Jensen hang up his phone and walked out the bedroom, he smelled a faint salty smell in the whole house. He leaned on the wall, he saw Lima humming and came in with a plate of pancakes, the moment she saw him, she lifted her plate and said hello to him.

"Wanna join me, soup will be ready in 10 minutes."

But she dare to tell him she love him the first time they met, there was nothing she didn’t dare to do.

They sat down at the table.

The pancakes were in a beautiful gold, it tasted fluffy and delicious, there was some vegetables shred on the top of the pancakes, made it looked more colorful and tasty. Lima divided the pancakes into pieces and poured a dish of vinegar, they enjoyed their meal. 10 minutes later, she came out from the kitchen with a pot of soup, it was made of vegetables, but it was delicious.

"I learned how to cook this soup from the most beautiful woman in my office, how to cook it is a secret, I can guarantee the flavor."

Indeed.

It was tasty, though the flavor was not very heavy but it did not have the same bland taste as ordinary vegetable soup. It couldn’t be the best but is had its own shining spot.

"I’ll go to find myself a job when my documents are done." Lima’s hands were shaking but it was hard to find out, her voice still stayed calm.

Her life must keep moving and stay normal except their unspoken relationship, she had to be positive, she wouldn’t let this man ruin her own life.

"I’ll give you a job." That was the first sentence Jensen had spoken since they started eating.

Jensen was totally different from Lima, he was educated, polite and elegant even when he was eating. To him, no talking while eating, no chatting while sleeping was his daily routine. As to Lima, she used to holding her bowl with rice and chatting with people, she could even talk to herself.

"What kind of job?"

"Media journalist."

Journalist. Sounded much better than a paparazzi, though their jobs were alike.

Lima was considering about it, she was in a new city anyway, nobody knows her, Jensen couldn’t do anything harmful to her on this kind of minor issue. These thoughts only stayed in her mind for a while, she had decided.

"Thanks."

"Don’t mention it."

In the next few minutes, they were eating in a dead silence face to face.

Lima washed the dishes when they finished eating though Jensen said just leave them there. He got a phone call again and went upstairs.

Awkward.

She sat in the sofa and reading news on her sell phone, suddenly a piece of news caught her attention, she was so shocked that nearly fell her sell phone on ground, the title of the news was: [Who Is Right? the YCN VS Sunny]

She glanced the news, it was a short passage, it said that Sunny indeed showed up in the garden that night, the result of this scandal was terrible.

Sunny’s statement and alibi, Lima’ s videos and pictures, and this news made this scandal more complicated.

He did it.

Lima thought subconsciously, she looked at the empty stairs, thinking what would happen if Sunny knew Jensen did it.

Nobody would know.

She used to got her patron, she could do anything she want, but things had changed now, what would happen to her, nobody knew.

Thinking about it, she clicked a wechat chatting group, typed and sent a message, "Got anything about Sunny?"

Though she had left City T, she still had her lines in there, she was always thankful for the man who brought her into the circle, if it weren’t him, she wouldn’t fit in so quickly.

Soon, there was a new message on her phone, it was a series of numbers.

Lima frowned, she was hesitant to sent an emoji of ok back, she found his information, followed his message and gave him the money he wanted, even though news always traveled fast in this circle, sometimes you gotta pay for what you wanted.

Their happy chatting journey began from now on.

"She did went to the garden the other night, but her partner, nobody knows who he is, he must be a powerful man."

She knew that clearly more than anyone else, after all, she was part of the scandal.

Lima asked again, "I’d like to know how she responded after the press conference?"

He silent for a while and said, "Some said Sunny may had a patron, but it seems that they broke up this morning."

"After the press conference, Sunny made five phone calls, burst no one answered."

"People in the circle are guessing it must be artificial control, it wasn’t impossible, but Lightning Entertainment hasn’t responded yet."

Lima asked a few more questions, he answered some of them, some of them he couldn’t answer. But when Lima asked what would Sunny next, he gave her an answer immediately, "She’s over."

She payed him the rest of the money and deleted their record, she was exhausted, she leaned on the sofa.

Actually Sunny didn’t know her, but as a paparazzi, it was easy for her to recite Sunny’s rumors and scandals.

What a shame, this time she was lying on the cold hard ground.

She felt pity for Sunny but never guilty, Sunny was too confident to deal with her, now Sunny had no way to head back.

But……

Lima looked at the empty stairs again.

"Lima, look at him. He can give you everything, he can take them back easily as well. Indifferent and arrogant, that’s what he is."

……

Lima had a good sleep even on a unfamiliar bed. She was thinking if something would happen, but the truth was that she was overthinking.

She should be happy, for she could sleep with a handsome man looked like a superstar, she didn’t lost anything.

Jensen was gone for a long time, she didn’t want to stay in the house, either. She packed some stuffs from her black backpack, grabbed her phone and went out.

She registered a subway card in the subway station, and registered a local SIM card. Then she went to the shopping mall to buy herself some casual clothes and a cheap suit.

But when she ran to the ATM to check her balance, to her surprise, not only did her balance not decrease, but went up by millions.

"……"

How rich he was?!

Lima began her shopping again, she carried so many bags that she had to take a taxi home. The taxi driver stared at her with question eyes, she hardly wanted to tell him that she was just a servant the host hired.

She walked in the house, found that Jensen had come back and was lying on a comfortable rattan chair, drinking coffee and reading newspapers.

Seeing her coming, Jensen nodded his head to say hello. Lima sighed, carried her stuffs and went upstairs.

When she was almost disappeared at the stairway, she heard Jensen said, "Come to my room tonight."

His voice was not very loud, but it was clear. Clear as it was, Lima still felt like it was her illusion.

Shit.

She ran to her room in a speed that definitely reached her limits. She locked the door, leaned on it, and slipped to the ground slowly.

Gosh.

What happened?

No, no, no, calm down Lima.

This, of course, was to be expected, Lima didn’t need to be surprised at it. But when he said that, he was so calm, like he was talking about the weather.

Lima considered a lot.

Then she took out her computer from her backpack, she connected to the internet and searched some porn. When she heard the sound of finishing downloading, she realized what she was doing.

"……"

She nearly smashed her computer.

She damned herself in her mind.

"Lima, you don’t have to do this, though he is rich and handsome, and he give you money, you don’t have to do this."

But at the end, she put up her earphones, smoking and watching two naked bodies having sex on her computer screen, she pretended to be familiar with this scene and flicked her cigarette.

She still did it.

The video was over, Lima finished her change from a people to a shameless people.

She was becoming shameless from that afternoon to the night fall, she came out from her room till night fall. She saw Jensen was in the sofa when she went downstairs, he was painting on the white board in front of the sofa.

She came closer to look at it, she saw some point plots and some figures and data. He seemed to be serious, he kept modifying them.

She leaned on the sofa, watching him wiping them off and then starting painting again.

"What are you doing?"

Jensen looked up.

He used the hand with a marking pen to hold Lima’s neck, pressed her to put her head down, and he kissed her chin,

"……"

Dude.

What are you doing?

Lima thought she should watch more romantic novels, she was too easy to be shy. But the people in the novel could be as handsome as he was.

So why would she think about this?

She was a paparazzi who take pictures of reality, now she needed someone to tell her what was real and what was fake, it was pathetic.

At this moment, she she finally found the lost Lima, she was so confused these days, she forced herself to face the cruel reality.

"Lima, you can’t look down on yourself, but at the meantime you can’t look up yourself, you need to know your place, some boundaries can’t be crossed."

So she stretched her arms and hold his neck, kissed him on his cheek.

She would build a wall in her mind, it would only get taller and taller, till it was tall enough to hold everything back for her.

But Jensen wiped his cheek with his sleeve, he frowned and asked, "Do you smoke?"

Shit.

She did smoke some cigarettes.

"I’ll quit if you don’t like it."

She surrendered with her two hand in the air.

Jensen looked at her with doubts.

"I swear to god, I’ll quit."

For six months, only six months.

Lima was screaming in her mind.