Love Is Like A Star, Showing Me the Way Forward

On the day Eli Burton won the Movie King, he did not keep his promise to acknowledge me publicly.

On the same day, the novel I wrote based on us was exposed.

He stood on the high podium, while his fervent fans cornered me and ruined my hand.

After that, I could no longer pick up a pen, and I gave up on continuing our story.

In response to his pleas, I simply closed my eyes and pulled off the hearing aid.

'Oh, the big star, you no longer belong to me.'

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The day Eli won the Movie King, I accompanied him to the venue.

"The main reason I won the Movie King is thanks to..."

I sat in the audience, silently praying that Eli would keep his promise.

I didn't know why I had this bad premonition, after all, we had agreed on this when we first got together.

My palms were sweating due to nervousness, and I anxiously watched Eli on stage giving his acceptance speech.

"My leading lady, who is also my girlfriend, Mya Gordon."

The moment his words fell, the camera focused on Mya's face, just a few meters away from me, and the venue erupted in applause.

The cheers almost drowned out the out-of-place me.

Mya shyly waved her hand, their interaction was very intimate.

It seemed they were aiming for the hot search tonight.

My heart tightened in an instant, I looked up incredulously, and before I could react, hot tears slid down my face.

The thing I feared most had happened, catching me off guard.

I quickly turned my head, released my clenched hand from my dress, wiped away the tears on my face, and swallowed the sour taste in my throat.

But how could I swallow this?

I just stared blankly at him on stage.

My hand unconsciously clenched into a fist, the knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

But I didn't feel any pain.

Because I was still completely immersed in the shock I had just received, and couldn't recover for a long time.

'Oh, big star, you really shine bright.'

After eight years, Eli finally became what he wanted to be on this day.

I thought we would both be happy on this day.

My nose was sour, and my chest was swollen. For a moment, I forgot whether I should be excited or sad.

"Little girl, why are you crying? Are you his fan?"

A senior actor next to me handed me a tissue.

I trembled as I took it, thanking him softly.

"Are you a family member brought by someone?" The senior actor asked me kindly, probably because he saw me crying so sadly, he spoke to me in a very soft voice. "I don't think I've ever seen you before."

A family member?

I clenched the object in my hand, my nails digging into my soft palm.

I subconsciously looked at Eli, who was not far away. He had already received his award and stepped down.

The organizer arranged for him to sit next to Mya.

The two of them were whispering intimately.

Tomorrow, a few pictures will top the hot search. I'm used to this.

But I never thought that he would publicly acknowledge Mya as his girlfriend for the sake of popularity.

Even when I was present.

Has it been too long? Long enough to change a person.

I closed my eyes, not wanting to look any longer.

Many years ago, I promised Eli that I would accompany him until the day he won the Movie King.

But now I realize that we can only make it to this day.

I never thought that today, which we had fantasized about countless times, would turn out like this.

On my 25th birthday, Eli asked me what wish I had made.

I asked him to guess.

As it turns out, he guessed it right away.

I wished for his dreams to come true, to become the Movie King before he turned 30, to have a place in the show biz.

He insisted that on this day, all his fans should wish us well.

Now, my wish has come true. But he broke his promise.

The blessings weren't for me, but for him and someone else.

How ironic.

I looked up at the ceiling, tears the size of beans falling one by one.

I tried hard to compose myself.

But when I hold back my tears, my whole body feels uncomfortable.

"I'm not a family member, not anyone's family member."

My eyes were red, my voice was as soft as a mosquito's.

At this time, I should have been able to proudly tell this senior.

Look, the man receiving the award is my boyfriend.

But I looked so disheveled, so embarrassing.

He didn't keep his promise to go public with me, and I didn't get the chance to say it either.