Unwilling Bride: The 1V5 Love Drama novel Chapter 365

Chapter 365 Be Close to You

Chapter 365 Be Close to You

She placed the business magazine back onto the table where she had taken it from.

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Noticing a potted plant nearby, she drifted over and lightly ran her fingertips across the soft surface of its leaves.

For some reason, a handful of small stones had been carefully gathered and arranged into a perfect circle on top of the soil. The precision of the pattern suggested an unusually meticulous, possibly obsessive personality behind it.

Ava then stepped toward the window and glanced down outside. Since it was the weekend, the surroundings were relatively quiet, with far fewer people than usual. On weekdays, this entire area would have been bustling with activity. With that thought in mind, she turned her head and looked back af Mason again.

He had started from nothing and fought his way up to the point where he could afford to lease two entire floors in a building like this for office space. No matter how it was viewed, he was undeniably ruthless and capable of enduring extreme pressure and hardship.

Even now, on a day off, he was still working without pause. Jane had once labeled him a workaholic, and she had not been entirely wrong.

Yet Ava didn’t see that as something negative. Having a clear goal and achieving it through relentless effort was, in her view, a form of discipline and reward in itself.

After watching him quietly for a moment longer, she finally shifted her attention and opened the Stellar Network.

The top trending topic immediately caught her eye-the documentary produced by the Capitol Planet Museum.

She hadn’t even seen the final edited version herself yet. Without hesitation, she tapped into it and quickly found several related posts. As expected, official media outlets had publicly praised her, even referring to her as a custodian of traditional culture.

She opened the video and first watched the two-minute trailer. During filming, she hadn’t felt anything particularly special, but seeing the polished version now gave her the strange impression that she was watching someone else entirely.

The comment section was overflowing with reactions such as “She’s unbelievably beautiful!” and “She looks like she walked straight out of an ancient Terran era,”

“This is next-level immersion! I never understood why I couldn’t get into ancient Terran era dramas. before, but now it makes sense. It’s the aura. Modern actors just don’t have this kind of presence.”

“Black hair and black eyes? Do people still have that naturally? That can’t be real-it must be dyed.”

“What kind of clinic could possibly dye someone’s eyes black? Hair, maybe, but eyes? Impossible. And she’s clearly not wearing contacts either-those are her natural features.”

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“Her parents must have won some kind of genetic lottery. Is this some rare ancestral throwback or something?”

Ava continued scrolling through the comment section, carefully going through each message. The majority of them were compliments. Although a few unpleasant remarks appeared here and there, they were so few that they were almost drowned out by the overwhelming positivity.

After wrapping up his work, Mason approached her from behind, yet she didn’t respond at all.

He leaned in, slipped an arm around her waist, and lowered his voice near her ear. “What’s got you so focused?”

His strong arms held her gently at the waist, his breath faintly grazing her neck.

Ava turned her head slightly to look at him. “The documentary I shot for the museum some time ago has finally been edited. It’s been released on Stellar Network, and the response has been really good, so I was going through the comments.”

Mason responded in a low voice, “Then I definitely need to check it out.”

“Have you finished your work?”

“Yeah, it’s all done. Sorry for making you stay here with me while I worked. It must’ve been pretty dull for you, right?”

While speaking, he idly twirled a strand of her long hair between his fingers.

“It was okay. I noticed a business magazine on the shelf earlier-it featured your interview.”

Mason slightly lifted his brows, waiting for her next words, already suspecting it wouldn’t be entirely flattering.

Ava stifled a laugh. “So, your idea of an ideal partner was someone who looks decent and isn’t overly dependent?”

At that moment, Mason immediately recalled that interview question. Back then, he had answered on impulse without thinking much. He never expected it to come back to haunt him like a boomerang.

He cleared his throat, realizing he needed to explain himself properly.

“I was just spouting nonsense. That interviewer brought it up, and I was already irritated, so I said the first thing that came to mind just to get through it. Besides, I genuinely hadn’t considered marriage at all back

then.

“I didn’t think I’d get married this early either. But then I ended up in a forced match with you.”

As he spoke, he lightly nudged the bridge of his nose against hers. “Ava…”

He murmured her name under his breath, his gaze fixed on her with an unmistakable, almost unguarded

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desire. The warmth of his exhale made his intentions impossible to misread.

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Ava’s pulse jumped in her chest. She already understood exactly what he was thinking-his posture and the way he looked at her had given everything away.

“I…” she began, but didn’t manage to finish.

“Shh.” His voice softened as he interrupted her. “Don’t look at me like that. It makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong… like I’m taking advantage of you.”

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