The sight of a pair of slender and well-proportioned hands holding a cigarette casually dangling on the chair made me couldn't help but be drawn in. However, the impatience between his eyebrows sobered me up from his beauty. "A day without seeing you feels like a long time. Though we've only been apart for hours, it feels like months!"
He shot me a sidelong glance, a teasing smile on his lips, "Is that so?"
His mocking reminded me of a time before I hadn't changed my mission in the past few days. I felt anxious as the heroine's appearance drew near and decided to take action, pestering my parents to propose marriage to him, hoping to secure the status of fiancée.
But when he heard my father say my love for him, he looked at me with contempt and coldly replied, "Is that so?"
At that time, my face turned red due to his mocking look. Everyone looked at his cold attitude and no one responded for a while, so the matter was left unresolved.
Thinking of this, feeling anger surge, I met his gaze defiantly, saying, "Who made Mr. Bianchi so charming? I can't help but want to be around you constantly."
Christian regarded my boldness with disdain, flatly telling me, "Get out."
Thanks to my intervention, Christian didn't fall for Elsie at first sight, which meant he didn't pay her special attention, delaying her rise to popularity compared to the novel.
Her manager arranged for her to participate in a variety show about acting competition, where the heroine met the second male lead. Remembering Raphael's silent dedication to the heroine in the book, I insisted on joining the program alongside Elsie despite Esther's shock and confusion.
"Ms. Burton, I still suggest you skip that variety show. If you're bored, I can find you some commercials to shoot."
Esther was astute and capable, handpicked by Christian. She knew my identity from the beginning and typically complied with my orders.
When I didn't mention work, she kept quiet and greeted me with a smile.
Under my firm gaze, Esther hesitated but ultimately said nothing. After a while, I was taken to Christian's office.
Christian was waiting for me on the sofa. When I entered, he set his coffee aside and asked quietly, "I heard you are going to participate in a variety show?"
"Yes, I am," I replied.
"I can cast you in any play you want to act in," he said.