ccepted an unusual
quest: a portrait capturing
nting she had sent out ap
nd was mesmerized by it. "Cecily, you're awake? Come and ha
was s
in love for two years, but we can't go public because of his special i
a coincidence that her fan's boyfriend'
y, and she told herself repeatedl
.
rself and asked with a smi
said proudly, "A new graduate student named Em
eart sank
ndeed Em
t's ID wa
e such a c
the doorb
ied to ope
She was holding a man's coat. "Hello, Professor Lambert. I'
th concern, "Emily, thank you for that.
ring Emily's name. "Isn't it a bit much to hav
n, "Professor Lambert lent it to me specially, as he was worri
d, "It doesn't matter whether it's clean o
hat Chris was late not because the traffic wa
are of Emily w
amiliar with
nexpectedly cold during t
mportant seminar just
hugged her and said, "I don't mind freezing, bu
es and felt something
t smelled like an ashtray. If Emily disl
g Cecily's words. "Emily,
I? I cherish everything you give me. So,
his eyes were fill
looked at was n
on her face, but h
ris could betray her, althou
ey were kids, and their relati
t married the
rt academy and chosen her career in the live-streaming industry with
mily opposed
s was beneath her, who was a distinguishe
sided with
decision. Instead, he meticulously resea
the streaming studio and secretly p
professional stream
ted each lig
each of the settings a
s and cameras merely because she had casually mentio
er was well-known
ily deeply and would never se
s arms tenderly. "Cecily, from the moment I first sa
aid softly, "Emily, we won't keep you for dinner today.
's just a birthday. Emily, come al
rowned s
er displeasure and made
naturally opened the p
as heart
ry clear about boundarie
epartment wanted to sit in the passe
s reserved for my fiancée. She d
est in him, he would promptly reject her,
was always pinned to the
ent sent a bouquet of wh
ly arranged for that student to be transferred to an
others and never leaned towa
ightly, he would drive aw
g was differe