Esmeralda suddenly and vigorously dragged me in with great force. I didn't stand still and almost fell on the ground. I picked up the camera again after five years. I actually felt unfamiliar and fearful. My hands couldn't help but tremble slightly. I tried to restrain the sadness surging in my heart and pressed the shutter again and again.
During the intermission, only Raymond and I were left in the shooting room. He flipped through the photos with a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.
“Euharrell Givenlee, you are really as useless as your father. You can't do anything right. It's true that like father, like son.”
My fingernails embedded hard into my palms. My body trembled slightly. I felt that my anger was about to spurt out.
“Snap!”
A burning pain suddenly came from my face. Raymond shook off his hand condescendingly. He then looked down at me with contempt.
“Euharrell, you should know that you're really shameless. I really didn't expect that after you were withdrawn from the marriage, you immediately climbed up to Esmeralda. What part of you is worthy of her? Let me tell you, whether it's your ex-fiancée or Esmeralda Rosendale, it's all mine.”
“You don't deserve it at all, Euharrell.”
My head tilted to one side after being hit. Before I could react, Raymond suddenly lifted my hand and threw it on his own face. He then collapsed smoothly onto the table behind him. He covered his face with tears in his eyes. I saw that he looked extremely aggrieved. He was a completely different person from the last second.
“Euharrell, I do not think your photos are bad, I just want you to take two photos of me from a different angle, if you don't want to forget it.”
Esmeralda, who just opened the door, landed on the water cup in her hand. She rushed over and pushed me away. She squatted down to anxiously check on Raymond's condition first than me.
Raymond said, “Esmeralda, calm down. I'm fine. Please, you mustn't blame Euharrell. He didn't do it on purpose. It was me, who didn't stand firmly.”
Esmeralda replied, “Raymond, you're just too kind. You don't need to defend him. I saw it with my own eyes!”
Esmeralda carefully picked up Raymond. Her movements were as light as treating a porcelain doll. She cradled Raymond in her arms and looked at me with an angry expression on her face. It was the first time in five years, she spoke to me so angrily.