Chapter 1150: Most Geniuses Disappear Unnoticed
"Just what?" Santiago Fuller asked.
Aurelia Shaw replied, "It’s just that my roots are in Country Z. I won’t be in M Nation for too long; there will be conflicts in my schedule."
I just promised my grandfather that I would return home, and now I’ve signed such a contract... If I sign, it will definitely conflict with returning home. She didn’t want to break her promise to her grandfather. In this life, she wanted to strive for her career but also wanted to be with the people she cherished. The previous life taught her to appreciate the people around her.
These opportunities, she could fight and strive for them later, but the people closest to her are only there once in a lifetime.
"M Nation has better prospects. Why would you return to Country Z!" Santiago Fuller simply couldn’t understand her reasoning.
But he respected her choice.
"As long as it doesn’t affect filming, you can return home whenever you want," Santiago Fuller said. "I’m not that rigid. If you don’t have any scenes, you don’t have to be in the crew. As long as you perform your role well, I don’t care where you are or what you do during other times."
Aurelia Shaw smiled and picked up the pen to sign her name on the last page of the contract.
As she left the conference room, Aurelia Shaw looked up and saw the tall man, always a focal point, standing at the door. Mason Nightshade saw her and stepped forward, grasping her small hand with his slender fingers, leading her out, ignoring the gazes focused on them. Mason Nightshade’s expression was calm, yet the hand holding hers was warm and burning against her heart.
Aurelia Shaw looked at those fair fingers and suddenly said, "Mason Nightshade, let’s go back home."
Mason Nightshade’s steps faltered for a moment, but only for a moment, then he returned to normal. "You just signed a contract. Though I can afford the penalty fees, it’s not beneficial for your future career. Even if you have talent in this area, you can’t squander it too easily. There are many geniuses in this world, but not every genius has the chance to shine.
More often, geniuses quietly vanish unnoticed."
It’s a harsh reality, but it’s the truth.
Aurelia Shaw looked at the man holding her hand tightly. His hands were long, with distinct joints, and the thumb bones were wide, a residue from gripping a gun in a scene. She had always said those hands looked like they belonged on a pianist—beautiful, long, fair, yet powerful, with a warm and solid feeling.
Did he think about this when she went in to sign the contract?
Maybe he thought of it yesterday.
Thinking that she would sign it, stay here, and that filming would not end in less than three months, possibly a year, two years... or even longer. This means she couldn’t return to Country Z, and if he received orders, he couldn’t stay with her as he did now.
The two of them would be separated by distance, and the longing for each other would hover over them for a long time, which was unbearable for both her and Mason Nightshade.
But in the night when she was pondering over it, he didn’t say a word to influence her decision, always respecting her choice. No matter what she chose, he unconditionally supported her, even though deep down he yearned for her not to stay.
While she went inside to sign, he stood outside, likely enduring a mental struggle, perhaps even feeling the impulse to rush in and pull her out... Aurelia Shaw smelled a faint whiff of tobacco on Mason Nightshade. He never smoked around her because he knew she didn’t like it, likely he went to the restroom to smoke out of frustration just now.
This man surely furrowed his brow in the restroom, thinking: Damn! My woman can’t stay by my side, yet I have to stand at the door and personally send her away from me. There must be something wrong with my head.