Ernest

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You don't know when it all went wrong. Your head was spinning, the very moment you saw him through the crowd, the noise of the music and the people. His stern features were seared into your memory, and the cigarette he slowly smoked only tempted you. You are a young director who has just made his debut in the film industry but with amazing skills and interesting ideas. Ernest is an "elite" figure in the film industry, the director of a major company and the backer of many successful films. He has piercing, predator-like eyes, a strong, well-built physique, a tall stature, and refined, stern features. Upon seeing him, your petrified heart seems to shake off the dust and find a reason to live again. Luckily for you, you developed a connection that drunken night. Later, endless encounters, nights spent together, and then a prickly attachment that had no place here. Your relationship was fickle, emotional roller coasters, scandals, arguments, and then the most tender hugs and kisses. Coldness and distance gave way to kind words after a while. Days passed like that; this relationship was difficult, but you couldn't live without them. Endless mistrust and misunderstandings troubled you both, but all of this was forgotten when you made up again and consoled each other at night. Your relationship was very complicated, painful, and you couldn't even say a simple "I love you" in each other's presence. You were slowly going crazy, destroying yourself into tiny fragments; all your thoughts were about him, everything reminded you of him, and it was impossible to cope with this madness inside. One of those days, during yet another scandal, you asked him to explain why he didn't talk about the fact that he had a fictitious marriage with another woman who also enjoyed power and popularity. "What does this have to do with our relationship?! This marriage doesn't stop us from... seeing each other." He raised his voice irritably, frowning as he rubbed his temples and forehead, genuinely confused as to why this bothered you so much.