Broken Memories, Intertwined Hearts

Chapter 128

The opening was actually cooked up by Phoebe after hearing their story, and she spotted it that night. She thought it was kinda fun, but was afraid Ethan wouldn't be into it, so she kept it under wraps.

When the host read it out, she couldn't help but sneak a peek at Ethan. He just cracked a smile, apparently not turned off by the opening, which put Ines at ease. After the host got the crowd jazzed up, they handed it over to Phoebe. Phoebe, with a grin, said, "Hi y'all, I'm here to steal Olivia's job today. She said Mr. Meyer's aura is too powerful for her to handle, so she sent me, the young gun. I don't mind if you guys give me a hard time, so here I am."

The moment Phoebe dropped this bomb, the room went ballistic. Because the host, Olivia, is just 23, and Phoebe looks older than her, not because she looks old, but because she has a certain charm that comes with age. The vibe in the room didn't take a hit despite the sudden switch in hosts. Under Phoebe's lead, Ethan and Ines greeted the audience one after another. Both are strikingly beautiful, especially when Ethan opened his mouth, all the female audience members went nuts, some even couldn't help but stand up and applaud.

Phoebe then said, "Everybody chill. I'm not hosting today, just thought I'd crack a few jokes. I got a box here with a bunch of questions about Mr. Meyer and his wife's work and love life. We'll let a lucky audience member draw a question, whatever they draw, I'll ask. What do you guys think?"

Many of the female audience members are socialites, naturally, what they care about most is Ethan's love life. They all raised their hands to draw.

What was originally a somewhat serious talk show today has become more like a live event.

Phoebe chose the lucky audience member by tossing a flower wreath backward, facing away from the audience. The first lucky duck was a woman who excitedly ran up and drew a piece of paper from the box in Phoebe's hand.

Phoebe, with a laugh, said, "Beautiful lady, please read out loud the question you've got."

The woman looked at Ines and asked, "Mrs. Meyer, how many abs does Mr. Meyer have?" This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Hearing this question, Ines's mouth twitched, and Ethan instantly gave her a look that was hard to read. Ines felt her scalp tingle, and it took her a while to whisper, "Eight."

The room immediately burst into laughter. Phoebe quickly tried to smooth things over, "Everybody calm down, Mrs. Meyer must be feeling shy."

The next question was for Ethan, exactly the one Ines was worried about.

Why hadn't he married before, and suddenly registered a marriage with her? Just as she feared. She lifted her gaze to Ethan, only to find him not returning her look. He wore a furrowed brow, seemingly contemplating the right way to articulate his response. After a brief silence, he voiced, "I've always maintained that stumbling upon a soulmate is a matter of great fortune. Should you not cross paths with her, there's no need to forge a bond in the name of marriage with someone for whom you harbor no feelings. Equally, there's no requirement to conform to societal conventions that dictate what should be done at a specific age. If one can lead a fulfilling life, then that is sufficient in itself."

His deep voice was like the slow flow of cello notes, without fancy rhetoric, neither exaggerated nor direct. Yet everyone could feel his seriousness at this moment.

The room fell silent, but Ines felt a soft pang of sorrow, feeling sorry for his past experiences.

Phoebe pursed her lips, glanced at Ines with teary eyes next to her, and then said, "Mr. Meyer, I bet Mrs. Meyer next to you has questions. It's said that you met her at a blind date dinner, and you didn't know each other before. How did you know she is your other half?"

"Love at first sight." Ethan said bluntly, with no extra words. It seemed that this alone was a good enough answer to the question.

Ines didn't know how the rest of the interview went. She just answered Phoebe and the audience's questions according to the answers she had prepared beforehand, with Ethan's words echoing in her mind. Not until Phoebe's voice came did she fully come back to reality.

"That's it for today's interview. For more exclusive coverage on Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, stay tuned for tomorrow's magazine's fifth issue entertainment cover story."

Once ensconced in the car, Ines's emotions finally steadied. She turned to Ethan with a solemn look and voiced the question that had been lingering in her heart, "You've mentioned before that our marriage was born out of suitability, haven't you? Was that merely a performance for our audience?" She had posed this question more than once before, his response unwavering each time.

Ethan cupped her face, touched her forehead with his, and whispered against her slightly cold face, "There's no need to play to anyone, I always tell the truth. If I didn't fall for you at first sight, how could I possibly let you marry me? When I agreed to go on that blind date, it was actually just to appease my grandfather. But it's you who made me think that way."

Ines remembers reading an essay before. It described a kind of love: just catching up among millions of people, neither a step early, nor a step late.

Their paths had not been completely separate. But when she liked him, the timing was not right. There was another woman by his side, his eyes never lingered on her.

When she gradually drifted away, even the traces of her once liking him were erased, time flowed, and in the moment of turning around, she became his right person.

She likes this kind of just right, it's so good.

She is also grateful that she seized him in time, did not waste the chance to meet after so many twists and turns.

The interview video was broadcast on the TV station the next day, and Ines received many blessings that day. People from the firm didn't know her identity before, but once the interview video was out, they immediately surrounded her. She kept responding until her mouth was stiff and dry, and then she managed to get rid of them.

Even the always strict work discipline of the Meyer Group became noisy, with employees gathering in groups to discuss. The key is that someone was discovered by Mr. Meyer while discussing, but Mr. Meyer just smiled and said, "Don't forget your work after the discussion."

Living it up in B City, Aaron turned on his flat screen during his lunch break, sipping his coffee while channel surfing. However, when he came across an interview on a particular channel, he was totally gobsmacked, staring in disbelief at the man and woman sitting shoulder-to-shoulder. Equally shocked was a young lady from E Country. She was a rare beauty with delicate features, currently with her long hair flowing freely, sitting rigidly on her chair, her eyes glued to the handsome face on her computer screen that she had been missing, her expression shifting continuously.