CH 11

Jonathan's problems with his lover could not have been my problems any more. As the innocent person involved, I wouldn't have volunteered to help him with psychological counseling. It is true that he needs a psychiatrist.

In fact, everyone who lives under intense work pressure needs a psychiatrist. People should understand that it is not embarrassing or difficult to receive regular counselling from a psychiatrist.

Immediately after my shoot, there was Jamie and Alice. I don't know if it was intentional on the part of the show, or if it was just God's will, but Jamie was very happy with it. The theme for the two's wedding was naked, not really naked of course, they were wearing flesh coloured intimate underwear.

Mike and Jamie were there, excited and uproarious, when Nina, who had finished her make-up, suddenly came over the side and sat down next to me.

"You know that Dan guy and Marvin and the others said he was going to tell the judges about you almost beating him up?" Nina said, frowning and looking indignant.

I was a little surprised that it would be Nina who would be the one to say this to me, after all Dan and the others had deliberately discussed the stance so loudly that most of them had probably heard it. But I thought it would be Chris who would come over and complain to me first, and Nina was being overly kind. In fact, if you think about it, you'll see how childish Dan's tactic was.

Since Nina had come to say this because she was worried about me, I didn't mind being nosy and talking some more. I closed the book in my hand, smiled at Nina and said, "No, he won't say a word to the judges."

"Why do you say that? I just heard them discussing it over there too and it pissed me off..." grumbled Chris, who had also finished dressing by this time and came over.

"Because he started it, didn't he? And the judges wouldn't have favoured him for that kind of discriminatory remark, and you guys who saw it in the car at the time wouldn't have testified in his favour." The thought went through my head and I deliberately let it out. All at once the models sitting around us looked towards us, their faces varying.

"What's more, they had the ulterior motive of saying this before the hard photo shoot, just to deliberately try to put your state in jeopardy. Rather, I'm sorry for dragging you guys into this." I spread my hands and watched the thoughtful expressions appear on each model's face as they turned away and looked in the mirror.

Backstage while still hooked up, Alice seemed to have been out of shape for the shoot because of the shadow brought on by her former marriage. It took Jonathan a number of coaching sessions back and forth before she finally managed to bring a smile to her face.

Backstage, Alice came up to me and sighed and chatted. She didn't mention to me what Dan and Marvin and the others had said, being the more mentally mature person here for two, she was more concerned about how she was doing in the match.

The models' hard photos had already been evaluated during their meeting beforehand and their scores had already been set in their minds. So, after one group of models after another were either disappointed or delighted by the comments, it was finally my turn. Unlike the previous models who came forward in twos and threes, I stood alone because of the theme of my wedding photos.

"Very wonderful!" That was the word Taylor said as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Exactly," Rob interjected, "I used to have concerns when I heard your subject was a fetish. But what you've done in the photos is amazing. Your expression and gesture completely reflect your love for that television set."

"From what Jonathan said, your shoot went quickly?" Taylor even opened her mouth to talk and laugh.

I kept my smile just right and replied, "Yes, I was shocked when I found out about my subject too. So I kept mentally preparing myself for it while I was putting on my make-up. It's so hard to imagine a television set as your lover, and thankfully the pictures didn't come out very badly."

Norma was quick to say, "Your photos aren't terrible, your expressions and hand movements do a great job of interpreting the play, but I have to warn you about your posture. Your pose half-kneeling makes you take up much less space in the frame, which makes the whole picture lack tension."

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MTLer here! When I checked the raws, the 12th chapter is basically the same at first. I thought that I made a mistake and checked it twice, turns out it is still the 11th chap but has the authors' note added to it. Don't belittle it tho, that note is still 2k or sum words. It talks about what happened backstage before selection or sth, I still have yet to read it. What I'm trying to say is 12th chap is sth akin to an extra so don't get surprised when it starts with the authors' note lol.