Maria shrugged and kept quiet as she could feel Ernest's loneliness.
One had to fight for their own path in life and for their love.
"Well, I'm sorry. I won't ask anything else. You can do as you like, Ernest," After saying that, Maria turned around and was about to go out.
"Wait a minute!" Ernest yelled. He was standing on the stairs and stopped Maria from leaving.
"What's the matter?" Maria turned around and looked at Ernest in surprise.
"By the way, Liam's flight to Northern City from London will be at five o'clock this evening," Ernest informed her.
Maria was stunned. Sometime later, she smiled and said, "He hasn't been my idol for four whole years."
Ernest didn't refute the stubborn Maria and said instead, "His career is in trouble."
Maria thought about it again and smiled, "It has nothing to do with me."
With a faint smile, Ernest shrugged, "Well, forget that I mentioned it then."
After he said that, he went upstairs.
Maria also turned around and walked away.
However, she kept thinking about what Ernest had said. Liam was once so popular. However, it only lasted for three years. He'd lost it since he went to study abroad.
She actually knew that Liam had not filmed anything for the past year.
It had been more than four years in total. He was no longer the Liam whose fans would welcome at the airport wherever he went.
Now, the number of his fans had declined. No one welcomed him at the airport anymore. He was like an artist who had been forgotten.
The way he was being treated was terrible.
After taking a few steps, the phone rang.
She glanced at the screen and saw that her father had called her.
"Dad," Maria picked it up and immediately changed her tone. She said cheekily, "I miss you so much."
"Then come home," Zachary said, "You've graduated. You can come back now."
"But I want to continue my studies for a few more years," Maria pleaded, "Ernest and Celeste don't want to go back either. I also want to continue to study here. Besides, I'm so young, and I don't want to work yet."
"Dad is getting old," Zachary said.
"No," Maria acted like a spoiled child, "My father is like a blooming flower. You're not old at all."
In reality, Zachary wasn't that old. He was just in his early forties. Why did he have to call himself old?
"Your grandmother misses you," Zachary continued, "Your mother has also been talking about you since a long time ago. You are a girl, so you don't have to study so much. Come back."
"That's gender inequality, isn't it?" Maria immediately protested, "What do you want me to do when I go back? Do you have a throne for me to inherit?"
Zachary smiled when he heard his daughter and laughed, "You're talking nonsense again."
"It's true," Maria said frankly, "Dad, I'm not interested in your business and I won't take over it. It belongs to my brother. As for me, I just want to do something I like."
Zachary kept quiet and allowed Maria to speak her mind.
"That's why I still want to study. I won't even be twenty four when I finish my postgraduate study in another three years. I'll return after that as I am not planning to get a doctorate degree," Maria continued, "Though, I still won't go to your company even if I go back."
"Then where are you going to go?" Zachary actually wanted his daughter to come back to his side. He was still young and had the ability to take care of his children. He hoped that when he was old, Maria would be able to be independent.
After all, Rome was not built in a day.
No matter how intelligent a person was, they would have to go through trials and tribulations before achieving something.
"Me? I haven't thought about it yet," Maria explained, "Anyways, I don't want to go to the company, so dad, please don't force me, okay?"
"Are you sure you really want to continue studying?"
"Yes, I am," Maria had already thought about it clearly. Wouldn't it be better for her to continue to study and improve herself?
"Fine, I won't force you. However, you still have to come back to the company after three years."
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