Chapter - 03

Adam checked the ongoing summer outfit photoshoot. As usual, Diandra looked dazzling like an angel who fell to the earth. It seemed, there was nothing for her to worry about there.

Adam turned to the dressing room. There, Syila was being made up by her agency's makeup artist. This new model was also transformed to look very charming, her white skin was combined with a light brown short dress. Her face, which is basically already beautiful, looks even more alluring and also… seductive.

“Syil!”

Syila turned quickly. “Yes, Brother?”

“I want to speak to you alone.” Adam motioned for the makeup artist to leave the room, before he started talking to his new model.

“What do you want to talk about, Brother?” she asked curiously. She is quite afraid of being fired even though she has not had time to get any royalties.

“You're partnered with Jake today, he's a famous actor,” Adam explained slowly.

Syila frowned. “I just know I'll be partnering with an ‘actor’, Brother. So what's the problem?” tanyanya tak mengerti.

“Jake wants you to accompany him after the shoot is over, can you?” Adam asked, a little hoping that Syila understood the meaning of the veiled sentence.

Syila nodded. “Just accompanying, right, Brother?”

“I mean, yes, something like that.” Adam took a breath roughly. Turns out he was wrong. Syila did not understand the meaning of his words. “You have to give your body to him.”

Syila's eyes bulged perfectly. “Nonsense! I don't want to, Brother! It's better if I don't take this job if people can ask for weird things like that.”

Adam took a rough breath. “I'll tell Jake first.”

“Brother, isn't there any other guy besides that impudent actor? Or better yet, take a picture with you. I'm more sincere if it's like that than having to take pictures with famous people, but in return I have to give my body to him. What a piece of shit! I'm not a cheap girl!”

“My other models are not here, Syil,” Adam explained in desperation.

Lately, his business has experienced a slight decline, some of the models whose names are starting to get big are slowly leaving the agency that has raised them.

Adam couldn't do much, because their contract had already ended, and they could freely join any agency after that.

“If you use me as the model, what do you think?”

Adam turned, Syila was the same. A tall man with a sweet smile seemed to wave innocently. His hair was neatly cut, even his bangs waved beautifully on the left.

“For the fee, just give me your phone number. I'm okay with that,” continued the man while looking at Syila intensely.

Adam cleared his throat loudly. “When did you come here, Ki?”

“Just now and I went straight in here because the girl's name was being called, but she didn't come out.” The man called 'Ki' gave a small grin. “That Jake doesn't usually want to play with models.”

“You know yourself he's a man too. If his ego is flicked a bit, everyone will be affected.” Adam took a deep breath. “If you want, I'll replace Jake with you.”

The man's smile seemed to be wider than before. Syila looked the man up and down, looking appreciative, when in fact she was remembering whether they had met before.

“Ah!” she shouted suddenly which made Adam and the man focus on staring at her. “You're the one who played Atha in the movie Memories, right? I remember, I remember, you are very similar to that Atha.”

The man laughed amusedly. “Yes, I played Atha, you like it?”

Syila's face went straight. “No.”

Adam even immediately glared at Syila's toneless reply to one of his big actor friends from this agency, Veroga Arizki. Rizki's name is quite well known after he played a film called “Memori”. A successful film makes the audience carry the atmosphere into real life.

“Why?” Rizki asked curiously.

“Because Atha is really mean to Manda, I don't like Atha.” Syila shook her head. “Not really worth it, not worth it!”

Rizki smiled amusedly. “That's what the script demands, what can I do? Sorry, I think?”

Syila gave a small snort. “Yeah, yeah.”

Adam cleared his throat briefly. “Syil, when you're done with your make-up, come out right away, okay? Single shoot first, before couple shoot. Ki, you get ready now. I will meet Jake.”

“Say hello to him, I miss him,” said Rizki which Adam waved back.

“You miss Jake? Maybe you've turned preferences, huh?” asked Syila in an innocent toneless voice.

Rizki snorted. “If I turn preference, there's no way I can ask for your number as my payment to be a model, right?” Rizki smiled faintly. “So, do you have a boyfriend or not?”

Syila shook her head. “I don't want to date until I'm twenty-five.”

"Why?"

Rizki frowned. He was quite curious, why did a woman as beautiful as Arsyila not want to date and wait until she was twenty-five years old?

“If I have a boyfriend, I also have to be ready to be asked when I will get married. It's okay if my boyfriend has a good temper, if he turns out to be a bad person, what do you think? Instead of getting married quickly, we might break up in the middle of the road. So, it's better if I have a boyfriend and marry someone I already know well, instead of getting hurt lately, right? I might be the one at a loss, Brother.”

That steady explanation made Rizki give up. “Okay.” I will prove that I am the best person for you, Syil, he continued in his heart.