Your New Love

She gave Mila a reassuring smile and stood up as the director called everyone to get into position.

Elena understood that this was normal. She kept telling herself that she didn't like him, she was totally fine with this news, and that this was going to happen sooner or later.

However, she couldn't deny the fact that her heart hurt when she read the article, and she felt angry and betrayed.

If this had happened two weeks ago, she would be totally fine with it. She would happily break up and leave Lu Chenjun to date whomever he wanted to. But why did she feel sad now?

Elena tried to wipe this thought out of her mind as filming began. Everything would get much worse if the director got mad at her because she couldn't act well.

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1 hour ago

Lu Chenjun woke up inside the hotel suite, his body a little numb from staying in such an uncomfortable position for too long.

He looked around and saw Chu Hua still fast asleep on the bed. He stood up gently, careful to not wake her up.

He slowly walked out of the suite and closed the door. He furrowed his eyebrows as he realized that he stayed in this hotel the whole night. Did Elena wait for him the entire night?

With this thought in mind, he quickly called Fang Shi and told him to come and pick him up at the hotel. When he arrived at the filming warehouse, it was 10 A.M.

After filming her scene, Elena was waiting in her private changing room for Zhang Bing to finish his scene with Su Yan. She crossed her legs, staring at herself in the mirror.

Unknowingly, she tapped her left foot on the ground as she thought about who the woman with Lu Chenjun last night could be.

'Is he finally going to break up with me?'

At this thought, Elena looked down, her lips turning into a frown. Although she knew this was going to happen sooner or later, she was still sad. Maybe it's because she is used to the presence of Lu Chenjun now.

Mila watched Elena from afar, studying her expression.

She leaned forward, and asked curiously, "Don't tell me that you developed true feelings for him?"

Elena didn't reply immediately, and this question wandered through her mind. Were these feelings true? Or was this just similar to the dependence between family members?

Before she could reply, she heard the sound of footsteps coming closer.

She turned towards the door, and she saw the person she least wanted to see at the moment. She immediately frowned and turned around, ignoring him.

'He really has no shame! How could he still walk so confidently here without even a hint of guilt on his face?'

Elena had thought that she was already really mad. However, after seeing Lu Chenjun appear, she got even more mad.

She crossed her arms and glared at Mila because she had nowhere else to look.

Mila widened her eyes. She did nothing wrong! Why was Elena looking at her as if she was the one that had betrayed her?

Mila immediately turned her chair around, avoiding Elena's piercing gaze.

Lu Chenjun noticed that Elena was ignoring him, so he pulled a chair over easily with one arm, and sat down right across from Elena.

"Hello."

Elena rolled her eyes and turned over to the mirror, pretending to be checking her makeup. However, just as Lu Chenjun was thinking about what to say next, Elena suddenly realized something.

She frowned as thoughts flashed through her mind, 'Why am I mad? I shouldn't be mad, right? I don't even care. He can go out and sleep with whoever he wants. Screw him. Act chill, Elena.'

Elena nodded to herself. She couldn't act like she had fallen for him. She would just be making a joke of herself.

Lu Chenjun watched as Elena's expression changed from anger to confusion, to happiness.

'Was she happy that I didn't go back yesterday?'

Lu Chenjun opened his mouth again, "I'm sorry for breaking my promise yesterday. I had somewhere I needed to be. I'll treat you to lunch today."

Elena scoffed but kept a calm demeanor. She put a hand up and said, "I have work to do, I don't have time to go eat lunch with Mr. Lu. However, you could always go with your new love."

Elena said this mockingly with a smile, hiding the anger that was boiling up inside her. She grabbed her phone and began ignoring Lu Chenjun's existence again.

She purposefully opened her social media and found the account full of videos of cute guys showing off their upper body.

Elena put her hand up to her mouth, and her eyes sparkled at the sight of the muscular bodies.

Lu Chenjun's face darkened, and he snatched Elena's phone away from her.

"I wanted to come back, but I actually had somewhere I needed to be." Lu Chenjun's voice was getting frustrated, as he tried to explain to Elena. He didn't know how to put it.

Elena smiled, "I know. You are a busy person. I accept your apology."

Although on the surface Elena said he forgave him, she knew she was still angry. Lu Chenjun had no idea that Elena had seen the news, and he thought that she was only mad at him about breaking his promise.

He sighed and stood up. As he turned to leave, Elena called his name.

'Did he forget to ask me to break up?' Elena thought.

Elena cleared her throat before asking, "Did you forget to say something?"

Lu Chenjun was confused. What did he forget to say? He turned to Fang Shi, his eyes asking for help.

Fang Shi knew that if he failed this task, his bonus would be gone. Mila had turned her chair back to watch what was happening, and her eyes met with Fang Shi's.

Fang Shi pleaded with his eyes, hoping that Mila would know what to say. Mila shrugged. As Elena's best friend, she even had a hard time guessing what Elena was thinking sometimes.

Fang Shi thought about all of the romance dramas he had watched before. What did Mr. Lu have to say right now?

Finally, he came up with the simplest answer that can't possibly go wrong. He mumbled something into Lu Chenjun's ears, hoping that his boss would like it.

At first, Lu Chenjun frowned at this suggestion. However, under the gaze of Elena, he was left with no choice. What did he forget to say?

Lu Chenjun opened his mouth, and Elena mentally prepared herself to act happy when he said he wanted to break up.

"I love you."