Red apple swirls in Jessica’s hands. The thin and long peel falls into the fruit plate. She is so skillful at peeling that no one would not extol her as a good housewife.
If it is not for the microphone on her clothes, Jenny would like to ask her if she stayed up and practiced peeling apples all night.
Noticing Jenny looking at herself, Jessica smiles brighter, "Frankie is not at home today because there are some business to deal with in the company. Otherwise it will be good for us to take advantage of this program to get together. You have been very busy recently, right? You haven't come to visit me for a long time."
"I've been busy all the time. Isn’t what this business is? But you haven't been idle, right? Your wedding day is coming, so I feel sorry for bothering you."
"The wedding dress hasn't been picked out yet. The staff of wedding dress shop sent me two sets. Choose one for me!"
Jenny admires that Jessica talks to her about trivialities without turning a hair.
It is true that life is like a play, only good actors survive it.
The wedding dresses are shelved in the cloakroom. The whole cloakroom is neatly placed all kinds of expensive jewelry and bags. The two sets of wedding dresses mentioned by Jessica are placed right in the middle of it. Both are white. One is a strapless puffball dress with a string of tassel decorated by tiny pearls on the waist and the other one is a a fishtail dress with lace on the shoulders, showing slim figure.
Jenny can’t help touching it.
"Isn't it nice? These are two samples from the window hand-sewn by an Italian designer. They were not for sale, but a friend of mine knows the manager very well so he sold them to me."
Jessica says in pride. She bashfully touches her cheek, "But I am a little entangled with which one to choose."
"Let Frankie choose for you."
"That's true. We have the same taste. Maybe you will be as entangled as me." Jessica looks at Jenny with her eyebrows raised. There is an insinuation in her remarks so that Jenny shrinks.
She is obviously provoking.
"I'm a little thirsty. I'm going to drink." Jenny bows her head slightly, shunning away from the camera, to hide the displeasure in her eyes.
Jessica indifferently grabs her wrist, "Why don't you take a look for me after I put on it."
Jenny is about to shake off her hand, but she glimpses that two cameras are watching her through the dressing mirror. She rouses with a rush and recalls that she is recording. So she bears it with her teeth gritted.
"OK, try it."
She reluctantly responds. Seeing that Jessica goes into the dressing room with the servant, she looks around and sits down bored on sofa in the cloakroom.
In fact, she doesn’t care to play with Jessica. She merely needs to put on a mask and imagine herself as a character. She can pretend to be her sister even if she doesn't know how to act.
But she is very impatient to talk too much with Jessica, especially about her marriage and pregnancy. It is clear that she took her boyfriend and now she is asked to bless her against her conscience. That makes her regurgitate at every word.
Looking at the fishtail wedding dress in a daze, she doesn’t notice the inconspicuous footstep behind.
"Jenny, when did you come?"
The sudden sound of a man stiffens Jenny on her back. She straightens up before putting hands holding cheeks back. She turns to look at the white figure coming in from the door.
She isn’t aware that Frankie has been standing behind her for a long time.
Because there are cameras, Jenny smiles at him decently, "I just arrive. Jessica asks me to help her choose wedding dress. Why are you at home?"
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