Psychological Control

Because I happened to be invited to LA by Ellen Show, I saved the airfare and couldn’t make up for several invitations from Jonathan. After all, he still helped me introduce a lot of shooting jobs that really paid for the inside pages of magazines, so I decided to go with it. After finishing The Ellen Show, check in on his dinner date.

"Why do you want to go alone? They know you don't want to continue to be a model, right?" After returning to the hotel from the Ellen show, Dillon, who was lying on the bed and changed into an awkward suit, looked at me The hair toner fixed the hair, and finally couldn't help but said.

I looked at him in the mirror with some dumbfounding and said: "What are you worrying about? Jonathan is not a pimp, he still wants to be famous after all. It seems that the people who want to see me this time are a couple. The man is a famous designer, and the woman is also an artist. Maybe they want me to be their model to take some hard photos?"

"The fashion industry is so chaotic, how do you know what strange interests that couple has..." Dillon persisted unexpectedly, and I felt like I could smell the sourness in his unhappy tone. "You want to promise?"

"Not necessarily," I finally straightened my hair and turned to look at him, "I'm going to refuse a normal invitation, but he arranged the meeting in such a serious way, so it's not ruled out that there may be some interesting concept design. "

Dillon nodded noncommittally, and then asked one more sentence, "I still don't trust this kind of beast in clothes who doesn't know what he's pretending to be in his head. If you pay back the favor this time, don't go next time."

"Don't worry, I'll keep my phone on all the time." I replied with a helpless smile.

Jonathan booked a French restaurant in the city center. When I got there and reported Jonathan's name and was taken in by the waiter, I saw a well-dressed man and woman sitting opposite Jonathan from a distance, with their backs to me.

According to what Jonathan said before, the man with neatly combed silver hair and wearing a silver suit, who is both elegant and flamboyant is the designer Abed.Sitting on Abed's right is his artist wife Sofia, and Jonathan, who I can see from my perspective, doesn't look very good.

Sophia's appearance is quite different from what I thought. According to Jonathan's description of Abed, he has a strong desire to control and has a flamboyant personality.If it is a wife who can get along with him for a long time, generally speaking, it should be the exact opposite type of him.

Because only a woman who is the opposite of a person like Abid, who is more gentle, introverted, and tolerant to accept him, can a couple be suitable for living together, instead of the usual two-day small quarrel and three-day big quarrel.However, the pair, dubbed by the fashion industry as a model couple, are real and look more like work partners than husband and wife.

Because Sophia is not the kind of gentle, virtuous wife and mother woman as imagined, but a meticulous look with her hair neatly combed and pinned behind her head.Apparently her character is very similar to Abid, she is also the kind of authoritarian and dominant person.I really don't know how these two came together.

Walking over under the leadership of the waiter, I put on a formulaic smile and greeted these two people: "Mr. Abed, Ms. Sophia, hello." After Jonathan's introduction, I shook hands and sat down.

"I've been following you for a long time. Originally, we didn't bother to look at the so-called supermodels who came out of the draft. But I have to say, your works are very emotional." Abed stared at it motionless as soon as he opened his mouth. My eyes and the tone of my speech are naturally in a high position.

And the moment I sat down, I felt that the atmosphere at this table was not quite right.If Jonathan was more than willing to actively take this line, he seemed to be forced to make such an arrangement.And after Abid opened his mouth, I quickly understood the reason.

Jonathan said they were friends, but in fact, the Abid couple must have the upper hand in the relationship between each other.Moreover, the way Abid stared at me was like a giant python lurking in the depths of the jungle, stalking its prey coldly and viciously.A kind of oncoming pressure, even made me unable to avoid the sight of him.

Because there is such an unwritten law in the natural rules, if you are the first to avoid the sight of each other at the stage of testing each other on the eve of the wild beast battle, then you will be at a disadvantage at the beginning.So I couldn't devote more energy to pay attention to Sophia, the woman next to Abid.

"Thank you very much for your liking, Mr. Abed." I almost entered the fighting state, pulled out a perfect smile, and responded in a calm voice, "But before that, I would like to explain my As for the position, Jonathan should have mentioned to you before that I don't plan to develop in the modeling industry."

"I know, but I think you will be interested in our design concept." Abid, as if he didn't hear the rejection in my words, directly stated his purpose. "My wife Sofia and I are very interested in you personally, you are like our beauty muse. It is difficult for us to find a model that satisfies us more than you."

After he finished speaking, Sophia also said: "Unlike other models who will not get paid for taking hard photos, as long as you are willing to cooperate with us, the price can be negotiated. Maybe you are still hesitating now, but Get along for a while longer, maybe you can see our sincerity."

When she was talking, I was finally able to break away from meeting Abid's eyes and start to look at this woman.Like Abed, she takes pride in maintaining her body and skin, and the fine lines brought about by age only add elegance to her posture.

Sophia's dress and flaming red lips make her look capable and powerful, and her first impression with sharp lip lines is even more difficult to approach.I noticed that she and Abed looked at me differently, and she kept avoiding meeting my eyes.But judging from the movements of her hands, I can see what she is suppressing.

What an odd couple, I finally concluded.To be honest, if I had listened to Dillon, I should have rejected them straight away and left.But because of the curiosity that came from the bottom of my heart, I couldn't help but want to sit longer and analyze the psychology of these two people.

It can be said that I can't find the mutual sexual attraction between the couple, but they each have a particularly strong feeling for me.Both couples share a possessiveness and dominance, but not towards each other, but towards other people outside their relationship.Could it be that Dillon was right that these two were really the kind of people who were in an open relationship and were passionate about it?

I showed curiosity and didn't intend to get up and leave immediately, so Jonathan couldn't help but cast his worried eyes over.Compared with these two people, Jonathan's paranoid perfectionism is as pure and innocent as the little angel.And obviously he knows what kind of people these two people are, that's why he behaved like this.

It can only be said that curiosity killed the cat.I was bored for more than half a year, and I finally met someone of the same kind who challenged me. This exciting feeling made me really unable to give up and leave.Perhaps in addition to the case of David Vincent and William, I can analyze this strange couple?What an interesting case.

"In this case, how about Mr. Abed and Ms. Sophia, tell me what your shooting plan is? Design concept and theme?" I lowered my eyes slightly to cover my thoughts and hesitation before speaking.

I noticed that Abed and Sofia expressed an expected level of satisfaction after I finished asking this question.It seemed that they felt that everything was in their hands, and then Abed raised his hand to signal that Jonathan could retire.

Jonathan, who couldn't tell the truth, sighed and stood up, then he patted me on the shoulder and finally said nothing, just said goodbye: "Since you have an idea, I will leave this place to you first. If you have any questions... you can call me." After he finished his last sentence, I saw Sophia's dissatisfied frown from the corner of my vision.

A woman who is also very controlling like her husband, I really don't know how they can get along well.Humanity and people's psychology are such a strange thing.

"It's Brian like this," Abid evoked a cold smile in satisfaction after Jonathan left, the smile didn't catch the eye. "The projects that Sophia and I mentioned are not the same, that is to say, what I hope you can cooperate with are two different projects."

I nodded not unexpectedly, and took his design concept draft from him. "...Mermaid?" I couldn't help blurting out what I saw on the first page.When talking about mermaids, most people think of the daughter of Caspian in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. In short, generally speaking, mermaids must be women.

"That's right," Abed's eyes twinkle as he talks about the subject of the still he wants to shoot. "I remember that your water skills are very good. We need to shoot in the wild rainforest and pools. Your red hair and golden sunshine, blue glass-like fish tail! This will be the perfect beauty!"

"In this photoshoot theme, what you want to reflect is the jewelry hanging on the fishtail and your body. It is expensive and magnificent but not gaudy. The concept of photoshoot will bring a sense of priceless treasure to the whole set of jewelry." Ah Peeta painted the picture in his mind, and his gestures revealed a feeling of madness.

Then before I could react, his right hand came over and grabbed my chin.My subconscious action was to hide back, but before he had time, his other hand stroked the end of my hair.My movements froze, and I could even feel the hidden gazes of people in other seats in the restaurant.

"When the time comes, you will need to straighten your beautiful red hair," he said with a low laugh, "Don't worry, I won't use those cheap artificial hair. Instead, I will use the real hair that Sophia and I have treasured for a long time. "As he spoke, he kneaded the ends of my hair and commented: "It's almost the same color as your hair. Perfect... so perfect!"

The feeling of Abed speaking, as if he was playing with his treasured handicraft, made people feel chills.He didn't regard me in front of him as a co-model, or a living thing.No wonder Jonathan showed such worry and hesitation before leaving.

I forcibly suppressed the consciousness that I have in my mind to escape immediately when ordinary wild animals encounter danger like ordinary people.On the contrary, I obeyed the strength in his hand, and leaned forward to make a gesture of submission.

For this kind of controlling personality who likes to occupy a dominant position, showing obedience in front of him is the easiest way to make the other party let go of their defenses.And I found out strangely that when Abid made such a move, Sofia, a woman, had two completely contradictory emotions flashing in her eyes, dissatisfaction and satisfaction.

That resentment wasn't directed at me, but that she was actually jealous of her husband touching me.Satisfaction seems to be that she has brought herself into Abid's position, and what Abid has done is exactly what she wants to do.So this is the reason why the two of them can get along harmoniously?Because of similar taste? …

After taking a panoramic view of the reactions of the two, I turned my head slightly to avoid Abid's hand.Abed showed an unfinished expression on his face, retracted his hand to straighten his cuffs, and resumed his previous posture.I also naturally straightened my hair that Abid had played with just now, and turned my head to bring the topic to Sofia.

"And what about Ms. Sophia?" I raised a smile that hadn't changed at all from the beginning, as if I wasn't affected by Abid's excessive behavior just now. "What do you want me to do?"