True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 1772

"The anonymous writer doesn't want to talk to me?" Leah asked, surprised. "Is this person even a fan of mine? Why would a fan not want to talk to me?"

"How would I know? It's probably your secret admirer. They must've wrote it for you." the editor replied.

Leah burst into laughter. "I don't think that's possible. How on earth would I get a secret admirer? I don't even go out much anymore, so where on earth would I have met them? Don't simply make guesses, alright?"

"I'm not! Come on, think about it. If it isn't a secret admirer, then who else who it be? The person who wrote on your behalf is clearly a man."

"That's not necessarily true," Leah didn't care about the writer's gender. She just thought that it was good. "Why should gender even matter? As long as their writing is good, it should be enough. It doesn't make a difference."

"That's because a man's writing is more logical than a woman's!" The editor continued, "I think the writer must be a man who is really keen on you.

They didn't even want the money for their work! They wanted to give it all to you. Isn't that something a secret admirer would do? They probably crushed on you for a long while."

Leah burst into laughter. "Wow, your logic is impeccable. Why don't you start writing books instead? Just quit your editing job."

"Well, how else would you explain it? In my opinion, I think if a man is willing to give money to another woman, it means that they fancy them. People of the same gender don't really do that, you know?" The editor deduced.

Leah did not know how to refute the editor because she thought that it was a reasonable deduction.

She smiled and said, "Well, I guess that makes sense. I don't know how to refute that. Alright, let's just assume that the writer's a man. He doesn't want the money right? Then forget it, it's not like I'm rich anyway. I'll take the money."

If they went on with this back and forth, it would seem too much like flirting.

"You want it?" The editor asked, stunned. "Gosh, you're really greedy."

"Oh, my goodness. You called me foolish when I refused the money! Now that I'm accepting it, you're calling me greedy? Are you trying to make my life more difficult or something?"

"Well, of course I would want you to take the money. It's just the other party's intentions that I'm slightly wary about."

"Well, if you're wary, I think you should get a contract ready and let them sign it. Once there's a signed contract in place, you won't have to worry about their intentions or whatever. I don't want to be involved in any future disputes."

"You're right, I should get a contract ready. I'll get the company to help out with this," the editor said.

"That sounds good."

"Do you still have any other questions?" The editor asked Leah.

"Oh, can you ask the other party about the book's rights? Since he doesn't want to be paid for his writing, does this mean that I still hold sole claim to it? If the copyright gets sold to another company, will he want a cut?"

"Wow, that's a loaded question," replied the editor.

"Well, it's an important question. Since he wants me to get all the money for his work, then I'll just assume I'm still the sole owner of the book. If its copyright claim gets sold to a director in the future, I'm not going to give him a cut, even if he asks. You'd better let him know that if he wants a cut of the copyright claim, he'll have to let me know first," Leah said.

"Wow, Reaper, you're really something. I can't believe you're thinking about the copyright claims already. The book's copyright hasn't even been sold yet," the editor could not help but feel indignant for the anonymous writer.

"I'm just being prepared. Maybe the rest of the story will be so good that it'll catch a certain director's attention. Who knows what's going to happen, right?"

"What's more, I've already sold the rights of my previous books, and some of them will be adapted into a TV series soon. Once they get released, I'll become a celebrity."

"Once I get famous, the copyright claims on the rest of my books will definitely be sold off as well, don't you think? When that happens, how should we split the money? Does the anonymous writer want a cut of it? Can you please discuss it with him?"

The editor replied, "You're right. I suppose it's something worth mentioning to him. Alright, I'll ask him."

The editor got to it right away after that. She contacted the anonymous writer late at night and asked him the questions Leah had posed.

They discussed everything through text.

After the editor sent a long list of questions to the other party, she got a reply that read, "I don't want to lay any claim to this book. Credit everything to Reaper. All the money, except for your company's cut, should solely belong to Reaper."

The editor gaped at her screen in surprise. This was the first time she had met someone who did not seem to care much about money.

The editor really admired this anonymous writer. She couldn't help but ask through text, "Are you a man or a woman?"