chapter 1468


    Anthony used to take care of her the same way, cooking for her and washing the dishes for her.


    Sadly...


    Her eyes dulled as she massaged her temples.


    Why was she thinking of that fool again?!


    Charmine turned away to look at her script instead.


    After he finished washing the tes, Maurice sat before Charmine hushedly. His dark eyes studied her.


    He liked this youngdy a lot. She was like his next-door neighbor, the pure and innocent kind, and he


    had this desire to protect her.


    It baffled him as to why people online would hate her so much. She was nowhere close to what they


    portrayed her to be!


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    She was, in fact, a soft-hearted, kind, and almost adorable woman.


    Charmine could feel his burning gaze on her, so she looked at him and fell into his dark eyes.


    "Mr. Lukas..." hesitated Charmine. "What''s wrong?"


    Maurice looked away and gently replied, "I think you''re adorable."


    "Mmh?" Charmine blinked.


    Adorable? Was he deluded or something?


    Not once was she called ''adorable'' ever since she was born. i


    "Why are you so shocked?" questioned Maurice.


    Charmine said, "This is the first time anyone has called me that," confessed Charmine, inducing


    Maurice’s pity.


    He somehow understood her more.


    Thinking he might have grazed an old wound of hers, he dropped the matter and instead said, "How’s


    the script going?"


    "This part." Charmine circled it and showed it to him. "I think


    I can change it this way."


    Maurice looked at it and nodded. "Yeah, you can."


    With that, he added another sentence for her and said, "This will bring out your charisma, and they’ll


    like your personality even more.”


    Charmine blinked. "Mr. Lukas, this will make everyone scowl at the male lead."


    "It’s okay."


    He truly felt Charmine was a perfect match to the female lead, just as how he felt the same way during


    the interview.


    Even though it was just a show, the audience would be deeply immersed in it, and they would second-


    guess themselves about Charmine''s true self.


    He, from the start, had always known she was a good person. He wanted more people to like her and


    not scold her for anything she did.


    This was why he had been trying to change her script-so that people would like her more, i


    She did not deserve the public scrutiny! i


    Charmine looked at him and wanted to refute, but Maurice merely said, "Ms. Jordan, just call me Mo in


    the future. It makes us sound closer."


    Charmine frowned.


    Mo? That sounded too personal. They had just met for a day, after all.


    She wanted to turn him down gently, but Anthony’s face kept haunting her.


    Since he had that female artist of his, would it not be weak for her to not call Maurice, ''Mo''?


    Charmine looked at Maurice. "Okay, Mo. You don’t have to call me Ms. Jordan—"


    "What about Gem?"


    Charmine wanted to have him call her Charmine, but he called out her name from the show.


    Her name on the show was Gem rke. The male lead would eventually call her Gem after they


    began dating in the show.


    Charmine blinked and said, "Okay."


    It did not matter what he called her. ''Gem'' sounded nice, and it would rile up the fans all the more, too,


    increasing their poprity as well as the show''s!


    Maurice nodded, and they both continued discussing the scripts.


    They went through most bits up until three that morning. By then, Charmine was exhausted, so she


    stood up to leave.


    Maurice walked her out of his room and said gently, "Thank you for working so hard tonight. Go and get


    some rest.


    Goodnight."


    Startled for a moment, Charmine then smiled and said," Goodnight."


    "Goodnight."