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Unwillingly he turned to look at his mother, "Just now."
"Oh. Is the food ready now?" Mrs Long turned her focus on the butler and asked the elder man who just entered the living room.
"Yes, Madam. Lunch is served."
"Good. Let's go to the dining room," Mrs Long stood up and walked to the dining room.
Mika did not follow her mother. She quickly turned to wrap her arm with Ryn's. But before she could do just that, Jeremy was already pulling Ryn to her feet. He actually woke Ryn up rudely.
"Ryn, wake up. Lunch," he said simply, acting as if Mika was not there.
"Huh?" Ryn looked at him in a daze. She was so exhausted and her mind all in a blur.
"Jeremy!" Mika cried unhappily but Jeremy ignored her.
She looked at Ryn, pursing her lips sulkily. Ryn, see how that stupid brother bullying me!
The sleepy Ryn did not notice it at all. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned. Without thinking, she let him pull her out from the living room, leaving the sulking Mika.
"Wash your face first," Jeremy told Ryn, rubbing her arms to warm her up a bit. He even brushed the hair from covering her forehead. Some of that naughty hair slipped out from the ponytail she made after they were done with the fitting.
He did not even realize how intimate his action was and forgot that Ryn did not like them doing PDA even in front of his family. Well, he did not mind showing off his love but Ryn was still trying to get used to their relationship. Sigh. It seemed like he had to coax her slowly to warm her up with the idea of revealing their relationship to the public. He did not want to repeat the same mistake of hiding their relationship for the sake of his singing career until he forgot the most important person he should care about was her, his girlfriend whom he swore to love and never hurt. Now, in this second chance, he would want them to be able to have a relationship like other couples. He wanted them to be able to hold hands and hug in the public. He also wanted to kiss her anytime and anywhere he wanted without being worried paparazzi would take photos of them together.
Enough was enough. If his fans really wanted him to be happy, they should accept his choice of a partner. They could not expect him to stay single for the rest of his life just because of them. He deserved to be happy.
"Ryn~" Mika whined but she was left alone in the living room. She stormed her feet, rushing toward Ryn. Seeing how her big brother was behaving. She had the feeling she would be unable to spend time alone with Ryn. Her stupid brother would 'steal' Ryn from her with the excuse of being Ryn's boyfriend. Mika gasped in horror at the thought. She would not allow this. Ryn belonged to her!
Jeremy shook his head in bemused and went to the seat opposite Ryn. He did not mind losing the chance to sit next to Ryn, knowing perfectly he had a lot more time to create more chances between him and Ryn. They have their life together until death do them apart.
And he did not want to lower himself to Mika's childish level. He knew better not to argue with Mika in front of Ryn.
Seeing how everyone was ready at the table, the butler quickly clapped his hands, signalling the maids to quickly bringing in the food. He was happy to see the siblings did not create a problem regarding Miss Catherine's seat. The butler watched with his hawk eyes as the maids arranging the food on the table carefully one by one. The steam curling on top of the dishes indicated how fresh they were from the kitchen. No one would serve cold food to the family unless it was a cold dish, to begin with.
They spent lunch quietly. Well, as quiet as they could be with Mika whined when her mother kept scooping side dishes into her bowl. She looked at Ryn for help but her best friend was too happy enjoying the food to notice Mika's cry of help.
Mrs Long smiled in approval seeing how much Ryn was eating. She liked seeing Ryn did not starve herself even though she was a model. In fact, she noticed that the dear girl ate more than her daughter. With that thought in mind, Mrs Long took two pieces of meatballs into her daughter's bowl.
Jeremy ignored both his mother and little sister. His attention was on helping Ryn taking the dish she wanted to eat. With the cook excitement, the huge dining table was full of side dishes. Hence, Ryn was enjoying herself. And Jeremy was enjoying this moment too watching Ryn happy.
"You're leaving?" Mrs Long asked after lunch. She did see her son and her future daughter-in-law exchanging a weird look. She thought they would stay the night here but she was wrong. Jeremy nodded slightly at Ryn and she went to say goodbye at her.
"I have a meeting to attend," Ryn replied with a smile. She reached out her hand for Mika when Mika came to hug her. "Mika, I need to go. I can't be late."
"I'm going with you?" Mika asked, resting her chin on Ryn's shoulder. Well, trying to but Ryn was tall for her to do it comfortably.
"I have meetings today, Mika. I'm not going out to play," Ryn told her with a gentle hit on her head.
"Mika, let her go. We need to move now," Jeremy untangled Mika from Ryn and pulled Ryn behind him.
"Jeremy!" Mika cried and then turned to look at their mother, "Mother~"
"Mika dear, Ryn is working. We can't be too selfish to keep Ryn to ourselves," Mrs Long told her daughter.
"But…"
"We're going first, mother," Jeremy pulled Ryn with him toward the door. He knew if they stayed any longer, his mother might change her mind and want to follow them too with Mika.
"Have you told Mei Li we're coming?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh yes," she took out her phone to call Mei Li.
Jeremy glanced at her and stopped talking. He also did not switch on the radio in order to keep the inside of the car quiet while Ryn having her conversation with Mei Li.
"Hello, Ryn. Are you coming now?" Mei Li asked once she answered the call.
"Hmm… are you busy?" Ryn asked as she fiddled with the air-conditioner. She adjusted the temperature to her like and then took off the hairband with one hand. Another hand was still holding the phone to her right ear.
Jeremy saw her rubbing her nape absentmindedly and reached one hand to rub it for her.
She looked at him. With her free hand, she used to push his hand away.
"Stay focus," she pointed at the road. She did not want him to stray his attention from the road and they ended up in an accident. It was not the right time for any intimate gesture.
"Not really. I just finished having lunch with Harry here," Mei Li spoke honestly.
"Oh. I'll see you later, then. In about…" she looked outside the window to check their location, "… in fifteen minutes? Or half an hour?"
"Around twenty minutes more," Jeremy said.
"Yes. We'll arrive in twenty minutes more. See you, Mei Li. Bye."
Once she ended the call, Ryn connected her phone to the radio via Bluetooth without asking Jeremy first. She then played one of the playlists she had and closed her eyes sleepily.
"Sleep first. I'll wake you up once we've arrived," he told her, stroking her hair gently.
"Focus on your driving, J," she mumbled sleepily. A twenty-minutes of nap sounded so heavenly right now.
He chuckled. He was not even angry when she kept pushing his hand away. How adorable more could she get? He felt like stopping the car and kissed her until both of them went breathless. Heck, he would kiss her without any reason. Just looking at her made he wanted to eat her tofu without any restrain.
*~*~*~*
"Is she coming?" Harry asked when he saw Mei Li ended the call.
"She's on the way. Well, aren't you leaving? We've done discussing your projects, right?" Mei Li drank her coffee. She was still in a puzzle why Harry still did not leave even though they were done with their discussion hours ago. As Harry was still unwilling to do modelling full-time, she did not take too many jobs for him. Still being new in this job, she did not want to force him too much, to give too much stress. And with him not actually depend on the money from the jobs for his daily expenses, she was not that 'crazy' with the number of jobs for him.
But for Ryn… it was hard even though Ryn did not depend much on her modelling pay. Everyone wanted her in their show. And Mei Li ended up receiving the blaming look from Ryn but what could she say? Even though she told them Ryn did not want to do a lot of jobs like she used to, they kept asking and asking until she gave in and took their proposals to Ryn.
The life of a modelling manager/agent.
"I'll wait. I can send her home," Harry decided with a smile. He could not wait to see her. He thought he could see her this morning, hence ended up being the first one to arrive at the modelling agency this morning but to his disappointment, Mei Li told him she had another matter to attend to and had to postpone her trip here. Luckily, he insisted to have lunch together with Mei Li and could hear with his own ears that Ryn was coming.
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Unwillingly he turned to look at his mother, "Just now."
"Oh. Is the food ready now?" Mrs Long turned her focus on the butler and asked the elder man who just entered the living room.
"Yes, Madam. Lunch is served."
"Good. Let's go to the dining room," Mrs Long stood up and walked to the dining room.
Mika did not follow her mother. She quickly turned to wrap her arm with Ryn's. But before she could do just that, Jeremy was already pulling Ryn to her feet. He actually woke Ryn up rudely.
"Ryn, wake up. Lunch," he said simply, acting as if Mika was not there.
"Huh?" Ryn looked at him in a daze. She was so exhausted and her mind all in a blur.
"Jeremy!" Mika cried unhappily but Jeremy ignored her.
She looked at Ryn, pursing her lips sulkily. Ryn, see how that stupid brother bullying me!
The sleepy Ryn did not notice it at all. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned. Without thinking, she let him pull her out from the living room, leaving the sulking Mika.
"Wash your face first," Jeremy told Ryn, rubbing her arms to warm her up a bit. He even brushed the hair from covering her forehead. Some of that naughty hair slipped out from the ponytail she made after they were done with the fitting.
He did not even realize how intimate his action was and forgot that Ryn did not like them doing PDA even in front of his family. Well, he did not mind showing off his love but Ryn was still trying to get used to their relationship. Sigh. It seemed like he had to coax her slowly to warm her up with the idea of revealing their relationship to the public. He did not want to repeat the same mistake of hiding their relationship for the sake of his singing career until he forgot the most important person he should care about was her, his girlfriend whom he swore to love and never hurt. Now, in this second chance, he would want them to be able to have a relationship like other couples. He wanted them to be able to hold hands and hug in the public. He also wanted to kiss her anytime and anywhere he wanted without being worried paparazzi would take photos of them together.
Enough was enough. If his fans really wanted him to be happy, they should accept his choice of a partner. They could not expect him to stay single for the rest of his life just because of them. He deserved to be happy.
"Ryn~" Mika whined but she was left alone in the living room. She stormed her feet, rushing toward Ryn. Seeing how her big brother was behaving. She had the feeling she would be unable to spend time alone with Ryn. Her stupid brother would 'steal' Ryn from her with the excuse of being Ryn's boyfriend. Mika gasped in horror at the thought. She would not allow this. Ryn belonged to her!
Jeremy shook his head in bemused and went to the seat opposite Ryn. He did not mind losing the chance to sit next to Ryn, knowing perfectly he had a lot more time to create more chances between him and Ryn. They have their life together until death do them apart.
And he did not want to lower himself to Mika's childish level. He knew better not to argue with Mika in front of Ryn.
Seeing how everyone was ready at the table, the butler quickly clapped his hands, signalling the maids to quickly bringing in the food. He was happy to see the siblings did not create a problem regarding Miss Catherine's seat. The butler watched with his hawk eyes as the maids arranging the food on the table carefully one by one. The steam curling on top of the dishes indicated how fresh they were from the kitchen. No one would serve cold food to the family unless it was a cold dish, to begin with.
They spent lunch quietly. Well, as quiet as they could be with Mika whined when her mother kept scooping side dishes into her bowl. She looked at Ryn for help but her best friend was too happy enjoying the food to notice Mika's cry of help.
Mrs Long smiled in approval seeing how much Ryn was eating. She liked seeing Ryn did not starve herself even though she was a model. In fact, she noticed that the dear girl ate more than her daughter. With that thought in mind, Mrs Long took two pieces of meatballs into her daughter's bowl.
Jeremy ignored both his mother and little sister. His attention was on helping Ryn taking the dish she wanted to eat. With the cook excitement, the huge dining table was full of side dishes. Hence, Ryn was enjoying herself. And Jeremy was enjoying this moment too watching Ryn happy.
"You're leaving?" Mrs Long asked after lunch. She did see her son and her future daughter-in-law exchanging a weird look. She thought they would stay the night here but she was wrong. Jeremy nodded slightly at Ryn and she went to say goodbye at her.
"I have a meeting to attend," Ryn replied with a smile. She reached out her hand for Mika when Mika came to hug her. "Mika, I need to go. I can't be late."
"I'm going with you?" Mika asked, resting her chin on Ryn's shoulder. Well, trying to but Ryn was tall for her to do it comfortably.
"I have meetings today, Mika. I'm not going out to play," Ryn told her with a gentle hit on her head.
"Mika, let her go. We need to move now," Jeremy untangled Mika from Ryn and pulled Ryn behind him.
"Jeremy!" Mika cried and then turned to look at their mother, "Mother~"
"Mika dear, Ryn is working. We can't be too selfish to keep Ryn to ourselves," Mrs Long told her daughter.
"But…"
"We're going first, mother," Jeremy pulled Ryn with him toward the door. He knew if they stayed any longer, his mother might change her mind and want to follow them too with Mika.
"Have you told Mei Li we're coming?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh yes," she took out her phone to call Mei Li.
Jeremy glanced at her and stopped talking. He also did not switch on the radio in order to keep the inside of the car quiet while Ryn having her conversation with Mei Li.
"Hello, Ryn. Are you coming now?" Mei Li asked once she answered the call.
"Hmm… are you busy?" Ryn asked as she fiddled with the air-conditioner. She adjusted the temperature to her like and then took off the hairband with one hand. Another hand was still holding the phone to her right ear.
Jeremy saw her rubbing her nape absentmindedly and reached one hand to rub it for her.
She looked at him. With her free hand, she used to push his hand away.
"Stay focus," she pointed at the road. She did not want him to stray his attention from the road and they ended up in an accident. It was not the right time for any intimate gesture.
"Not really. I just finished having lunch with Harry here," Mei Li spoke honestly.
"Oh. I'll see you later, then. In about…" she looked outside the window to check their location, "… in fifteen minutes? Or half an hour?"
"Around twenty minutes more," Jeremy said.
"Yes. We'll arrive in twenty minutes more. See you, Mei Li. Bye."
Once she ended the call, Ryn connected her phone to the radio via Bluetooth without asking Jeremy first. She then played one of the playlists she had and closed her eyes sleepily.
"Sleep first. I'll wake you up once we've arrived," he told her, stroking her hair gently.
"Focus on your driving, J," she mumbled sleepily. A twenty-minutes of nap sounded so heavenly right now.
He chuckled. He was not even angry when she kept pushing his hand away. How adorable more could she get? He felt like stopping the car and kissed her until both of them went breathless. Heck, he would kiss her without any reason. Just looking at her made he wanted to eat her tofu without any restrain.
*~*~*~*
"Is she coming?" Harry asked when he saw Mei Li ended the call.
"She's on the way. Well, aren't you leaving? We've done discussing your projects, right?" Mei Li drank her coffee. She was still in a puzzle why Harry still did not leave even though they were done with their discussion hours ago. As Harry was still unwilling to do modelling full-time, she did not take too many jobs for him. Still being new in this job, she did not want to force him too much, to give too much stress. And with him not actually depend on the money from the jobs for his daily expenses, she was not that 'crazy' with the number of jobs for him.
But for Ryn… it was hard even though Ryn did not depend much on her modelling pay. Everyone wanted her in their show. And Mei Li ended up receiving the blaming look from Ryn but what could she say? Even though she told them Ryn did not want to do a lot of jobs like she used to, they kept asking and asking until she gave in and took their proposals to Ryn.
The life of a modelling manager/agent.
"I'll wait. I can send her home," Harry decided with a smile. He could not wait to see her. He thought he could see her this morning, hence ended up being the first one to arrive at the modelling agency this morning but to his disappointment, Mei Li told him she had another matter to attend to and had to postpone her trip here. Luckily, he insisted to have lunch together with Mei Li and could hear with his own ears that Ryn was coming.
Unwillingly he turned to look at his mother, "Just now.""Oh. Is the food ready now?" Mrs Long turned her focus on the butler and asked the elder man who just entered the living room."Yes, Madam. Lunch is served.""Good. Let's go to the dining room," Mrs Long stood up and walked to the dining room.Mika did not follow her mother. She quickly turned to wrap her arm with Ryn's. But before she could do just that, Jeremy was already pulling Ryn to her feet. He actually woke Ryn up rudely."Ryn, wake up. Lunch," he said simply, acting as if Mika was not there."Huh?" Ryn looked at him in a daze. She was so exhausted and her mind all in a blur."Jeremy!" Mika cried unhappily but Jeremy ignored her.She looked at Ryn, pursing her lips sulkily. Ryn, see how that stupid brother bullying me!The sleepy Ryn did not notice it at all. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned. Without thinking, she let him pull her out from the living room, leaving the sulking Mika."Wash your face first," Jeremy told Ryn, rubbing her arms to warm her up a bit. He even brushed the hair from covering her forehead. Some of that naughty hair slipped out from the ponytail she made after they were done with the fitting.He did not even realize how intimate his action was and forgot that Ryn did not like them doing PDA even in front of his family. Well, he did not mind showing off his love but Ryn was still trying to get used to their relationship.Sigh. It seemed like he had to coax her slowly to warm her up with the idea of revealing their relationship to the public. He did not want to repeat the same mistake of hiding their relationship for the sake of his singing career until he forgot the most important person he should care about was her, his girlfriend whom he swore to love and never hurt. Now, in this second chance, he would want them to be able to have a relationship like other couples. He wanted them to be able to hold hands and hug in the public. He also wanted to kiss her anytime and anywhere he wanted without being worried paparazzi would take photos of them together.Enough was enough. If his fans really wanted him to be happy, they should accept his choice of a partner. They could not expect him to stay single for the rest of his life just because of them. He deserved to be happy."Ryn~" Mika whined but she was left alone in the living room. She stormed her feet, rushing toward Ryn. Seeing how her big brother was behaving. She had the feeling she would be unable to spend time alone with Ryn. Her stupid brother would 'steal' Ryn from her with the excuse of being Ryn's boyfriend. Mika gasped in horror at the thought. She would not allow this. Ryn belonged to her!Jeremy shook his head in bemused and went to the seat opposite Ryn. He did not mind losing the chance to sit next to Ryn, knowing perfectly he had a lot more time to create more chances between him and Ryn. They have their life together until death do them apart.And he did not want to lower himself to Mika's childish level. He knew better not to argue with Mika in front of Ryn.Seeing how everyone was ready at the table, the butler quickly clapped his hands, signalling the maids to quickly bringing in the food. He was happy to see the siblings did not create a problem regarding Miss Catherine's seat. The butler watched with his hawk eyes as the maids arranging the food on the table carefully one by one. The steam curling on top of the dishes indicated how fresh they were from the kitchen. No one would serve cold food to the family unless it was a cold dish, to begin with.They spent lunch quietly. Well, as quiet as they could be with Mika whined when her mother kept scooping side dishes into her bowl. She looked at Ryn for help but her best friend was too happy enjoying the food to notice Mika's cry of help.Mrs Long smiled in approval seeing how much Ryn was eating. She liked seeing Ryn did not starve herself even though she was a model. In fact, she noticed that the dear girl ate more than her daughter. With that thought in mind, Mrs Long took two pieces of meatballs into her daughter's bowl.Jeremy ignored both his mother and little sister. His attention was on helping Ryn taking the dish she wanted to eat. With the cook excitement, the huge dining table was full of side dishes. Hence, Ryn was enjoying herself. And Jeremy was enjoying this moment too watching Ryn happy."You're leaving?" Mrs Long asked after lunch. She did see her son and her future daughter-in-law exchanging a weird look. She thought they would stay the night here but she was wrong. Jeremy nodded slightly at Ryn and she went to say goodbye at her."I have a meeting to attend," Ryn replied with a smile. She reached out her hand for Mika when Mika came to hug her. "Mika, I need to go. I can't be late.""I'm going with you?" Mika asked, resting her chin on Ryn's shoulder. Well, trying to but Ryn was tall for her to do it comfortably."I have meetings today, Mika. I'm not going out to play," Ryn told her with a gentle hit on her head."Mika, let her go. We need to move now," Jeremy untangled Mika from Ryn and pulled Ryn behind him."Jeremy!" Mika cried and then turned to look at their mother, "Mother~""Mika dear, Ryn is working. We can't be too selfish to keep Ryn to ourselves," Mrs Long told her daughter."But""We're going first, mother," Jeremy pulled Ryn with him toward the door. He knew if they stayed any longer, his mother might change her mind and want to follow them too with Mika."Have you told Mei Li we're coming?" Jeremy asked."Oh yes," she took out her phone to call Mei Li.Jeremy glanced at her and stopped talking. He also did not switch on the radio in order to keep the inside of the car quiet while Ryn having her conversation with Mei Li."Hello, Ryn. Are you coming now?" Mei Li asked once she answered the call."Hmm are you busy?"Ryn asked as she fiddled with the air-conditioner. She adjusted the temperature to her like and then took off the hairband with one hand. Another hand was still holding the phone to her right ear.Jeremy saw her rubbing her nape absentmindedly and reached one hand to rub it for her.She looked at him. With her free hand, she used to push his hand away."Stay focus," she pointed at the road. She did not want him to stray his attention from the road and they ended up in an accident. It was not the right time for any intimate gesture."Not really. I just finished having lunch with Harry here," Mei Li spoke honestly."Oh. I'll see you later, then. In about" she looked outside the window to check their location, " in fifteen minutes? Or half an hour?""Around twenty minutes more," Jeremy said."Yes. We'll arrive in twenty minutes more. See you, Mei Li. Bye."Once she ended the call, Ryn connected her phone to the radio via Bluetooth without asking Jeremy first. She then played one of the playlists she had and closed her eyes sleepily."Sleep first. I'll wake you up once we've arrived," he told her, stroking her hair gently."Focus on your driving, J," she mumbled sleepily. A twenty-minutes of nap sounded so heavenly right now.He chuckled. He was not even angry when she kept pushing his hand away. How adorable more could she get? He felt like stopping the car and kissed her until both of them went breathless. Heck, he would kiss her without any reason. Just looking at her made he wanted to eat her tofu without any restrain.*~*~*~*"Is she coming?" Harry asked when he saw Mei Li ended the call."She's on the way. Well, aren't you leaving? We've done discussing your projects, right?" Mei Li drank her coffee. She was still in a puzzle why Harry still did not leave even though they were done with their discussion hours ago. As Harry was still unwilling to do modelling full-time, she did not take too many jobs for him. Still being new in this job, she did not want to force him too much, to give too much stress. And with him not actually depend on the money from the jobs for his daily expenses, she was not that 'crazy' with the number of jobs for him.But for Ryn it was hard even though Ryn did not depend much on her modelling pay. Everyone wanted her in their show. And Mei Li ended up receiving the blaming look from Ryn but what could she say? Even though she told them Ryn did not want to do a lot of jobs like she used to, they kept asking and asking until she gave in and took their proposals to Ryn.The life of a modelling manager/agent."I'll wait. I can send her home," Harry decided with a smile. He could not wait to see her. He thought he could see her this morning, hence ended up being the first one to arrive at the modelling agency this morning but to his disappointment, Mei Li told him she had another matter to attend to and had to postpone her trip here. Luckily, he insisted to have lunch together with Mei Li and could hear with his own ears that Ryn was coming.
