King of Hollywood

“Kate, there's your phone.” The young woman pushed the door open and shouted.

“How many times have I told you, Samantha, knock before you come in?” Catherine, sitting at the table writing something, looked up at her helplessly, "Whose? ”

“Will you do something in the room that you can't see?” Sister asked, waving quickly after seeing her eyes open: “The director who invited you to the movie called. ”

“The director?” Catherine's stuck, “you say... Adrian? Corwell? ”

“Is that the name?” Samantha thought about it, "I don't remember, and you didn't come back to elaborate. ”

And she's got her hands full, “There's only one director who's been looking for you lately, hasn't there? ”

As soon as the voice fell, Catherine jumped out of her seat and rushed out, stunning Samantha.

“Um... hi!” When she came to the living room to pick up the microphone, Catherine hesitated before opening up a bit nervous.

“Hi... Kate... how are you?” Adrian's voice of hesitation came from the microphone, and it seemed a little grumpy.

“I'm... I'm fine. Is there something wrong?” Catherine subconsciously pinched her skirt horn.

“Hmm - I'd like to ask if you have time now… I'm in a bit of trouble and I don't have any other heterosexual friends in London, so…" Adrian's tone is a little helpless and exhausting.

“I think… I think… it's OK, I'm still on vacation anyway… where are you now?” Catherine tried to be calm.

“I'm on Plops Avenue, and I have to say, your address is hard to find.” Adrian seems relieved.

“Can you see the intersection of Plops and Merlyn? Good. I'll be there in 10 minutes, that's all.” Katherine dropped her earpiece, looked half-witted, and shouted, “Mom! ”

“What's the matter?” Mother came out of the inner house.

“I'm gonna go out for a while, maybe come back later.” Catherine went upstairs in a hurry and didn't even hear her from her mother.

“What's going on?” Mother looked at Samantha as she rubbed her shoulders off with Catherine.

“Probably going on that directorial date.” Samantha shrugged her shoulders.

“Director?” Mother frowned.

Closed the door, Catherine leaned back and stared at the ceiling, her breathing became a little rushed, and a few seconds later she opened the closet and picked it up. Catherine picked out a long-sleeved beige dress with her clothes in front of the mirror several times. After wearing it, she straightened her hair against the mirror, turned it several times, and purposely changed her makeup.

“Damn, what am I doing?!” Catherine suddenly didn't feel right after doing all this.

“Just an ordinary friend, how can it be like...” Look at herself in the mirror and she's silent.

The two days after coming home, Catherine wanted Adrian to make a phone call, and for some reason, the idea came out of her head like a virus from time to time and she couldn't swing it. Something that happens in the shooting also comes to mind from time to time. One moment he takes the wrong coffee maker, one moment he explains the seriousness of the plot for himself, one moment he comforts and persuades himself before he leaves, one moment he looks at himself to conceive the outline of the novel. Especially when you think of the novel he invented from himself and the simple characters that he painted, an unknown palpitation would cover Catherine's body.

However, more than a decade after returning home, Catherine slowly faded the thought without a phone call. After all, it was a coincidence that they met, and naturally they didn't have to contact each other after the movie. But when she got the call today, that tingling sensation came up again, and it was so strong that her heart almost jumped out.

I'm just... a little sensitive. Catherine gave a little comfort to herself, looked at the time, shouted and raised her purse and went out.

“Kate,” she was stopped by her mother when she got to the door, "are you going on a date? And the director of what? ”

Catherine shook her head slightly and shook her head: "No, Mom, it's just an ordinary friend. I told you he was a director of... experimental films, much bigger than me. Okay, I'm gonna be late. Wait till I get back. ”

Without waiting for her mother to say anything, Catherine opened the door and snuck out, then took a short run to the promised spot. Only then can she hide her fierce ups and downs.

Catherine soon arrived at the intersection of Plops and Merlyn Avenues and saw Adrian leaning against the door of the car, still dressed in simple dark casual clothing.

“Sorry I'm late.” Catherine came to Adrian and adjusted her breath, embarrassed to say.

“It's okay, just for a few minutes. Besides, women are born to wait for men, aren't they?” Adrian waved his hand, measured Catherine up and down and smiled a little: “You look beautiful today, Kate. ”

“Thank you.” Kate puked her tongue in a playful way and looked at him and asked, “What's going on? ”

Despite Adrian's good spirit, Catherine noticed an unstoppable tiredness in his eyebrows and even a little blood in his eyes.

“Get in the car again.” Adrian made a gesture and opened the co-pilot's door for her.

“Is this rented?” Catherine sat in and weighed a little.

“Yes, it's easier to rent a car.” Adrian nodded his head and started the car.

“Where are we going?” Catherine asked again.

“Frankly… I don't know, my head is chaotic right now,” Adrian laughed bitterly, "I've basically never been out of the studio in this time, my head is filled with those shots that need to be clipped every day, plus because there aren't many backup shots in a hurry, I have to be careful with every clip. I work all day long and I can't go wrong, so I'm in a terrible mood, and the people I work with have been scolded, and while I know it's bad, I think it would be better if I could talk to my heterosexual friends. ”

While Catherine calmed down at the moment of the meeting, a little ripple swung away from her heart.

“Let's go for a walk by the Thames, maybe the river wind will make it easier for you.” She suggested.

The Thames River, the second largest river in Britain, is an extremely important shipping lane, as well as the Mother's River in the UK, which flows across the banks of London and is home to the Westminster Cathedral, the Capitol Building, the Tower of London, the Great Dumb Bell, the Tower Bridge of London, and so on, arguably a concentration of British cultural excellence. Therefore, all visitors to London, foreign or domestic, will visit the Thames River.

“This is not the reason, Ed, but you know very well that this is your first work, so you want to be as perfect as possible, so… feel a little obsessive-compulsive.” Catherine and Adrian were sitting in a bench by the Thames when she had a fried fish potato in her hand, and after that she bit off half a fried fish with an open mouth. The big picture is inversely proportional to her sophisticated five officials, but reveals a cute one.

“I didn't know you were still a psychiatrist.” Adrian, who also held the fried fish, shrugged his shoulders.

“'Cause I had anorexia when I started smoking, and I didn't want to eat anyway, so I thought I'd throw up after eating something, and I'm familiar with that kind of compulsion.” Catherine sighed a long time.

“Of course you're not aware of the work you've been putting into, and your assistants have been reprimanded by you, so you need me as an outsider to remind you.” Catherine looked at Adrian with a smile.

Adrian squeezed his lips and asked seriously, "So should I also reprimand you? ”

“Come on, didn't you reprimand me enough on the set? Don't think I don't know. I've been accused the most of all actors! Oh, my God, I've only been starring for a couple of days!” Catherine waved indignantly.

“I haven't bothered you since the coffee maker incident.” Adrian cautioned.

“That's right, so it's going to take a few more days, which means I've been reprimanded far more than anyone else in just two or three days, which is horrible!” Catherine said with pride that Adrian had to raise his hand helplessly.

“Well, we've said enough about that, and it's actually very simple,” Katherine suddenly jumped up and grabbed Adrian's hand, "and we went for a run, and although you've been in London, there must be places you haven't been, and if you're not interested in the famous buildings, we can go to the market in Port Belo, or simply explore the famous alleys. Come on, Ed, even though you're nervous, you should take some time off and go. ”

Faced with the seriousness of her youth, Adrian also smiled and immediately grabbed Catherine's hand: “Then go with me. ”

Time always passes quickly, and the sun goes down without realizing it. When the Chinese light comes up, the two men return to the River Thames, only to appear more intimate than before. Over the past few hours, they've gone wherever they want, picked some fun spots at the handicrafts market, fed pigeons at Trafalgar Square, and often chatted about suddenly turning to another topic, and even came up with a contest to see who was better at changing the subject. Anyway, hip-hop is like a couple in love.

“Want to catch me? No way!” Catherine suddenly ran away and provoked after returning to the banks of the Thames after dinner.

“Want to try it?” The corner of his mouth laughed and Adrian pulled up the sleeves of his clothes and suddenly jumped over.

With a giggle, the two ran after each other for a while, and Adrian suddenly screamed cautiously and rushed past Catherine in a moment of distraction to stop her from holding her back.

“You're cheating!” Catherine was unwilling to punch him with her little fist.

“It's called strategy, not strategy.” Adrian smiled.

“Let go of me!” Catherine bites her teeth off.

“Do you think maybe not?” Adrian lowered her head and looked at her playfully.

Catherine was going to say something, but she raised her head and couldn't help but stand still. For the first time, they were so close, their noses sprayed on each other, so obscure and refreshing.

Looking at his dark eyes, the unnamed palpitation suddenly filled Catherine's heart. She watched the other side getting closer and closer to herself...