The girl had cried when she was disqualified from the show, but the competition got the better of the
rest of the contestants. They must have been happy to see her go since none of them went up to
comfort her. In fact, most of them elected to stand by and watch her shed tears.
Ian hadn't been the most sympathetic either, but everyone else's apathy was so obvious that he found
himself handing the girl a piece of tissue, and the exchange constituted their first official meeting.
Cindy paused in thought before she said, "It must have been hard for her, but if your agency has
signed her on, it must mean that she has talent."
The couple walked out of the company building and hailed a passing taxi. It was only after Ian had
gotten into the car that he replied, "Yeah, I guess she has some talent."
They stopped talking about the girl and Cindy fished out her phone.
She wanted to see if Valerie had responded to the rumors online, but when she searched through the
internet, she came up with nothing. She supposed silence was a form of response as well.
After that, she kept her phone and looped her arm through Ian's before leaning her head against his
shoulder.
He would be filming on set the next day, and she would return to the company for her day job. Hence, it
left them a day's worth of time to laze around at home together.
They returned to the neighborhood where they stayed, but instead of going home right away, they
headed toward the supermarket next to the compound.
The refrigerator was running empty and they needed to stock up on groceries. Upon entering the
supermarket, Ian walked over to the homeware section and browsed through the aisles. Since he and
Cindy had recently gotten married, he felt that the sheets at home needed changing.
While they had put off the idea of holding an actual ceremony, he didn't think it meant they had to omit
home decorations to indicate their newly-wed status.
As such, Ian picked out red bedsheets and his-and-hers pillowcases before placing them into the
shopping cart. He chuckled and said a little self-deprecatingly, "You don't even care for these things, do
you? Maybe I'm just overly sentimental about stuff like this."
Cindy laughed. "I used to be quite the romantic as well, but after going steady with you, I view these as
mere formalities that don't allude much to the sentiments we have."
Perhaps things had been so smooth-sailing between them for a while that run-of-the-mill romantic
ideals no longer applied to them, and she did not care much for the otherwise-insignificant details that
played no role in solidifying their relationship.
Ian gently tipped her chin up and kissed her through his mask. They exchanged a brief glance and
burst into lighthearted laughter.
Following that, they went over to the produce, poultry, and seafood sections. By the time they came out
of the supermarket, they had amassed quite the impressive haul. At this point, Cindy was truly falling in
love with how ordinary their lives seemed.
They had only just reached home when Ian's phone started ringing.
Cindy changed into slippers and glanced over at the caller ID flashing on Ian's phone screen, only to
see that it was Logan calling.
She looked away and brought the groceries into the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Ian stood at the threshold and slowly slipped out of his shoes as he picked up the phone.
Cindy was putting things into the refrigerator, and she could pick up bits and pieces of what Ian was
saying. She heard him say, "That's fast."
She wasn't sure what the conversation was about, but he sputtered contemptuously at one point and
said, "Well, whose fault is that? She deserves the consequences of her own actions."
He didn't sound too happy when he said this. In the meantime, Cindy finished rearranging the things in
the fridge and went into their bedroom with the new bedsheets in hand.
Indeed, the red covers brightened up the room. As she stood at the foot of the bed, she had to admit
that she and Ian were so nonchalant about their marriage that they had simply disregarded the usual
celebration of such an event. She didn't mind it, but that didn't mean Ian shared the same opinion. She
realized that he was still a romantic at the end of the day, and such ideals weren't just limited to
women.
Cindy pursed her lips and changed the bedsheets mutely. Ian walked in just as she was tugging on the
last corner of the bedsheet, and he appeared to have hung up the call.
She turned to look at him curiously and asked, "What's wrong? What was the call about?"
He reached out to brush a hand over the covers before saying, "It was about Leah. She ran out of the
hospital without anyone noticing before she fully recovered." He shook his head and added, "You know
what? She'll reap what she shows. I don't blame anyone for letting her escape, though; if she doesn't
care enough about her own health, it just goes to show that there's nothing much going up in her brain
either."
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