Alfred knew it, of course. Yet he still made this stupid mistake for unknown reasons.
After a moment, Travis and Helena walked over again. They seemed to have reached an agreement.
Alfred knew that he could not let Helena down.
"Okay, I know how to act now."
Alfred went back again and finished a perfect scene.
However, Travis discerned something in Alfred's performance.
Travis stayed with Helena the entire day. The episode earlier seemed unimportant.
In the bathroom, Alfred, in a terrible mood, washed his face with cold water.
Not long after, he heard footsteps. He glanced back from the corner of his eye. He didn't see the person but his intuition told him that it was Travis.
The sound of footsteps stopped not far away from Alfred, but he didn't look back.
The two were silent for a long time. In the end, Alfred couldn't bear it anymore. He turned around, and asked angrily, "Do you love her as much as I do?"
Travis chuckled, "That's a good question. How long have you loved her, a year, two years, more than five years?"
Feeling Travis's strong vibe, Alfred said seriously. "Yes. Five years. She has been the only one I cared about ever since I started working in this industry. My love for her has never changed over the years."
"Five years!" Travis repeated Alfred's words playfully.
"What about you then?" asked Alfred. At some point, he had clenched his hands.
He didn't like Travis' attitude. He felt that Travis was treating Helena, the woman who had been cherished by him for five years, as a plaything. Seeing other people fooling his muse was just not acceptable.
"I have loved her at least for twenty years!"
"Four times that of you!" Travis answered.
"Four times," Alfred murmured to himself inside.
"You!"
Alfred was dumbfounded.
"Yes, I have fallen in love since way back. I've been waiting for her to grow up."
"But... but when she grew up, why hadn't you..."
He couldn't possibly talk about this with people close to him or people around him. Yet now, he was saying it to his rival in love.
"Because... I know she has a career pursuit."
It took Alfred a long time to understand. He smiled softly, questioning himself if he could have done the same thing.
Obviously no!
"I understand now!"
After a long while, Alfred spoke slowly.
"No, you don't!"
Upon hearing Travis' words, Alfred looked at him again.
"It's not only about time but also devotion. You will never know how important she is to me. I will say yes to all her demands, even the most unreasonable ones."
Alfred's eyes gradually widened. He looked at Travis in disbelief, and wasn't able to speak for a long time.
Travis smiled lightly. "I hope our conversation today is between us only."
Turning around, he went out.
Alfred felt like he was holding his breath, not because of Travis' strong air, but because of his affection for Helena.
During the five years after he entered the show business, he had been paying attention to Helena all the time. He agreed to act with Aria last time so that he could get close to Helena.
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