"But what?" Sidney asked, still puzzled.

carefree life."

Maria sank into the couch, her slender body relaxed as she gazed at Sidney. "Miss Powell's suggestion actually gave me an idea. If you and I got married, the studio would become shared property. You wouldn't have to pay a cent to run it, and I could take off and live my Sidney stared at her, utterly bewildered. "Marriage?"

"That's right." Maria nodded, resting her chin on her hand and giving him a playful wink. "What do you think? Interested?"

Without a word, Sidney turned and headed for the door.

This was insane.

First Fawn, now Maria-was every woman in his life losing their mind?

"I'm telling you, if you walk away now, this opportunity won't come around again. I'm being reasonable today, but who knows about tomorrow?" Maria called after him, her tone teasing but calm.

His only response was the sound of the door closing behind him.

"Tsk..." Maria muttered to herself.

He had his principle, huh?

Men with that kind of integrity were hard to come by these days.

at the ceiling, a deep sense of melancholy washing over

worth it to keep

it seemed

time went on, it started to feel...

make things difficult

be free-spirited, living life on her own

thought, Maria stood up, took a long shower, and went

came by to inquire

to start a business. They

waiting

his hands before slipping into the passenger seat without a word. Sidney got in, started the

you hungry?" he asked

much,

replied, and

dozed off during the

awoke, the

sleepily, she turned to see Sidney, his

en FindNovel

she quietly watched him, then unfastened her

his nose

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