Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

It was Mashauva's coming of age that day.

And for that, Bruno had specially prepared a gift for her and only came after he triple-checked to make sure it was all okay. However, he only found out she was still getting ready when he arrived.

He had wanted to wait downstairs, but Cassie and his mother kept urging him to go upstairs and take a look. At first, Bruno wasn't too thrilled. Why should he walk in on a girl getting her makeup done? Hence, he didn't agree to it.

To that, Minerva said frankly, "What are you afraid of? Didn't you two grow up together? So what if you saw her put on makeup?"

Cassie gave a wide smile. "Your mom's right. She's just putting on makeup; no big deal. She's probably done. If you go now, you'll be the first to see it."

The first...

Tempted, Bruno went upstairs under their influence in the end.

However, never had he expected to see this.

Mashauva wailed in his arms, and her tears were flowing like a never-ending waterfall. He could feel his shirt drenched in her tears.

Bruno stood rooted to the spot, somewhat stunned and at a loss. After all, she had never cried this badly before. Even when she cried in front of him the last time, she hadn't thrown herself at him as she did right then, as if she had suffered the world's greatest aggrieve.

Seeing that, Jessie and her assistant couldn't help lamenting to themselves, "Sh*t, her makeup needs a do-over. Forget it; it's already a feat she could endure until now. She should just cry to her heart's content."

If she didn't let it out now, how was she supposed to spend the rest of the day?"

Mashauva continued to cry, sobbing non- stop, unable to utter a single word. As soon as she called out to Bruno, she would cry until she was out of breath and her emotions ran amok.

Bruno didn't know what to say either, only placing his hand on Mashauva's back, gently patting her, silently listening to her cries.

Mashauva's wailing gradually subsided after a while. However, due to her despairing cry, her body twitched from time to time, and his heart ached for her.

After some time, Jessie went to them and whispered, "Miss Taylor, you have to put on your makeup again. The coming-of-age ceremony... it's about to begin." Just as she finished speaking, someone from downstairs came to rush them.

nestled in Bruno's embrace, hugging his waist,

"Forget about the makeup."

and called the

arms, Jessie assumed she

leave for now. Let me handle

"All right then."

for

left. Only Bruno and Mashauva were left in the

It's just us

heart panged as he said, "Now, can you tell me what happened?" "Bruno..." Mashauva's voice cracked at that, sounding like she would cry again

second.

talk. You just

Mashauva nodded.

you still want to attend

to even lift a smile. Who would've thought becoming an adult was such a miserable experience. However, everyone had spent a lot of energy on this coming-of-age ceremony. If she didn't participate, everyone's efforts would've

Mashauva became a

you don't want to participate, I'll do something about it. You don't have

in, all the blame would be on him. Although it wasn't a big deal if she chose not to attend, she couldn't bear to

"Well?"

long

don't want to leave; you want

I

was finally able to compose herself. She raised her head to look into Bruno's eyes and said, "Bruno, I want to stay. Everyone had put a lot of energy into my coming-of-age ceremony, and the designer went through painstaking efforts to get my

someone else, but it was her coming-of-age ceremony. If she chose to run away on

my first lesson to adulting!" She

bit her lower lip, wanting to cry whenever she thought of Frida,

Bruno respected her decision. He ruffled her hair with a faint, doting smile on

His? His girl?