356 A tigers growl (1/2)

In fact, since the moment she entered Mei Li's car and the car drove quickly toward the location that the crews were waiting at, Catherine already pushed him away from her mind. Her stomach was grumbling from hunger but she did not want to waste another moment for the sake of fulfilling her hunger. She did not want to arrive late at the shooting.

Hence, she kept rubbing her stomach, almost absent-mindedly. In order for Mei Li not to realize it, she used her bag as a cover. She did not want to make Mei Li worried.

Besides, she told herself a few times over, the crews should prepare something to eat there… right? Usually, they prepared food for the crews, and hopefully, it was something heavy.

Ryn was starving.

She closed her eyes, trying to ignore the grumble from her stomach. Just a few minutes more. Be patient, Ryn. Be patience. She could eat once she reached there. She could eat while getting her makeup and hair done. She could even squeeze something in between wearing the clothes for the shooting. She planned silently on how to do it, not even looking at the road or at the driver, Mei Li. Her mind was focusing on eating.

Mei Li focussed on her driving but at the same time, she could not help from glancing at Ryn a few times. She did not know how to express her discomfort. Somehow, she felt like if they did not face and untangle the problem between Jeremy and Ryn, Ryn could not give her best in her work. She did not want that to happen. Not only would it affect Ryn's reputation, but it would also affect her emotion. And it might make Ryn collapse and pull back into her reclusive world. She would again quite her modeling job and ran away from everyone.

Sigh. Even if she wanted to help, she did not know how to do it. But… if she did not do anything, the problem might get bigger and get worst.

Mei Li was stuck in the middle. She wanted to help but she did not know how to.

Although it was a 45 minutes ride with the clear traffic, it felt like hours in both the women's mind. They were thinking of two totally different things but the thought made them think that the time ran slowly. Like a turtle.

Mei Li parked the car and looked at Ryn. None of them open their mouth to speak.

Ryn twitched her lips as she turned to look outside. Then, she grabbed her bag to sling on her right shoulder as she opened the door at the same time. She got out of the car and raised her hand, waving at a group of people talking under a tree.

Without waiting for Mei Li, Ryn went to the group. ”Hello, sorry for being late.”

Mei Li watched her leaving with a sigh. She then shut off the engine and got out of the car. She did not dare to leave Ryn alone.

She followed behind Ryn and repeated the apology given by Ryn to everyone. She was secretly relieved when none of the crews and even the director and photographer blamed them for arriving two minutes after.

”I'm sorry,” Ryn suddenly spoke and the crews looked at her almost immediately.

Ryn's cheeks reddened when she realized the attention given by everyone. She thought she only wanted to speak with the director, hoping to steal just five minutes to eat. She cleared her throat and tried to laugh but it was awkward.

”What's wrong, Ryn?” the director asked. His smile never left his face. Although they had to wait for Ryn to arrive, he did not mind at all. He worked with her twice before and both jobs made him determine to have her again for this one. In fact, he insisted to have her in the project.

Yes, she was signed for this particular shooting but she was not signed for the product, to be the spokesperson. Being Ryn, as long as the product was good and the payment reasonable, she did not mind even if she was not signed as a spokesperson.

It meant that she was not chained to use the product in her daily life, which was totally fine for her.