now, and she felt a little sleepy as she hadn’t slept well last night despite the nap she had on the plane. She yawned, and then went into the bedroom.

The sound of running water came through the door of the bathroom – Suny didn’t know when Austin had entered it.

She looked at the door and recalled that night, her face blushing all of a sudden.

Her sight flinching away, she pulled back the thin quilt and lay down in bed.

Suny had intended to wait for Austin, but she was too tired and fell asleep soon after lying down.

After showering, Austin went out and found Suny already in sound sleep.

He turned off all the other lights, with a night lamp on.

Austin went to the bed and leaned to watch her serene face, with his head resting on one of his palms.

His sight stopped on her hand on the edge of the quilt. He couldn’t help but reach out his hand to touch her fingers. He moved his forefinger to seemingly find something, but there was nothing on her ring finger. He lowered his head, staring at the ring finger.

After a while, he gently covered her hand with the quilt. He seemed to have made some kind of decision in his mind.

“Good night, babe.” He bent over to kiss her. Then, the night light went off.