Capítulo 73: ### Chapter 73: How Are You Going to Convince Me?
Outside the villa, Richard stared at the sky in a daze. Wait a minute, what does their melodrama have to do with me? Why did I come out? To make this melodrama even more dramatic?
But since he was already outside, he couldn't just go back in now.
He clasped his hands behind his head and leisurely walked along the path outside the villa.
The Witherspoons had a beautiful environment. A winding driveway led from the villa to the outside world, flanked by lush forests filled with sycamores, cypresses, elms, towering redwoods, and low shrubs, like a miniature botanical garden.
"Woo woo woo~"
After walking through five or six bends, he heard the sound of someone crying sorrowfully. A petite figure was squatting on the ground, hugging her knees and sobbing quietly.
Richard felt a bit guilty. Following the normal trajectory, Rachael and Ryan would have gotten engaged next year, married in three years, and divorced in six or seven years. But his interference had caused issues in their relationship.
Sigh~
He sighed softly and walked over to Rachael. "Didn't catch up with him?"
"Woo woo~"
Rachael ignored him and continued crying.
"I knew you wouldn't catch up with him. Your legs are short, yet you like to run."
"…"
Rachael's shoulders shook as she hugged her knees.
"This is your home. You could've driven after him. If you drove, could he have gotten away? So foolish!
Or you could've called me and Fred. Your dad and I could've tied that guy up, locked him in the basement, and let you deal with him however you wanted: candles, whips, handcuffs..."
"Shut up!"
Rachael suddenly looked up, her eyes red, and shouted.
"OK, OK!"
Richard shrugged, stuck his hands in his pockets, and sat on the edge of the path, quietly listening to Rachael's sobs.
"Woo woo~"
After a while, he got bored. "Hey, Rachael, don't you think your crying sounds like you're singing 'My Heart Will Go On'? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm~"
"Ha~ Shut up!!"
Crying a few more times, Rachael noticed her tone was changing. It really sounded like she was singing.
She glared at the guy in front of her. This person was so annoying. I'm heartbroken and just want to cry quietly, but I can't even do that?
"Rachael, you should be happy Ryan left. He did such things to other girls. Do you still want to keep dating him?
If you continue, aren't you worried he'll mess around with other women whenever you're not around? On your bed? Every time you're not home, there'll be other women lying there. Doesn't that disgust you?
Following a man like that, do you feel secure? If not, why keep him around to make you cry?
Him running away this time and you not catching up is the best outcome. And that guy isn't a good person. He knows your legs are short, yet he ran so fast."
"Shut up! Your legs are short!"
Rachael couldn't take it anymore and punched him on the shoulder.
Richard smiled lightly. "Whether my legs are short or long, I wouldn't be like that guy. If something happened, I'd face it head-on, not run away. I'd fight anyone who dares approach my woman, break their limbs."
"Hmph, do you think everyone is as violent as you?"
Rachael pouted.
"It's not violence; it's a natural occurrence among males. Just like lions on the savannah.
When two male lions meet, they fight. The winner takes the loser's females, and the loser becomes single. Haha, I think that's a good way. If humans did that, I'd probably have seventy or eighty thousand women by now."
"Pfft~ Can you please stop talking?"
Rachael's tears dried up from laughing.
"Alright."
Richard shrugged. "Are you still sad?"
"Of course I am."
Rachael glared at him.
"I have a way to cure your sadness in one second. Do you believe me?"
"No, what are you, a wizard?"
"Just wait and see."
Richard took a silk scarf from his pocket and wiped her cheek. Her skin was soft and bouncy.
"Jerk, what are you doing?"
Rachael pushed his hand away, blushing.
"Don't move!"
Richard lifted her chin with his fingers, sighing as he wiped. "I have a cleanliness obsession. Seeing your dirty face bothers me."
"…"
Rachael clenched her fists. This guy's tongue must've been soaked in cyanide. How could it be so venomous?
"Alright, I'm going to heal you now. Are you ready?"
Richard asked, tilting her chin.
"How will you heal me?"
Rachael blinked.
Richard suddenly leaned down and kissed her gently.
Rachael froze, staring blankly at him.
"You kissed me?"
"Yeah, a handsome man's kiss is the best cure. Didn't Snow White wake up from a kiss? How's the medicine working?"
"You actually kissed me?!"
Rachael's eyes widened.
"Yeah, being kissed by a handsome guy like me, aren't you excited and thrilled?"
"Jerk! I'll kill you!!"
Rachael jumped up and swung her fists at him.
"Haha, you are excited. That's the right reaction."
Richard dodged and moved a bit farther away.
"Jerk, stop running!"
Rachael shouted, chasing after him.
"Don't chase. You can't catch me!"
Richard laughed.
"Stop! I'm going to beat you to death!!"
Rachael yelled, picking up a stick and running after him...
"Haha, I knew everything would be fine with Richard. Now you can relax."
On the villa balcony, Fred laughed as he looked at the distant woods.
Professor Dana smiled gently. "Why is Rachael getting wilder?"
"Haha, that's called vitality, just like me!"
Fred laughed heartily.
"Stop running!"
In the distance, the chasing figures disappeared into the forest.
"...The next day, I returned to New York. Shortly after, Moritz Productions called to say Rachael accepted the role and agreed to cooperate."
In the café, Richard took a sip from his cup and called the waiter for a refill.
"That's it?"
Sarah rested her cheek on her hand, feeling unsatisfied.
"What else do you want to hear?"
"The forest. Didn't you guys go deep into the forest? Dusk, the forest, a man and a woman alone. Didn't anything romantic happen?"
Sarah fluttered her long eyelashes, smiling playfully.
Richard shook his head. "I said we disappeared into the forest. It's like a movie scene transition. Do you really want me to say Rachael got tired, couldn't run anymore, and I dragged her back to the restaurant to continue eating? After eating, I went back to the hotel, slept, and took a flight back to New York in the morning. If I said that, you'd find it tedious."
"Alright."
Sarah smiled softly, giving him a playful glance. "You have guts to steal a kiss from Rachael."
"It was just a peck to distract her. And since we have so many kiss scenes in the movie, what's the harm in kissing her a bit earlier?"
"Haha, that's different, isn't it?"
Sarah stretched and crossed her legs, smiling. "You convinced Rachael, congratulations on passing the first test. Now, how do you plan to convince me?"
Richard was taken aback. "You haven't been convinced by me yet?"
"Of course not. I'm quite close to Ryan. He specifically called and asked me not to work with you. What should I do? I'm in a difficult position."
Sarah spread her hands.
Richard looked at her quietly. "You're quite close to Ryan? Can I ask how close? That kind of close?"
"Why do you want to know?!"
Sarah glared at him.
"To prescribe the right remedy. Depending on your closeness, I'll adjust my persuasion method. So..."
"No, we're just friends."
Sarah said angrily.
"Good, that makes it much simpler."
"Simple?"
Sarah chuckled, folding her arms. "I'm not an easy person to convince."
"Then I'll give it a try!"
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