Chapter 3

I held my stomach until midnight, but Nadia still hadn't come back.

The kitten was licking my hand worriedly, curled up beside me.

I knew Nadia wouldn't come back, but I still couldn't help but have some expectations.

Time passed bit by bit, and I really couldn't bear it anymore. I called for delivery to bring the medicine over.

At this moment, Twitter suddenly popped up with a message. It was another post from Luke.

I clicked in to look, driven by some inexplicable force. It was a photo posted by Luke, showing Nadia's back view. Nadia was confronting the debt collectors, with her arms spread out to protect Luke behind her.

Luke said that the debt collectors had already left under Nadia's threats and money. Luke had suffered some minor injuries and was on the way to the hospital with Nadia.

Someone asked in the comments: "Looking at this back view, is it Nadia again? The big star and the young university student are so shippable!"

Luke immediately replied: "Thank you for your concern, ship away, there's plenty of sugar!"

My heart ached.

Nadia and I had never gone public. She said she didn't want to affect her career, and I respected her wishes. But now she was appearing in public with Luke again and again, in such an ambiguous relationship.

Doesn't this affect her career?

Luke was so concerned about a minor injury, but do you remember a month ago, at the Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony, Nadia won the Best Supporting Actress award through my resource investments and daily humble pleading.

When Nadia was accepting the award, I was surrounded by a group of people.

"An actor who has already retired dares to compete for resources with the people our boss wants to support?!"

The leader kicked me.

I knew it was probably because Nadia had been elevated step by step by me, affecting too many other people's interests.

One of them had sent these people to cause trouble for me.

"All of you, go up and beat him! Just don't beat him to death!"

As soon as the leader gave the order, more than a dozen people surrounded me and started punching and kicking.

Faced with the attack of more than a dozen people, I was powerless to fight back. I could only cover my head and silently endure.

Just as I was being beaten, I saw Nadia, who had just received the award, walking past with Luke's hand in hers, surrounded by stars.

"Nadia! Save me!" I shouted.

Nadia clearly saw me, but she only glanced at me, then fearfully quickened her pace, pulling Luke's hand.

Because more and more people were gathering, the leader was afraid of making a big scene and withdrew his men.

Late at night, I went to the hospital before returning home covered in wounds.

"Why are you back so late?" Nadia glanced at me, then was shocked by my appearance, her lips trembling.

"Nadia, why didn't you save me, why didn't you call the police?" I rushed up to question her.

"I... I didn't know it would be so serious." Nadia shrank back, her eyes avoiding mine.

"You were afraid those people would hurt Luke, right!" My eyes gradually reddened.

Nadia was exposed by me and couldn't speak.

Because she knew that as long as these people were causing trouble for me, they wouldn't bother Luke.

"Come with me to report to the police! That place is a blind spot for surveillance, you and Luke clearly saw it, come and testify for me!" I stared at Nadia intently.

"Enough! Why report to the police for such a small matter!" Nadia yelled angrily, "Aren't you fine now? Other than some superficial injuries, what's wrong with you? You're not dead or disabled, why is a grown man being so dramatic!"

I sneered and nodded.

As the night deepened, my disappointment in Nadia also deepened.

After Nadia finished speaking, she went back to her room as if nothing had happened, while I sat in the living room, enduring the pain of my injuries, unable to sleep all night.

Afterwards, Nadia acted coquettishly towards me again, coaxing me with a few words. She's always like this, thinking that acting coquettish and saying a few nice words would make everything okay.

I also thought it had passed, but seeing Luke's Twitter post, I clearly remembered everything that happened that day.

I closed my eyes tiredly, and when I opened them again, my eyes were clear. I called my former agent:

"Hello, I want to make a comeback. Are there any roles available recently?"