"Would you stop?"
Max knew Laura was shy. If he kept pushing, she might get angry for real.
He recovered himself and held her shoulders, smiling, "Alright, I'm teasing you. Let's take our time. As long as Fannie doesn't push us, we'll just go with the flow."
Max threw the question back at Fannie secretly.
Fannie replied with a smile, "It's your business, and I won't step in. But Laura, you're not young now. If you want a baby, have one as soon as possible. Of course, it's up to you, and I'm just giving you advice based on my past experience."
Blushing, Laura didn't know what to say.
Finally, she hemmed and hawed by way of reply.
The next day, Fannie booked the flight to the south.
Since Laura didn't have time to fly with her, she could only see her off at the airport.
Of course, she was reluctant to let her mother go.
Laura booked the first-class ticket for her mother so that she could avoid the paparazzi and see Fannie off in the VIP passage.
Holding hands, they talked for a long while. It was when the plane was about to take off that they parted.
After seeing her mother off, Laura went back home, feeling depressed.
Max went to the airport with her. After coming back, he found Laura in the blue and tried his best to make her laugh.
Finally, her face brightened up a little.
The next day, Laura went back to the set to continue filming.
She had long got used to the life on the set.
Truly, she and Max had got registered, but since it was a secret marriage, no one knew about it. Therefore, she didn't receive any preferential treatment as "Mrs. Nixon".
Everything was the same as usual.
The only thing different was Nicole's whereabouts.
Nicole, as her personal assistant, was supposed to follow her around.
But somehow, she started to take time off frequently. Even when she was with Laura, she kept drifting away.
When Laura called her, she acted as if she hadn't heard her.
This sudden change caught Laura's attention.
But Laura was also worried that Nicole would have an accident.
Thus, one afternoon, Laura asked her during the break, "Have you been hiding something from me recently?"
Nicole didn't get it at the moment.
Seeing her absent-minded, Laura knew she was right about her.
She clicked her tongue and shook her head.
"Nicole, if something happened, you have to tell me. I'll support you, no matter what."
It was now that Nicole realized Laura was talking to her and began to blush.
She waved her hands and stuttered, "Laura, I... I'm alright..."
Staring at her, Laura asked seriously, "Really? But you don't look yourself recently."
Nicole blushed even more furiously upon hearing that.
She dropped her head and mumbled after a long time, "Laura, I'll try to pull myself together as soon as possible. Don't worry. It won't happen again."
Laura paused for a moment before she realized Nicole misunderstood her.
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