Julian’s Stand-In Wife

“The best thing you can do to help me is to pretend to be dead,” Marcus said plainly, ignorant as to how piercing his words were.

As they waited for news of Fanny, the assistant set up the equipment.

Marcus was intending to make his statement through a video.

The assistant was professional and worked efficiently, swiftly setting up a white background behind Marcus. He looked used to carrying these things around.

When he opened his luggage, Nina could see that it was filled with all sorts of filming equipment.

Her occupational hazard set in. Facing a superstar like Marcus, especially in such proximity, she itched for the chance to take some photos.

Click!

She pressed the shutter, and immediately saw the dark look on Marcus’ face.

“Nina Ashlee!” he growled through gritted teeth.

The assistant was stunned. Marcus Jensen rarely showed such emotion, but he was behaving so abnormally today before Ms. Ashlee. He had never seen such life on Marcus’s face, where signs of laughter and even anger finally graced it.

Something was wrong!

of professionalism, the assistant asked, “Mr. Jensen, you seem to be displaying signs of falling in love with Ms. Ashlee. You

he was done speaking, Marcus glared at him like he

assistant said, “I

room. As long as Nina stayed here, there was no way she could publish the photos and cause trouble for

usually so muddle- headed, yet today,

displeasure, and it remained so even

The assistant had to retake many times before getting a good

they received after uploading the video wasn’t

was in a relationship,

responsibility for a woman. It was

getting involved, everyone wanted to have a say. It was the current

instant, Marcus’s and Nina’s names became viral on the internet. A cult

Nina sighed, feeling rather awkward about the turn

I’m sorry for

Marcus said, looking at the woman before him. With a half-smile, he added,

true that she couldn’t shirk responsibility. She bit the bullet, and asked,