Contract Marriage: Let's Make It Real, Mrs. Sterling!-Chapter 234: Script

After Mia Sutton arrived at the company, she went directly to find Celine Thorne.

Celine was in her office reading a script. Seeing Mia come in, she waved her over, "Mia, come here and take a look. What do you think of this script?"

Mia walked over, took the script from Celine’s hand, and said, "Celine, I’ve never acted before. Looking at a script now, isn’t it a bit..."

Celine interrupted her, smiling, "Just look at it first. We’ll talk after you’ve read it."

Hearing this, Mia seated herself on the sofa and started reading the script. She was quickly absorbed; it was a fantasy drama script, perfect in both concept and overall framework.

Time flew by unnoticed, and Mia finally moved her neck a little, her eyes filled with admiration.

She genuinely liked this script; every character in it was fleshed out with soul and depth, lacking absolute good or evil.

What set this script apart from other fantasy dramas was its take on the Demon Realm. Typically, fantasy scripts portray the Demon Realm as a symbol of darkness and evil, but not this one. Here, the Demon Realm holds the same status as the Celestial Realm, containing a mixture of many elements beyond just evil.

Overall, Mia felt quite drawn to this script.

Finishing the script, Mia closed it with satisfaction, just about to tell Celine she wanted the role.

Then she noticed two more people in the office, and blinked her pretty eyes in surprise.

She wasn’t quite sure why Jensen Sterling and Cameron Grant were in Celine’s office.

Mia turned her head slightly to look at Celine, then focused back on Jensen, asking curiously, "Mr. Sterling, why are you here?"

Jensen didn’t answer, but Celine, sitting in her chair, smiled and said, "This script was brought over by Jensen Sterling."

Mia: "..." The script was brought over by him?

Jensen looked at the young woman and chuckled lightly, "Didn’t you say you wanted to act last time you were at home?"

Mia recalled that she indeed said that one night.

...

At the time, bored, she had randomly opened a movie on her phone, coincidentally one that starred Jensen. It was a cop-and-robber film.

With nothing else to do, she lay on her bed and began to watch.

This film was different from other cop-and-robber films, in which the male lead was usually a cop, but not with Jensen. He played the robber.

The protagonist, due to childhood experiences, had a twisted and dark psyche. On the surface, he was the CEO of a publicly listed company, maintaining a positive image in society and often organizing charity events, but in reality, he was an extremely dangerous criminal.

He orchestrated numerous crimes, but none were directly executed by him. Each crime, from planning to execution, was flawless, and all his crime victims were notorious and vicious.

Even though the police were after them and they deserved their fate, dying at the hands of another and being arrested by the police are two different things. If someone else kills them, the police still must investigate thoroughly, as they cannot risk the mastermind targeting innocent people in the future.

Such a person possesses terrifying intelligence but is also insanely extreme, and must be captured.

The film maintained a tense atmosphere from start to finish. Even when the protagonist appeared as a philanthropist, the tension was palpable, like a balloon filled to its limit, popping at the slightest touch.

Finally, after yet another crime, the police began to panic, becoming uneasy as each crime grew more sophisticated and left fewer clues. This made it impossible to find him, as he loomed like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any time.

Amidst the growing anxiety, the man voluntarily went to the police and turned himself in. During his confession, he was calm—unnaturally so for someone guilty of so many crimes. Instead, he was serene, calmly accepting interrogation and his fate, as if he were a man who had finished playing a game and was ready to accept its final outcome.

This film was Jensen Sterling’s breakthrough. Although he played an antagonist, he wasn’t entirely one; there were clear reasons for his transformation.

Despite orchestrating numerous crimes, he never harmed innocent people. Contrarily, his charitable deeds helped many.

He seemed emotionally indifferent, yet he probably harbored warmth within.

The film was highly controversial at the time, sparking deep thinking and explosive popularity, and Jensen Sterling’s fame soared.

Jensen’s performance in this film had virtually no flaws; he mastered every scene excellently, handling even minor details perfectly.

Some remarked then, saying it seemed he wasn’t even acting; he was the protagonist!

And this wasn’t entirely inaccurate; in Jensen Sterling’s world, normal emotional interactions didn’t exist for him, so concepts of good and evil bore no distinction.

He merely lived according to societal rules, appearing as a normal person, blending in with society while being detached from everything.

Until he met someone gentle, someone who could soften his heart, reminiscent of his childhood.

...

When Mia finished watching the film, still engrossed in its story, a voice came from behind her.

"Watching my movie?" Jensen Sterling asked. Seeing Mia watching his debut film, his expression darkened slightly but returned to normal in a moment. He asked her with a gentle laugh. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Honestly, Mia was startled; Jensen’s empathic capability in the film was overwhelming.

Although Mia knew it was just acting, she needed a few moments to recover.

Then she nodded, responding, "Yes, I think acting is quite an interesting thing."

She had experienced different worlds and lived others’ lives, whether long or short, but each one was fascinating; she relished the feeling.

"Do you want to pursue acting in the future?" Jensen, after hearing Mia’s words, sat beside her and asked.

Noticing this, Mia shifted aside and said, "Yes, a bit. But I feel it’s hard to learn."

She knew professional actors had their own techniques, while she hadn’t learned systematically.

As Mia thought about it, she then heard him gently ruffle her hair and say with a smile, "It’s alright. If you want to act, just do it. Whatever you don’t understand, just ask me."

......

Mia looked at the script in her hand, a bit surprised that Jensen Sterling remembered so clearly what she had said.