She was bored at a break and wanted to listen to some music when she was working for the last show. Stephen was using them at that time and gave them to her.
She had been hogging them and hadn't had time to return them before.
She smiled, "Yes."
Stephen frowned with mixed feelings.
"Laura, you don't have to do this. I said even if we can't be a couple, we're still friends..."
"They belong to yours. I just borrowed them, so I should return them."
She gave a genuine smile, "If you want to give me something, you'll have to give me something brand new and I won't hesitate to take it."
Stephen froze and took a few seconds to understand what she meant.
Young men and women couldn't have that ambiguous vibe between them.
His things had his smell and traces. If she continued to use them, their relationship would always be ambiguous.
If one day she accidentally used them and he saw them, he may be sad.
Now that she had returned everything to him, even if he gave her something in the future, he would just give it to her as a friend.
With this in mind, Stephen suddenly understood Laura's intentions and felt sad.
He nodded and put the headphones away, "I see."
After a pause, he asked, "You didn't answer my question today. Who is he?"
Laura pursed her lips and didn't want to answer the question.
If she did, she would have answered at noon.
She thought about it and could only say, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I won't be with anyone else in the world but him for now."
Stephen knew there was a good chance he would be sad again by asking the question.
But he couldn't help it.
Hearing her answer, he gave a wry smile, "He's so lucky."
Laura didn't respond.
Stephen sighed.
"Well, I gotta go."
Laura nodded and Stephen left.
Laura had to work outdoors that night.
It was December and it was freezing cold outside in the winter.
It started to snow in the evening and made the scene even more bleak and miserable.
It was 9 when her scene was done.
Laura was freezing and after work, she set off for the hotel in a heavy coat with Nicole.
It was late, but some people were still on the set shooting.
Others went back to the hotel hours ago.
So when Laura and Nicole left, they were the only two people that were about to go back to the hotel.
Because the set was not far from the hotel and the road was snowy, it only took a few minutes to drive there.
But Laura was starving and didn't want to order take-out, so she was going to walk back with Nicole and buy something to eat on the way.
They bought some food and were walking towards the hotel when suddenly a dark figure rushed out of the alley.
The dark figure quickly grabbed Laura and dragged her into the alley.
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