343 Going for the meeting (2/2)

”Mika dear, Ryn is working. We can't be too selfish to keep Ryn to ourselves,” Mrs Long told her daughter.

”But…”

”We're going first, mother,” Jeremy pulled Ryn with him toward the door. He knew if they stayed any longer, his mother might change her mind and want to follow them too with Mika.

”Have you told Mei Li we're coming?” Jeremy asked.

”Oh yes,” she took out her phone to call Mei Li.

Jeremy glanced at her and stopped talking. He also did not switch on the radio in order to keep the inside of the car quiet while Ryn having her conversation with Mei Li.

”Hello, Ryn. Are you coming now?” Mei Li asked once she answered the call.

”Hmm… are you busy?” Ryn asked as she fiddled with the air-conditioner. She adjusted the temperature to her like and then took off the hairband with one hand. Another hand was still holding the phone to her right ear.

Jeremy saw her rubbing her nape absentmindedly and reached one hand to rub it for her.

She looked at him. With her free hand, she used to push his hand away.

”Stay focus,” she pointed at the road. She did not want him to stray his attention from the road and they ended up in an accident. It was not the right time for any intimate gesture.

”Not really. I just finished having lunch with Harry here,” Mei Li spoke honestly.

”Oh. I'll see you later, then. In about…” she looked outside the window to check their location, ”… in fifteen minutes? Or half an hour?”

”Around twenty minutes more,” Jeremy said.

”Yes. We'll arrive in twenty minutes more. See you, Mei Li. Bye.”

Once she ended the call, Ryn connected her phone to the radio via Bluetooth without asking Jeremy first. She then played one of the playlists she had and closed her eyes sleepily.

”Sleep first. I'll wake you up once we've arrived,” he told her, stroking her hair gently.

”Focus on your driving, J,” she mumbled sleepily. A twenty-minutes of nap sounded so heavenly right now.

He chuckled. He was not even angry when she kept pushing his hand away. How adorable more could she get? He felt like stopping the car and kissed her until both of them went breathless. Heck, he would kiss her without any reason. Just looking at her made he wanted to eat her tofu without any restrain.

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”Is she coming?” Harry asked when he saw Mei Li ended the call.

”She's on the way. Well, aren't you leaving? We've done discussing your projects, right?” Mei Li drank her coffee. She was still in a puzzle why Harry still did not leave even though they were done with their discussion hours ago. As Harry was still unwilling to do modelling full-time, she did not take too many jobs for him. Still being new in this job, she did not want to force him too much, to give too much stress. And with him not actually depend on the money from the jobs for his daily expenses, she was not that 'crazy' with the number of jobs for him.

But for Ryn… it was hard even though Ryn did not depend much on her modelling pay. Everyone wanted her in their show. And Mei Li ended up receiving the blaming look from Ryn but what could she say? Even though she told them Ryn did not want to do a lot of jobs like she used to, they kept asking and asking until she gave in and took their proposals to Ryn.

The life of a modelling manager/agent.

”I'll wait. I can send her home,” Harry decided with a smile. He could not wait to see her. He thought he could see her this morning, hence ended up being the first one to arrive at the modelling agency this morning but to his disappointment, Mei Li told him she had another matter to attend to and had to postpone her trip here. Luckily, he insisted to have lunch together with Mei Li and could hear with his own ears that Ryn was coming.