Shush & Marry Me

Victoria sat up in shock by the sound of thunder and saw a flash of lightning flashing through the gap of the curtains. Then, there was another sound of thunder and the rainstorm started pouring again. Even her dream refused to let her calm down.

She touched the phone next to her pillow to look at the time. It’s only four in the morning and she didn’t want to sleep anymore.

When she woke up, she felt pain all over her body, especially on her arms and palms. Something pricked her fingers when she’s moving the ladder. This pain reminded her of the hospital, the bloody scene, the ear-piercing noise, the wailing of the patients, and her panic.

“It’s enough! Don’t appear anymore!” Victoria buried her head in the blanket and tightly covering her ears. After losing her job, losing herself, losing Frank, what rights does she have to return to Jincheng? To return to that place that let her feel happy, terrified, and discontented?

Once a person is frustrated, even the hometown could cause a broken-heart.

At five o’clock in the morning, Victoria got of bed. She turned on the laptop and started working. Although her camera was lost, the photos remained. All of these photos were her all. The scenery of Tibetan areas, all the people and things that she encountered along the way, could somewhat calm her frustrated heart, when she recalled it.

The job as a photographer might be bizarre but it’s easy to get started with. There were a lot of professional and amateurs photographers in the circle and they also formed their own smaller circle.

Victoria edited the photo well and sent it to the magazine editor, Lisa, for the cultural edition of Geographical Magazine. Victoria had been contributing as an amateur there since college.

The editors of the magazines were very busy. As soon as Victoria’s email was sent, Lisa immediately pings her on QQ, “Vicky, since you turned into a freelance photographer, you’ve worked so hard? Are you getting up so early to work?”

Victoria had always used her pen name ‘Vicky’ as a contributor and editors were used to calling her this way.

Victoria typed, “Not as hardworking as you. Did you pull an all-nighter again?”

sent an angry emoticon for her to imagine how she looked over there, “I don’t want to do it anymore! Being in a magazine field

Victoria sent a grinning emoticon, “First of all, you have to own the baby’s dad.”

knife and said angrily, “Don’t burst my bubble! I’m so busy that I don’t have time to fall in love! A trustworthy man is clever! Money is still the

with her sleep. Before leaving, he sent another line, “By the way, Vicky, don’t you say that you want to shoot something different? Since you’re going back to Jincheng, why don’t you try the fashion circle? Our editor-in-chief said that your photos are very ingenious. Whether you take the picture of a person or an object, it was very special. If you can earn money and choose not to do it, you’re crazy. After you returned, I’ll introduce you to the editor of a fashion magazine. Use this chance to use someone

Lisa was offline, Victoria stared at the sentence in a daze, a fashion circle? She clearly knew that it’s a minefield but she

it because she would meet Ashley frequently since

It’s only about an hour's drive from Jincheng. She didn’t want to drive there, so she stuck herself in the hotel

Her phone rang again, this time it was her mother, Shirley Lin.

you,

When the phone was connected, her mother was straightforward

Victoria was silent.

sister is getting married. Don’t return home, to avoid the awkward situation in the family. I’ve sent money to your card. You can go anywhere you want to calm your heart. It’s fine if

nurse from a civilian family to a daughter-in-law of Senior General Tan’s family, and after learning for so many years, Shirley’s tone was gentle. There wasn’t any hint of dictating or commanding in her tone and

simultaneously broke out, “Why can’t I go back?! Why didn’t they avoid the awkwardness?! Mother, Frank

a better choice in the future, but your sister won’t. It’s rare to have such a good man like Frank.

ever thought that there’s also a possibility that I only have one love in my life and can only meet Frank! I’ll give my legs to Ashley. I’ll be the one in the wheelchair and I’ll return everything that I owed

broken up. Nobody wants your legs, nobody wants you to be in a wheelchair. You don’t understand my word, child. Your love is gone. Frank will be your brother-in-law. It’s useless for you to cry. Even if I love you as your mother,

phone in a daze. She felt that the rest of her life turned into

family, her mother, and everyone pointed at her to say that

received on her phone and a large sum of money was transferred to her

at the restaurant on the third floor. She continuously drank another glass of wine but she wasn’t drunk and didn’t act crazy. She