"Did you see the equipment in my hands? I am a reporter and I'm here to take scandalous pictures of the celebrities," said Sharon.
She smiled and added, "Miss, have you seen Jewel Russell? If you have, you can tell me. I will pay you."
Although she could do this by herself, some help from the residents was much appreciated.
The woman shook her head with a smile. "Sorry, I don't know the person you mentioned."
Right, she just came back from abroad.
Sharon thought for a moment and asked, "Do you live here?"
The woman nodded. "Yes."
"What's your last name?"
The woman looked into her eyes and smiled slowly. "Lambert."
"Lambert?" Sharon nodded. "Hello, Miss Lambert. Come, please sit here."
As Sharon spoke, she pulled the woman over, patted the seat next to her, and asked her to sit down.
The woman was a little hesitant. Sharon stretched out her hand and tugged her again. "Oh, it's not dirty. Even if it is, you can take a shower later."
The woman looked at her skeptically.
"Come on, let me show you." Sharon took out her mobile phone and found Jewel's photo. "It's this woman. If you see her in the future, you can call me. I'll come right away."
The woman hesitated for a moment and then nodded. "Okay."
Sharon was overjoyed and immediately exchanged the phone number with her. "Miss Lambert, you used to live abroad?"
The woman smiled and said, "Yes."
"How are you feeling now that you're back home? Are you getting used to the life here?"
"As long as the person you love is around, it's not hard to get through the day."
Sharon understood her implication. "You're married?"
"No. I used to have a fiance though, but something happened later and he is now with another woman."
Upon hearing this, Sharon was immediately filled with righteous indignation. "What a jerk!"
The woman gave her a meaningful look and smiled. "I don't blame him. I've been away for a few years. It's normal for him to have another woman around him."
Sharon was stunned. "Then do you still love him?"
"Yes." The woman nodded firmly and looked far away. "I fell in love with him since I was 18 years old. Later, he confessed his feelings to me and said that he would be with me and take care of me for the rest of my life. From then on, I had fallen in love with him."
Sharon looked at this woman up and down, secretly guessing her age.
As if she could read Sharon's thought, the woman smiled slowly. "Ten years. I love him for ten years."
Sharon thought to herself, "Ten years is a long time. She invested her youth in those ten years."
The woman looked at her with her head tilted. "What about you? Are you married?"
Sharon thought that there was no harm in telling a stranger about this, so she nodded and said, "Yes, I am married."
The woman's gazes darkened. "I can't tell. You look so young."
"Well, I look young, but I'm not." Sharon changed the subject since she didn't want to talk about her own business, "Let's talk about you. Now that you come back and find that the man you love is married, what are you going to do?"
"I'll wait for him."
"Huh?" Sharon did not expect that she would be willing to be a mistress.
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