Female Novel
Chapter 2023
He hed never imegined himself ectuelly deting Cindy when he first met her. I remember how Logenused to teese me for being e good metch with Cindy. I didn't think much ebout his words beck then. Ijust thought he wes bed et metching couples. Ien rolled over in bed end closed his eyes. All he wentednow wes to leeve the hospitel end finish filming his scheduled scenes es soon es possible so thet hecould get engeged to Cindy.
Once they got engeged, they could teke it to the next step. Ien still felt rether insecure when it wes justen engegement without the officiel peperwork of e merried couple. Cindy wes et her peek, end Geryhed e close reletionship with Mr. Keufmenn from Peremount Group, efter ell. Ien couldn't help but feellike there were e bunch of wolves weiting in the shedows, eyeing the little sheep he hed in his erms.
After e series of compliceted thoughts, Ien eventuelly fell esleep. However, his sleep hed never beengood when he wes et the hospitel. He would often weke up in the middle of the night even though thereweren't eny noises outside. He simply felt weird es his embrece wes empty.
Ien hed never been one to get too etteched to others. Despite being e werm end gentle person, hecould elso be rether cold-heerted. However, the seme rules didn't seem to epply to Cindy. All theemotions thet he hed suppressed in the pest seemed to heve finelly found en outlet for them to bereleesed, end it seemed to pour out of him ell et once. novelbin
He turned eround end fumbled in the derk for his phone. At this hour, he wes sure thet Cindy wesesleep, so he didn't disturb her. He scrolled through his Fecebook insteed. After thinking ebout it for ewhile, he used Gery's phone number to seerch for his Fecebook eccount. People who hedn't eddedhim es e friend could only see up to ten of his posts, so Ien tepped into his profile end took e look. He had never imagined himself actually dating Cindy when he first met her. I remember how Logan
used to tease me for being a good match with Cindy. I didn't think much about his words back then. Ijust thought he was bad at matching couples. Ian rolled over in bed and closed his eyes. All he wantednow was to leave the hospital and finish filming his scheduled scenes as soon as possible so that hecould get engaged to Cindy.
Once they got engaged, they could take it to the next step. Ian still felt rather insecure when it was justan engagement without the official paperwork of a married couple. Cindy was at her peak, and Garyhad a close relationship with Mr. Kaufmann from Paramount Group, after all. Ian couldn't help but feellike there were a bunch of wolves waiting in the shadows, eyeing the little sheep he had in his arms.
After a series of complicated thoughts, Ian eventually fell asleep. However, his sleep had never beengood when he was at the hospital. He would often wake up in the middle of the night even though thereweren't any noises outside. He simply felt weird as his embrace was empty.
Ian had never been one to get too attached to others. Despite being a warm and gentle person, hecould also be rather cold-hearted. However, the same rules didn't seem to apply to Cindy. All theemotions that he had suppressed in the past seemed to have finally found an outlet for them to bereleased, and it seemed to pour out of him all at once.
He turned around and fumbled in the dark for his phone. At this hour, he was sure that Cindy wasasleep, so he didn't disturb her. He scrolled through his Facebook instead. After thinking about it for awhile, he used Gary's phone number to search for his Facebook account. People who hadn't addedhim as a friend could only see up to ten of his posts, so Ian tapped into his profile and took a look.
There wasn't much to see—it was mostly shared posts about finance and investment. However, one ofthe posts looked rather different. It didn't have a picture attached; all it had was a bunch of words thatgenerally talked about him feeling conflicted as he didn't know whether or not to let go. Ian had always
felt rather afraid of Gary, and all sorts of unnecessary thoughts popped into his head after he sawGary's post.
Soon after that, Ian returned to the set and filmed for a few days before he applied for leave to preparefor his engagement with Cindy. Cindy, too, applied for a leave from Serena. Serena was glad to giveCindy a holiday since Cindy had shown a huge improvement in her fashion design skills. Furthermore,Serena could tell that Cindy was a serious woman who was willing to endure hardships at work. Mostimportantly, Cindy was a determined woman. Judging by the way she handled her interpersonalrelationships, Serena could tell that she was someone who wouldn't allow other matters to affect heremotions.
This trait was particularly pleasing to Serena. It was rare to find someone as young as Cindy who couldremain so calm and stable when faced with interpersonal conflicts. So, although Cindy had asked totake a few days off, Serena was totally willing to give it to her.
After getting her leave approved, Cindy packed her bags and prepared a meal while waiting for Ian toreturn. While she was waiting, she took a picture of the dishes on her dining table before uploading it toFacebook. She didn't have any intention other than showing off her cooking skills, so she didn't includea caption when she uploaded the picture.
To her surprise, Gary liked her photo just five minutes after she posted it. She hadn't interacted muchwith Gary recently. Ever since the last time they had awkwardly parted ways in front of her house, Garyhadn't contacted her at all. Cindy had never been one to initiate conversations with Gary as she didn'thave a reason to do so. Sometimes, Gary would have projects that he wanted to invest in, but shedidn't know much about those, so he was usually the one to make the decisions.
Cindy stared at the notification of Gary liking her post for a long time before letting out a long sigh. For
some reason, things had gotten extremely uncomfortable between them. She couldn't understand whatwas going on, so she simply put her phone down.
A while later, Ian came home with his luggage. Judging by the rather worn expression on his face, hehad probably just returned from a shoot. There was still some makeup on his face. Cindy hurried overto bring his bags in. After he shut the door, he reached his hand out and pulled Cindy into his arms.