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Life and work continued as usual.
Six months later, I won the award for Best Actress.
I just never expected the person presenting the award to be Clark.
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The moment he appeared, the entire auditorium erupted. Not just the fans, but the actors and hosts in the
audience were all shipping us.
He handed me the trophy, a smile in his eyes.
“Congratulations, Miss Shaw. I wish you a long and successful career.”
Another wave of cheers.
I took the trophy, my eyes welling up. It took me a few seconds to compose myself before I gave my accept
ance speech.
I had gone up to receive the award with another male actor. When we were walking off the stage, he instinct.
ively reached out to help me.
Clark glanced at him. The actor’s eyes widened, and he quickly retracted his hand and hurried away.
I walked over to Clark, and we went down together.
“Why did you scare him?” I asked, amused.
Clark put his arm around me and said, without changing his expression, “What did I do? I just noticed his hands were very pale.”
I…
Sitting in my seat, I peeked at the trending topics. As expected, social media had exploded.
The male actor retracting his hand had been turned into a GIF and was being shared wildly.
And some eagle–eyed fans had noticed that my ring wasn’t from a sponsor, and were speculating that Clark
had already proposed.
The truth was, we were already married.
One day last week, I woke up with a new ring on my finger, not the matching one I had bought.
I asked him why he wasn’t wearing the one I bought, since it was one of a kind.
He was putting on his watch. “This one is also one of a kind.”
“You don’t like it?”
I actually loved it, but I deliberately asked, “Can I exchange it if I don’t like it?”
He laughed and gave my waist a squeeze.
“If you can grow ten more fingers today, I’ll fill them all with rings.”
“You little gold–digger.”
I had an event that day that ran late. The next morning, we went and got our marriage certificate.
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The awards ceremony was over. Clark draped his jacket over my shoulders, a smile in his eyes.
“Let’s go home, Mrs. Croft.”
Epilogue: Male Lead’s Perspective
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My little kitten has been getting feistier lately. She’s baring her teeth more and more. At least I know she‘: finally comfortable.
Compared to how she used to be, always so obedient, so afraid of causing trouble, she’s much more alive
now.
The only headache is that acting has scrambled her brain. It’s full of nonsense about childhood sweetheart: and stand–ins. I need to give her fewer roles with that kind of garbage in them.
I hadn’t seen her in three months. She finally comes back, and we barely get to talk before Simon Song drags me away for a heart–to–heart.
So annoying.
He likes Evelyn. It’s four simple words. He hasn’t been able to say them in over twenty years. He deserves tc be single while his older brother is already married.
I thought I’d give him a push by letting the rumor about our parents arranging a marriage leak.
I don’t know if it helped him, but it almost landed me in a pit of my own digging.
My kitten got so angry she threw her ring at me and ran off.
By the time I picked it up and chased after her, she was gone. The only call she answered was to tell me to
move out.
Good. At least she knows to kick me out instead of suffering in silence.
I wanted to go to her right away, but the project in the States imploded. I don’t know what I’m paying all these people for.
I flew to the States that night, leaving instructions for my assistant, Lin, to keep an eye on her.
Lin is somewhat useful. He knew to arrange for bodyguards as soon as the negative press started.
I saw the full video, looked into Cara, and knew she had more up her sleeve, so I held back.
Now my kitten is probably in her hotel room, crying her eyes out.
This is difficult.
It took a few days to stabilize the situation. I flew back immediately.
I don’t know how her fans are so weak. They can’t even win a single argument online. They’re getting compl- etely steamrolled by the haters.
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I have to handle this little thing myself.
I suggest all her fans sign up for a class with me on how to deal with haters.
She had blocked me on everything, so I had to contact her on social media.
At least I got to see her.
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My kitten’s eyes were swollen from crying. She hadn’t cried this much in the entire three years we’d been
together.
I resisted the urge to comfort her right away.
If we didn’t clear this up, it would always be on her mind. We had to talk it out, one thing at a time,
Watching her argue with me while feeling, guilty, acting tough when she’s clearly dying of love… it’s kind of
cute.
And also a huge headache.
She’s always listening to what other people say, but she never listens to me.
The temper I nurtured in her, she uses it all on me.
But at least I managed to coax her back.
My kitten is cutest when she’s smiling.
