"What are you shooting?”
Hannah Joseph's sudden appearance startles the little reporter. He stutters, "I didn't shoot anything..."
"Really? Then show me." Hannah Joseph reaches out.
The little reporter subconsciously hides the SLR behind him, looks at Hannah Joseph, and then tries to run.
"You're taking pictures of Miss Shahbaz, aren’t you?" Hannah Joseph grabs his SLR tape quickly and lowers her voice, "Don't run, or I'll call the police."
"I don't run, I don't run, can I delete it?" The little reporter begs.
What are the consequences of offending the Shahbaz family? The little reporter is still very clear.
But Hannah Joseph smiles meaningfully.
"You don't have to delete it. What do you mean by taking pictures of Miss Shahbaz's shopping? Will it make a headline? Don't you want to disclose the news? How about making a deal with you?”
...
As the night falls, London becomes prosperous with neon lights.
When Chester Shahbaz comes back in the evening, Hannah Joseph has already had dinner. While humming, she is playing with her dress and jewelry in the room. It's cool to spend others' money. It's much cooler to spend money of people who used to hate her.
After back home today, Hannah Joseph gives the card back to Lily Pons, but she looks unhappy.
"Why are you not at home all day? Where have you been?"
Seeing Chester Shahbaz coming back, Hannah Joseph asks.
But Chester Shahbaz looks at her coldly, "don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
"Consistent with each other?" Chester Shahbaz looks at her with doubts.
"I specially bought the suit for you, which matches my dress. When we attend the wedding, everyone can see we love each other. And we can surpass them in appearance and make them envy us. We can also kill all rumors and some people’s ulterior motives. Isn't that consistency between us?"
Hannah Joseph's words are half true and half false.
It's half true because she really can't stand Chester Shahbaz's own mother asks someone to use an abusive way to test him and tries to give him some cover. It's half false because she needs Chester Shahbaz to work with her to put on a show of love on the wedding day so as to gain the respect of others in their circle.
She doesn’t know how much Chester Shahbaz believes her, but he agrees,
"Put it aside, I’ll try it later."
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