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The Green Tea Girl Took Off Her Clothes at My Boyfriend’s House to Wipe the Water off His Walls. She stripped down to nothing but a camisole and sighed at the camera. “The rainy season in the Sout...
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第1章
The Green Tea Girl Took Off Her Clothes at My Boyfriend’s House to Wipe the Water off His Walls.
She stripped down to nothing but a camisole and sighed at the camera.
“The rainy season in the South is such a pain. Ryan’s whole place is soaked.”
The senior guest in the studio praised her thoughtfulness, while viewers desperately searched for something sweet to ship.
【So what if he has a real girlfriend? My screen couple is still the sweetest!】
My boyfriend urged me to be more understanding.
“She was only wiping up some water. Don’t be so sensitive.”
Later, I got into a car accident on a rainy day. A video of a handsome young actor carrying me home on an electric scooter went viral across the internet.
My boyfriend stormed over to my place.
The young actor opened the door shirtless, water still dripping from his hair. His eyes curved into a smile.
“The humidity indoors is pretty high. Don’t be so sensitive, Ryan.”
“Hey, Mia. Mind if I sit here?”
The moment those words fell, someone dropped into the seat right beside Ryan.
He sounded smug.
“After all, the audience likes seeing Ryan and me together more these days.”
Pulse TV had launched a new reality show, supposedly to observe celebrities in their homes. Ryan and I had both agreed to participate.
His screen partner, Claire White, was also on the guest list.
The live broadcast had already begun in the studio.
【I’m so excited! I heard even the guests don’t know what clips the production team will show.】
【I hope our Rich-and-Famous couple gets lots of screen time together!】
【Keep dreaming. Your idol has a real girlfriend. You should be praying we don’t see too many lovey-dovey moments between him and his real girlfriend!】
The fans of both sides were fighting nonstop in the comments.
The microphones weren’t live yet, so I smiled at Claire.
“You don’t mind being called a homewrecker. Why would I mind you sitting here?”
Claire’s expression changed.
Ryan shot me a reproachful look and was about to speak when another guest sat down beside me.
He was tall, broad-shouldered, and radiated enough raw male energy to fill the entire studio. He was Noah Hayes, the handsome young actor who had recently become famous for a hit campus drama.
Ryan saw him and wisely kept his mouth shut.
Then the clips began playing on the giant screen.
In the video, Claire entered Ryan’s house as if she knew the place better than her own. She changed her shoes, collapsed onto the couch, and ordered him to cook.
Claire laughed as she watched.
“Why did the producers choose this clip? It reminded me of how terrible Ryan is at cooking.”
Her tone was intimate, almost like a girlfriend playfully complaining about her boyfriend.
Ryan laughed and called her an ungrateful brat.
“I cook for you, and you still complain?”
They sounded exactly like a couple in the honeymoon phase, bickering over nothing.
The footage switched to Ryan entering the kitchen. Claire immediately took off her jacket and began wiping the water droplets off the wall.
She stripped down to a tiny camisole and sighed at the camera.
“The rainy season in the South is such a pain. Ryan’s whole place is soaked. Breathing in too much moisture isn’t good for you.”
The senior guest sitting on her other side praised her.
“Claire is so thoughtful.”
【Wow, she’s pulling this right in front of Ryan’s girlfriend? Is she trying to die?】
【Our Rich-and-Famous couple’s drama is airing right now! Anything they do during the promotional period is part of their job!】
【Ryan is a top-tier celebrity. He doesn’t even have a decent rag at home? He has to use her clothes to wipe the walls? If he cheated, he cheated. Why dress it up like this?】
【The girl who got soaked earns millions and still can’t afford a dehumidifier?】
Ryan frowned when he saw the comments. He probably thought I had told my fans to defend me.
He said coldly, “She was only wiping up some water. Don’t be so sensitive.”
Claire gave me a smug little smile.
It was as if she were saying:
See? You lost again.
I let out a cold laugh.
“No one said there was anything wrong with you two. I guess only people with guilty consciences get this sensitive.”
Ryan’s expression instantly darkened.
Good.
If he was uncomfortable, I felt a lot better.
第2章
Ryan and I had been classmates in college. We had gone public with our relationship back when we were both struggling actors.
Work hadn’t gone smoothly at first. There were long stretches when neither of us had anything to film.
One time, with nothing better to do, Ryan flew me overseas and told me he had a surprise.
Under the cover of darkness, we climbed Mount Ijen, where blue flames flowed like veins of blood.
“This place is called the entrance to hell,” he said brightly, taking my hand. “If we walk through this stretch of hell together, the road ahead will be filled with flowers.”
“I’ll work hard to make you happy. We’ll be together forever.”
I didn’t know whether the place was really that lucky, but after we returned home, we both landed the scripts and roles we had been hoping for.
When the shows aired, they became huge hits.
We finally made it.
But as our careers grew busier, we spent more time apart. Ryan’s fame also brought more and more women into his orbit.
He had never wavered before.
Claire was the only exception.
The production team had cut out the part where they ate dinner. The next scene showed Claire wearing Ryan’s jacket as they sat shoulder to shoulder on the couch, eating watermelon while a new movie played on the television.
Claire suddenly mentioned me in a wounded tone.
“Would Mia be upset if she saw this?”
Ryan replied, “There are cameras all over the house. We’re completely innocent. What could she say?”
【I support Ryan! He’s such an honorable man!】
【Have you never heard of being blind to what’s right under your nose? Mia, dump him already. They’re practically spitting on your head!】
The longer I watched, the colder I felt.
My hands and feet went numb, and breathing became difficult.
I tried my best to hide how strange I felt.
Ryan must have noticed something was wrong. Under the table, he quietly reached for my hand.
Before I could pull away, a large hand suddenly cut between us and smacked Ryan’s hand aside.
Ryan nearly lost his temper, but remembered we were still filming and forced himself to calm down.
Noah didn’t change his expression. He flashed a row of perfect white teeth.
“My hand cramped. Sorry.”
During the break, Ryan asked me to wait for him after filming so we could go home together.
“I’ll explain everything.”
But when filming ended, the area outside Pulse TV was packed with excited fans and frantic reporters. Ryan and Claire had pushed their onscreen romance too far during the livestream.
Of course the paparazzi wouldn’t miss it.
The three people at the center of the scandal had appeared together. Everyone wanted a piece of the story.
When Ryan saw Claire surrounded by reporters, he rushed over to protect her and escort her away.
I was only a step behind, but that was enough for the entertainment reporters to swarm me.
“Mia, what do you think about Claire and Ryan’s relationship?”
“Mia, you’ve been with Ryan for ten years. Do you think he’s the kind of man who would cheat?”
“Claire visits Ryan’s house like it’s her own. Are they living together? Have your feelings for each other faded a long time ago? Are you only pretending to be a couple for the cameras?”
I glanced coldly at the name badge of the reporter who had asked the last question.
“Do you even know what you’re asking?”
第3章
The reporter didn’t back down.
“Of course I do! If your relationship is already dead, why won’t you break up with Ryan? Haven’t you heard? In a relationship, the person who isn’t loved is the real homewrecker!”
“You’re stopping two people who love each other from being together just to satisfy your own selfish desires. Don’t you think that makes you pathetic?”
The area instantly fell silent.
I grabbed her name badge.
“Bella White? Looks like this is a family affair. Is the White family really this impatient?”
Bella snatched her badge back, furious and embarrassed.
“This was my idea alone! I just can’t stand you. He doesn’t love you anymore, but you still cling to him. You have no dignity!”
She turned and walked away.
I watched her retreating back for a while.
Did I really have no dignity?
But I wasn’t the one who had done anything wrong.
Why was I the one trapped at the center of the scandal? Why was everyone treating me like a joke and turning against me instead of them?
My vision suddenly went dark.
Noah cleared a path for me with a cold expression and forced his way through the wall of reporters.
“Miss Mia, keep spacing out and they’ll crush you.”
He helped me into his van.
“Go home and rest. Call me if you need anything.”
I didn’t have his number.
Noah seemed to read my mind. His phone lit up, and he waved it at me with a crooked smile.
“Remember to call me.”
After the White family stirred everything up, the internet became even more chaotic. Ryan came to apologize.
“I’m sorry. I never thought it would turn into this.”
I sat on the couch peeling an orange.
“Isn’t this exactly the publicity you wanted? Why are you pretending?”
Ryan snatched the orange from my hand and began peeling it for me.
He hurried to explain that all their interactions in front of the cameras had been for the show. He said his manager had told him to protect Claire and lead her away from the reporters.
He had never intended to abandon me there.
He had never meant to leave me helpless.
As if afraid I wouldn’t believe him, he deleted Claire’s number in front of me.
“Yes, I admit it. We were creating buzz. I’ve deleted every way of contacting her now. Isn’t that enough? Mia, making this uglier won’t help anyone. We’re adults. We need to think about the bigger picture.”
“You never thought about leaving me, either, right?”
“If you don’t believe me, I can ask the production team to hand over all the security footage!”
He tried to take my hand.
“Mia, we’re partners. More than that, we’re family. Family members have to trust each other. You shouldn’t doubt me.”
My father had died when I was young, and my mother had remarried. Ryan had never known his father, while his mother had been bedridden for years and was barely clinging to life.
We had promised to depend on each other.
But now, I couldn’t even recognize my own heart.
When the excitement and passion faded, was all that remained a quiet life where two people simply supported each other?
Ryan mistook my silence for surrender.
He received a phone call and left with a relaxed expression.
“I’ll come back and have dinner with you later.”
The moment he left, Claire bombarded me with messages.
She sent me dozens of intimate photos of the two of them.
第4章
There were photos of them fooling around on set, sneaking out for late-night meals behind their manager’s and assistants’ backs, and even one of Claire eating in Ryan’s hotel room.
In the upper-left corner of that photo, Ryan was getting dressed.
【Ryan says his favorite place is the set because I’m there.】
Every picture was suggestive.
Every word was meant to provoke me.
I typed coldly:
【Whatever happened between you, it clearly wasn’t close enough for that kind of picture.】
【So Ryan was right. You two are only ordinary coworkers.】
Claire instantly lost control.
【Just wait.】
I finished reading her reply and turned off my phone.
Ryan wanted to cheat while keeping his reputation intact.
Where in the world did he think he could get such a perfect deal?
Outside the window, violet lightning flashed and vanished, followed by booming thunder. Heavy rain began to fall.
The South really was humid and rainy.
Ryan messaged me, saying his mother was dying.
Without thinking, I changed clothes and rushed out. On the way, another car rear-ended me.
We quickly reached an agreement about the accident in the middle of the downpour and settled on a solution.
After the other driver left, I discovered that my car wouldn’t start.
I called Ryan and asked him to come get me, or send someone to take me to the hospital.
“Why would you go to the hospital?” Ryan asked, confused. “My mother—”
“She’s fine now. Don’t worry about her.”
He paused noticeably.
I heard a woman laughing on the other end.
“Ryan, she cursed your mother and you’re still covering for her instead of getting angry? What’s wrong with you?”
Ryan snapped, furious and embarrassed.
“I’m having dinner with a sponsor! What are you imagining now? When I’m done here, I’m going straight to a magazine shoot. Can you stop making trouble?”
“You have friends, don’t you? Call one of them to pick you up if your car broke down!”
“Stop relying on me for everything. You’re exhausting!”
Then he hung up.
I stared blankly at the ended call.
A sharp honk pulled me out of my thoughts.
Noah appeared in a T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops, riding a tiny electric scooter. Half the wheels were already underwater.
He honked twice. His eyes curved into a smile.
“Hop on, Mia.”
I was stunned.
“How did you know I was here?”
Noah explained that the people in the car that had hit me had posted about the accident online.
“I was worried something had happened to you, so I came over.”
He smiled.
“I didn’t expect you to settle everything so quickly. And I definitely didn’t expect your car to break down. Otherwise, I would’ve made a wasted trip.”
I couldn’t understand how he had arrived so quickly. He said that within a few miles, an electric scooter was faster than a car.
He had taken every shortcut he could find.
“Get on. The rain’s only going to get worse.”
I didn’t bother pretending to be polite.
Both Ryan and I owned property in G City. We had even moved there temporarily for the show. But Noah was the only true local.
Usually, he looked polished and glamorous in front of the cameras. The moment the rain started, he turned into a completely ordinary G City guy.
I couldn’t help laughing when I thought about his long arms and legs folded onto that ridiculously tiny scooter.
“What are you laughing at?” he called through the raincoat, his voice muffled.
“Nothing.”
He took me all the way home.
“Go upstairs. I’ll leave once I know you’re inside.”
For some reason, I asked, “You’re already soaked. Why don’t you come up and sit for a while?”
“Sure.”
Noah answered so quickly that I almost laughed.
As if afraid I would change my mind, he parked the scooter and ran back without even opening an umbrella. He was drenched from head to toe.
“I’m ready!”