Contract Marriage: Let's Make It Real, Mrs. Sterling!-Chapter 279 - 278: The Shadow of the Man in the Photo

Chapter 279: Chapter 278: The Shadow of the Man in the Photo

Mia Sutton’s recent Weibo post featured photos that Jensen Sterling took of her during their outing two days ago in a ginkgo forest. Jensen took a lot of pictures, and Mia picked some to form a grid of nine images and posted them, with the caption: Had some free time during the show recordings to wander around, feel free to check it out if you like it too.

The photos taken by Jensen were already so nice that Mia didn’t even need to edit them before posting.

[Wow, it was so worth the wait, a grid of nine photos right away, I’m in love. Please attack me with your looks, I can handle it.]

[As expected, Mia Sutton’s looks are truly impeccable, she’s undoubtedly the top beauty in the entertainment industry.]

[I’ve manually saved these pictures. The next time someone’s Weibo goes inactive, I can use these to admire.]

[Woman, I hope you’ll be more diligent, it’s been so long since your last update, give me another dozen of such nine-photo grids.]

[Wow, I just visited this place a few days ago, highly recommend it. It’s really beautiful, especially these days, the large ginkgo forest is just stunning.

Just didn’t get to meet Mia, what a pity.]

Some people were commenting below, asking Mia what style her next stage performance would have—they were super excited.

Mia briefly skimmed through the comments section, and as she looked, her beautiful eyes softly curved, clearly in a good mood.

As she continued scrolling, her fingers suddenly paused over the screen, and her eyes widened, staring at the screen for several seconds before quickly swiping back to look at the photos she had posted.

The comment was: [I just realized, it looks like there’s a man in the fourth photo. Judging by the shadow in the photo, with my eight years of fandom experience, that is definitely a man, and one who’s over six feet tall.]

After that comment appeared, others quickly went to check the photo, zooming in for a closer look, and indeed there was a shadow on the ground in the fourth photo.

Mia was taken aback when she saw it.

How could they notice such an inconspicuous detail? Are they devils!

Do people look at photos all day long with a magnifying glass? They’re basically the online version of Conan, leaving no detail unexamined.

When shooting that photo, Jensen happened to be standing in a spot with light, which cast his shadow into the frame, and Mia hadn’t noticed it when she posted it.

The background in the photo was quite dark, so without careful examination, it was hard to see.

But who are internet users? They always scrutinize everything with magnifying glasses.

Looking at the comments on her phone now, there was a moment when Mia thought to herself, "Whatever, let it be destroyed; I’m exhausted."

...

Celine Thorne was following Mia’s Weibo post and naturally saw the comment.

Celine picked up her phone and messaged Mia: "Is the person in the photo Jensen Sterling?"

Mia: "Yes."

Celine: ...She knew it. Mia was attending a show, so there couldn’t possibly be another man with her—the only possibility was Jensen Sterling.

Especially a few days ago when Cameron Grant mentioned that Jensen had an event in that city.

If you have an event, why not attend it properly instead of dragging my artist out to wander?

After understanding the situation, Celine quickly clarified on Weibo, stating that it was a staff member helping Mia take photos.

This wave of comments wasn’t very heated, and Celine’s clarification was quick, so it didn’t cause any uproar.

Meanwhile, Jensen Sterling unusually posted a Weibo update.

He also posted a picture, but it was just a simple landscape shot with only a small part of the ginkgo forest in the frame. The comments from fans below were numerous, with many asking where the place was.

Of course, there were also some fans who, based on the buildings in the photo, figured out the location, and a string of comments appeared saying they’d check in there in the future.

Even though the two Weibo posts were made at nearly the same time and location, netizens never connected the two of them together.

They would never think that the owner of the shadow in Mia’s photo would be Jensen Sterling, nor would they guess at the relationship between the two.

Only Cameron Grant was startled by the Weibo post, worried that netizens might dig it up, but it turned out his concern was unnecessary; no one thought in that direction.

At most, they’d think it was a coincidence that Mia Sutton and Jensen Sterling went to the same place, with no other thoughts beyond that.

Mia Sutton also saw Jensen’s Weibo, and incidentally liked it—but of course, using a private account.

After liking Jensen’s post, Mia even browsed the Weibo profiles of other celebrities she follows, all of whom are top-ranked in terms of looks in the entertainment industry.

Yes, she’s that superficial, because who doesn’t love beautiful things?

After doing all this, Mia looked at her phone for a little while, then went to sleep. She needed to continue practicing her songs tomorrow since the next live stage performance was coming soon.

Though her participation wouldn’t last long, she treated each stage with utmost seriousness.

For her fans, for herself, and for all those who love watching her perform.

The following day.

Mia got up, washed up, and casually tied her hair into a fluffy bun with her hands, then headed to the rehearsal room.

Recently, they had almost finished arranging the whole performance piece. After the post-production enhancement, it was a very complete work, and the main focus these days was practicing the singing methods.

For Mia, it wasn’t very difficult.

As she walked towards their team’s training room, she saw Martin Wright standing at the door from afar.

Mia immediately stopped in her tracks, but Martin clearly already saw her and was walking towards her.

Mia: "..."

Why do some people just never leave you alone?

The day after she returned from going out with Jensen, Martin showed up, and to be precise, he came looking for Mia.

He asked who she went out with last night.

Mia replied: Who I went out with is none of your business; why are you so nosy? Those clichéd plots are truly damaging, annoying!

Martin quickly walked over and stopped in front of Mia, his eyes lowered as he looked at her. Hesitating for a moment, he then said, "I saw your Weibo post. The photos are quite nice."

Hearing his words, Mia lifted her beautiful eyes, gazing at him lightly with a distant look: "Mm."

Afterwards, she prepared to turn and leave, only to hear Martin’s low voice asking, "Who did you go with?" 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Mia paused her steps, slowly turned her gaze, and her lips lightly parted: "Does that concern you?"

Her eyes met his, and after a few seconds, she said in a calm tone, "Martin Wright, let me reiterate, we have nothing to do with each other anymore, so I hope you won’t disrupt my life."

After saying this, she turned and left, a flicker of irritation in her eyes. She couldn’t care less about Martin, he was simply too annoying, making her want to smack him.

Martin watched Mia’s departing figure in silence for a long while, contemplating again on those two Weibo posts.

Was it really just a coincidence?