Chapter 36: Chapter 36

After having dinner with Nancy, Primrose returned home comfortably as usual. At this time, Joel has not returned; she is sitting on the sofa watching TV series as usual, continuing to watch a movie that has been very hot recently.

In a typical love drama between a rich director and a beautiful and poor secretary, the two overcome the age gap and family background to be together. Even in the midst of difficulties and objections from their families, the two still held strong hands to overcome everything.

The plot is not too special; what attracts viewers to these films is the cast with high beauty values. For example, the main male character has an outstandingly handsome appearance, is 1m85 tall, has a deep and seductive voice, and has eight-pack abs. This alone is enough to make many girls determined to follow the sequence from beginning to end of this movie, including Primrose. Looking at handsome boys has always been her favorite thing to do.

So when Joel returned, he found Primrose lazily lying on the sofa, hugging his pillow with a silly smile, extremely focused on the movie being played. Pale yellow light fell on Primrose's delicate face, each expression becoming softer than usual. The corners of his lips were slightly raised, the corners of his eyes were sparkling with a smile, and even his lips were soft, making Joel look at him intently.

Joel's heart suddenly felt strange. Joel walked slowly upstairs, changed into his comfortable home clothes, and sat down beside Primrose.

"You're watching other guys so engrossed in your husband that you don't even care about your husband anymore."

Joel sighed sadly, and Primrose only now realized that someone was next to him. Seeing that Joel's face still had the usual joking expression, she just pouted and focused on watching the movie, changed her lying position more comfortably, and continued to look at the TV screen.

"Don't bother me; the movie's getting to the point."

Primrose's coldness also made Joel unhappy; he and Primrose crowded on the sofa in the living room, watching the movie being played. Just like Primrose just said, the film is showing a very special scene: the mother of the main male character in the movie comes to meet the main female one privately, gives her a black card, and asks her to leave her son immediately. This episode has appeared many times in other dramas, but the good acting and genuine expressions on the actors' faces are still enough to make Primrose extremely interested when watching.

And Joel could only pout, not knowing why this kind of episode was so attractive that Primrose had never glanced at him once. He tried to show his existence by hugging Primrose from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder very intimately, but Primrose remained unresponsive.

Her eyes just rest on the screen, with the female lead saying a classic line.

"Even though my family is poor, you don't need to use money to insult me. My feelings for Hawkin are sincere; it's not because I know he is a rich man that I approached him."

Hawkin is the main male character of the film; he is also an extremely handsome red-haired guy, and his beauty is somewhat liberal and wild. It was also because she was impressed with the male lead's appearance that Primrose watched without missing any episodes.

"The type of materialistic woman like you, whom I've seen a lot, doesn't need a performance in front of me. Tell me, how much money do you want to leave my son? If a million dollars on this black card is not enough, I can give more."

The main male character's mother is an intellectual and temperamental woman; seeing the female lead's anger, she just calmly smiled and crossed her arms to continue. The main female character bit her lip in humiliation and was about to say something in rebuttal when the main male character of the film, Hawkin, kicked in the door.

"Mom, you can't look down on the girl I love like that. Luckily, she's a good girl, not the materialistic type; she's really pure and kind."

Hawkin appeared with familiar red hair, a cold face filled with anger, and an extremely cool hug to protect May. May is like a little bunny that finds refuge, leaning weakly on Hawkin's shoulder and sobbing slightly.

Primrose's eyes sparkled, and Hawkin's actions and words at this time were really cool. If it weren't for Joel by her side, she would have screamed with excitement.

The scene just came to an end, and Primrose somewhat regretted it. She also wants to see the mother's expression in the movie.

"What's so good about this movie? The plot is boring, and the main male character of this film is not as handsome as me."

Joel wasn't happy to speak up; the movie ended, and Primrose still didn't pay attention to him. Obviously, compared to the red-haired man who can only talk nonsense, he is more handsome and has more money. If Primrose likes men with red hair, he can too.

"Yes, but he is a famous actor and has a lot of fans who love him; you are not."

Of course, Primrose will defend her favorite male actor, quietly rebutting Joel. This made Joel even more pitiful, snorting coldly.

"What if he has a lot of fans? He can't be as rich as me. I have never seen an actor who can make more money than me."

Primrose was speechless. Joel is indeed an extremely obstinate man.

"Okay, do you want some fruit?"

Joel stood up sulkily but didn't forget to ask Primrose. Primrose smiled slightly, calmly commanding Joel.

"Yes, I want to eat strawberries, but the ones that have been cut into small pieces."

When Joel heard this request, he could only shake his head in frustration.

"You know, just be a fan of stupid actors; he can't have the patience to help you cut strawberries; what's the point of being handsome?"

Joel was still muttering a few lines, causing Primrose to try not to laugh. This man—how did she not know before that he was so petty and liked to compare? She conveniently changed the channel to another entertainment channel, continuing to watch while waiting for Joel to bring the bride.

After watching for a while and feeling a bit bored, Primrose turned around to the table next to the sofa. She wanted to reach for the phone and chat with Nancy for a while, but Joel's phone next to it had a message.

The screen suddenly lit up, and Primrose also clearly saw the content of the message by accident.

"Joel, I'm back; can we meet up and talk?"

The sender was Auntie. Primrose frowned slightly at the above content, also casually recalling some old stories.

Auntie is Joel's ex-girlfriend, also the one whose friend came to provoke Primrose at the party. At that time, Auntie's friend confidently said that Joel loved Auntie very much even though the two had broken up, Primrose was just a substitute, a person Joel was forced to marry because of coercion. When Auntie returns home, Primrose will be discarded as a worthless old item.

Thinking of Auntie's harsh words at that time, Primrose suddenly felt uncomfortable. She tried to ignore her unpleasant feelings, pretending to be nothing but reaching for her phone, opening it, and texting Nancy to chat.

A few moments later, Joel returned, and Primrose also balanced her emotions. Joel put the plate of strawberries on the table, and Grace graciously handed Joel the small plate.

"Eat them; I helped you cut them up."

Primrose absentmindedly took it out of habit, took a piece of strawberry with a fork, and put it in her mouth, only feeling extremely bland.