No Substitutes for the Bigshots' Dream Girl Anymore!-Chapter 1798: Daily Life After Marriage (26)

Jack Stewart chuckled on the other end of the phone, "What can I say? Back then, I was young and naive, and decided... I had to be your agent."

The pause in his words felt like a brief moment of reflection.

The sunlight was glaring in the sky, the heat unwavering even behind the clouds, and cicadas chirped from the trees.

Standing under the sunlight, Jack gazed at the bustling college campus in the distance and half-jokingly said, "Hannah, it’s been a year since you left the industry—haven’t you considered making a comeback?"

The entertainment industry rises and falls, often revealing insatiable human desires.

There are too many people who would stop at nothing for fame. Before they have it, what’s already "just enough" turns into "never enough" once they’ve tasted success.

Someone like Hannah—many people would gossip in private and call her foolish.

Hannah said she hadn’t considered it.

Her world was vast, with countless things she wanted to do.

Being an idol, an actress, or a singer—these were only part of it.

Downstairs, Arnold Simmons was preparing lunch.

Although they had household help, Arnold handled most of the meals himself.

Though he cooked himself, he didn’t eat much—he mostly watched her eat, serving food to her plate. "Did someone call for you earlier?"

Hannah nodded. She took a sip of soup from her bowl before answering, "It was Jack Stewart. A few directors from variety shows reached out to him."

"About coming back to the industry?"

Arnold often kept up with the news online. Aside from financial channels, what he followed most were topics about Hannah.

He would search her name multiple times a day, sometimes even secretly using a fake account to like posts or vote for her.

"Yeah," Hannah nodded but didn’t mention that she had already rejected the offers. "Do you want me to go back?"

Propping her chin in her hand, she looked at him with a playful smile.

The warm-toned light hanging above cast a soft glow in his deep, dark eyes, imbuing his aloof and refined presence with a hint of domestic warmth.

He reached out to pick up the chopsticks, his slender fingers curling slightly as he placed food into Hannah’s bowl. "Whatever you choose to do, I’ll always be by your side."

"Even if it’s a variety show?" Hannah teased him, "Actually, I was considering joining a couples’ variety show."

In recent years, the variety show market had exploded in popularity, evolving from simple game-and-interview formats to encompass a wide range of themes.

Dating shows, couples’ shows, parenting shows—the entire process from dating to marriage to raising children could be captured on screen, and many celebrities had revived their careers by participating in these shows.

Arnold had appeared in interviews before—especially during the time when his relationship with Hannah was first made public.

Though he wasn’t someone who enjoyed exposing every aspect of his life to the cameras, if it was with Hannah, he didn’t mind.

Hannah was secretly observing Arnold’s expression. Seeing him seriously ponder this idea, she couldn’t help but laugh and say, "I’m just joking—I don’t plan on returning."

Oddly enough, Arnold seemed just a little disappointed.

After a while, the online discussions about Hannah’s potential comeback dwindled, and even the paparazzi lingering around for half a month left.

Their initial intent had been to dig up some juicy news, but Hannah’s daily life turned out to be too mundane.

Whenever she left the house, it involved only two activities: walking the dog and tending to her rose garden.

During this time, Arnold remained by her side like her shadow. On the rare occasions they went out, it was for simple dates.

The closest event with any semblance of media buzz was the time they visited Lucy Taylor on set.

At the time, Lucy was preparing to record a new episode for her show.

Over the years, Lucy had consistently pursued her passion for singing and dancing, even going so far as to create her own music showcase program to fill the country’s gap in professional stage productions.