Contract Marriage: Let's Make It Real, Mrs. Sterling!-Chapter 317 - 316: Liking Teacher Xi

The winter night was very quiet. There were no pedestrians outside, and now snowflakes began to drift down, covering the world in a touch of white.

The room was equally quiet, with only the sound of a pen gently scratching on paper.

A woman sat at the desk, writing something with a pen, occasionally stopping to ponder.

It was unknown how much time had passed, Mia Sutton sat in her chair, her beautiful eyes fixed on the words on the paper.

The paper was divided into two halves.

One half: Reasons to like Mr. Sterling (Strengths)

1: Handsome, completely fits my aesthetic.

2: Has abs, she’s felt them.

3: Long legs, the perfect clothes hanger.

4: Kind-hearted, especially good to her.

5: Excellent acting skills, winning awards effortlessly.

6.7.8... etc., etc., and so on, a long list.

And then, taking a look at the other side.

Reasons not to like Mr. Sterling (Weaknesses): Too many strengths?

Mia: "..." She looked at what she had written, bit the end of her pen, her eyes darting around before quickly flipping the notebook to a new page and creating a similar list.

This time, the title was changed to Signs of Liking Mr. Sterling.

1: Covet Mr. Sterling’s face.

2: Covet Mr. Sterling’s body.

3: Gets flushed and heart-racing during kiss scenes.

4: Gets angry over false rumors.

... etc.

Signs of Not Liking Mr. Sterling: (blank)

After Mia finished writing, she set down her pen and reviewed the two sheets of paper back and forth.

Both sheets of paper were clearly divided into two sides, but they were treated so differently, with one side full and the other... completely empty.

Mia sat in her chair, staring at those two sheets for a long time, her eyes even starting to feel a bit sore.

Then she slowly showed a smile and decisively closed the notebook.

Alright, conclusion confirmed, she had fallen in love with Jensen Sterling.

As soon as this conclusion came, Mia instantly felt much lighter inside.

So she liked Mr. Sterling~

Even though Mia had lived this long and even traveled to other worlds, she wasn’t very sensitive to feelings, even somewhat slow on the uptake.

Thereby leading to her never really distinguishing if her behavior towards Jensen Sterling was merely dutifully fulfilling a contract or genuinely having feelings.

If you asked, didn’t you like Martin Wright?

Honestly, she didn’t, that so-called like came so inexplicably, without a trace of warning, just utterly absurd, like being under a spell.

And after Mia found out it was just the plot’s control, knowing he would be with Chloe Young, she felt no emotional turmoil in her heart, instead feeling a sigh of relief.

At that time, Mia thought, "I see," rather than feeling sad or something else.

So, if truly calculated, Jensen Sterling was indeed the first person she genuinely liked.

That feeling... was quite nice.

When Mia lay in bed and turned off the light, she thought about it, revealing a faint smile.

Liking Mr. Sterling made her quite happy.

When she closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth were uplifted, and she slept dreamlessly through the night.

...

The next day, the moment Mia opened her eyes, she felt a bit dazed looking at her room. Where did she fall asleep?

Once her consciousness fully returned, she recalled, oh right, she was at her home.

After a couple of seconds, it seemed like she remembered something, quickly getting out of bed, even forgetting to wear her slippers.

Fortunately, there was a carpet on her bedroom floor, so her feet didn’t get cold.

With two steps, Mia walked to the desk, where that notebook was still placed, and she opened it...

She stared at the words on it for a long time, then closed her eyes, and opened them~

So, last night’s memories weren’t a dream, holding the notebook, her eyes curved into a smile.

Then suddenly she realized a problem...

Wait a minute, she liked Mr. Sterling, but did Mr. Sterling like her?

Mia instinctively felt he did, otherwise why would he treat her so well, and say those things.

But then she wondered, what if... treating her well didn’t necessarily mean he liked her, saying those things might not have meant that.

Although the chance of this ’what if’ was very small, so small it could almost be ignored, Mia couldn’t help but think about it a little.

All the way through breakfast, Mia pondered over this matter.

She had planned on going back to find Mr. Sterling after breakfast, but things don’t always turn out as expected. Family came to visit.

It was some of her aunt’s relatives, saying they were passing through the city, so they came to visit, and thus Mia couldn’t leave.

What’s more, those relatives had treated her well when she was little, so she had to entertain them properly.

But during this time, Mia took a moment to send Jensen Sterling a message: [Mr. Sterling, I won’t be able to return today, my auntie and them came over, I have to entertain guests.]

She ended it with an adorable sticker, almost like she was being coy.

After sending it, Mia didn’t check her phone again, as those elders kept her engaged in conversation.

It wasn’t until the evening that Mia saw Jensen Sterling’s reply, which said he understood and told her to take care of herself.

Mia replied with an "OK," hugged her phone, but didn’t receive another reply for a long time, thinking Jensen might be busy, and then she put down her phone and went to sleep.

On the third day, it was the live broadcast for the God and Demon Technique crew, and Mia was awoken early in the morning by a call from her agent.

Celine Thorne: "Mia, are you up? I’m already bringing the makeup team over, Mr. Sterling is at home, right?"

Mia immediately woke up, right, there’s an event today.

After hearing Celine’s words, Mia quickly said, "No, sister Celine, Mr. Sterling and I are not together, I’m at my house?"

Celine: "Huh?"

Mia answered while getting ready, "I came back to see my parents, I’m not with Mr. Sterling."

Celine checked her watch, then said, "Send me the address."

Mia opened WeChat and sent her current location.

Celine looked at the location, then said, "Got it, will be there in half an hour."

After saying that, she hung up the call and told the driver, "Turn around, go to this place."

After instructing him, she quickly called Cameron Grant, asking him to take his makeup team over to Jensen Sterling.

The team she brought was originally intended for both Mia and Jensen, but since they weren’t together, arrangements had to change.

Cameron, after receiving the call, was also surprised by such a situation, was Mr. Sterling not with Miss Mia?

Pretty surprising.

However, he was efficient, quickly taking his team to Jensen Sterling’s place.

This wasn’t a troublesome matter, the only thing that puzzled Cameron was that Mr. Sterling seemed... not very happy today.