Because of the previous day's missed appointment, Maria arrived at the crew early in the morning the next day.
She thought she is the only one who had arrived very early, but when she arrived on the set, she found that someone had arrived earlier than her.
It was Chris.
The morning sky was still a little gray, and Chris's whole body was curled up on a chair in the corner of the set, and the whole person curled up into a ball, as if shrinking his sense of existence.
Of course he should be this way after what happened days ago. She didn't even know he would be able to come at all.
Maria twisted her eyebrows, feeling that he was a little pitiful, but she did not want to sympathize with him.
There must be something hateful about the poor guy.
If he hadn't betrayed her in the first place, if he hadn't been involved with Belinda, he would indeed become a movie emperor as he had thought before, with heavy resources in his hands and soaring in the entertainment industry.
But there is never a if in this world.
Maria frowned and turned to leave the set.
"Maria!"
Chris quickly stood up from his chair and shouted at her.
In fact, from the very beginning when Maria entered the set, he saw her. He deliberately sat in the corner, deliberately curled up and pretended to be very pitiful.
He thought that Maria would think of the five-year relationship he had with her and kindly come and chat with him.
But he didn't expect that she was really ruthless, and she didn't even bother to look at him for a second glance!
"Want something?"
Maria furrowed her brows faintly and looked back at him.
"I..."
Chris hesitated for a moment and slowly raised his head.
"Maria, can you forgive me? I only fell for Belinda's trick. She told me you were dirty, that she was cleaner than you. She also said that your first time, you chose not to give it to me, but she gave hers to me. That's the reason I'm going to be good to her for the rest of my life..."
Chris's words made Maria's lips rise coldly.
When Chris had an accident, she was anxiously confused, and only then did she agree to the job that will bring fast money that Belinda's proposal. She didn't know that she was set up for a surrogate.
She could remember that even Belinda denied not knowing but it became clearer later that it was all her plan all along.
It was also because of Belinda's coaxing that she entered that room, even though she was having second thought.
The result...
"Blame it all on Belinda!"
Seeing that the color of Maria's eyes gradually changed, Chris's eyes were overjoyed, and he continued to explain.
"I actually still love you...... Quit the moon, shall we start over?"
Maria narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Chris, have you forgotten that I am already married?"
"I don't care!"
Chris swooped over like an arrow and tried to hold Maria's hand, but she quickly dodged it. He then awkwardly withdrew his hand.
"I don't care if you're married or not. Is your husband not a disfigured in capable man? He wouldn't even treat you right....."
As he spoke, Maria remembered her husband and how they spent their day yesterday. It was really a beautiful moment and this brought smiles to her lips.
Chris seeing her smile thought that she was glad at what he said. So he continued with enthusiasm.
"Marriage is also possible to leave and, aren't you already having an affair with that man? Not much more than me, right? Maria, I only care about you, as long as you still like me......."
"I don't like you anymore."
Maria frowned, took a step back, and maintained a safe distance from him.
"Don't dream. From the day you got involved with Belinda when I was in a car accident five years ago, there is no possibility that you and I will have a future. It took me five years to find out that it was me who was the stupid one . Yes I was the stupid one, and I couldn't forgive myself for the wasted years."
With that, she turned and left.
Chris stood where he was, looking at the back of Maria 's departure, and his heart seemed to be crushed by something.
Maria didn't want him anymore. Didn't she love him the most?
Belinda betrayed him and didn't want him anymore.
Now Maria too didn't want him anymore?
Why?
The flames in his eyes became more and more vigorous, more and more morbid. Finally, he directly strode up and clasped Maria's shoulder.
"Why don't you want me!"
Chris's voice was quite firm and dangerous.
Maria did not expect that he could actually wanted to be hard with her?. She frowned, looked at the silent environment around her, and raised a sneer on her lips.
Indeed, she usually has a good temper and never fights or hurts people. But this does not mean that Chris can take advantage of the quiet environment and also her.
A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.
"Let go."
That was her last warning to him.
How could Chris, who was already close to a morbid state, really let go? He clasped Maria's shoulders deadly.
"Maria, you can give me a chance! Why don't you give me a chance? Didn't you always like me the most?"
"Quit the moon, ——!"
Before Chris could say anything later, he was thrown to the ground with the whole of his person.
Maria knelt on one knee on his wrist and "clicked", and that was it, Chris's wrist was dislocated.
Chris was so hurt that he covered his wrists and rolled on the ground.
Maria stood up and looked down at him condescendingly.
"Don't you dare touch me casually ever again!"
Her voice was quite cold and stern.
"I'm going to sue you!"
Chris gritted his teeth.
"You are going to sue me?" It seems that you don't really like me either and want to be nice with me."
Maria lightly tickled her lips, and her voice was cold.
"Chris, you are just angry because you've been betrayed by Belinda, right?"
She looked at him with a haughty mocking look.
"You conceited that you're so good, so good that every woman has to like you. So after being betrayed by Belinda, you immediately thought of me, and you were anxious to find your weak self-confidence from me."
Every word she said was like a sharp needle that stuck into Chris's heart. He looked at her face with an iron face and couldn't say a word.
"You may forget that when you didn't know me, you were a waste who couldn't even pass the film school exam. It was I who because of you studied hard so I could understand what acting is all about. I even had sleepless nights so I can help you improve your acting skills bit by bit and I succeeded. Never forget that, it was also I who raised money five years ago to get you through that difficult time, and you have what you have now."
Maria looked at him, hee eyes were all cold.
"I am too stupid, I selflessly let you conceit, swell, and even began to dislike me. Well I am not mad because I'm not unhappy either...."
Maria gave a sly smirk.
"But not on your wildest dreams would you have probably expect that last night's incident was in any way linked to me."
Chris's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears.
After saying this, Maria took a deep breath.
"What I want to make clear is that, Chris Baton, I can help you climb to the current position, and I can also let you fall two time lower."
She was loving the expression on Chris's eyes. It was as if he was strucked by lightning.
"By the way, do you remember the dress I wore last night?" Isn't it so beautiful and expensive?"
Chris frowned at her question. Truely he and Belinda had said she might have got the money to buy such expensive dress, after sleeping rounds with men. Now she's speaking of the dress again.
"I bought everything on my body that night with the whole of your saving you threw away just to make Belinda a top search. Well it's not totally a waste because I could use it to dress up. "
With that, she raised her head and turned away haughtily but stopped after few steps and turned back.
"Moreover, I love my husband so much."
She then walked away this time.
Chris was lying on the ground, and the whole of his person seemed to have lost his soul. He couldn't believe that all he had toiled for was just worn by a woman one day.
Looking at Maria's back, he suddenly understood what he had lost. The woman who only had him in her eyes five years ago, is now really far away from him.....
..........
After leaving Chris behind, Maria planned to go to the nearby breakfast restaurant to have something to drink and wait for the rest of the crew to come.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the set, she bumped into Nile Jack standing by the doorway.
He had a cigarette between his index and middle fingers in his right hand, and two smoked butts at his feet. It seems that he has been here for a long time.
Maria panicked.
In this position where he was, he should be able to hear and see everything she and Chris had just done.
"Just dropped Chris Baton to the ground. Good skills."
Nile smoked a cigarette, and a sinister smile hung from the corner of his lips.
"Who did you learn from? A bit familiar."