Chapter 11
In the afternoon Adrien sat inside the wardrobe looking at the amount of clothing Marinette had prepared for him to put it on at the photo shoot.
Adrien had already put on dark blue jeans, a light blue dress shirt and a green dress jacket with dark blue check pattern. Adrien looked around at the other staple of clothes he had there to try out, then one of them had a blue ribbon over it, which he took with his hand and checked it out with his eyes and had an idea, then opened his collar of his shirt and placed the ribbon around his collar.
"It doesn't look all that bad," Adrien said adjusting the tie around his neck. He checked himself out on the mirror how he looked like in Marinette's new men wear.
Someone knocked on the door, then Adrien opened the door to receive Marinette with another pile.
"I brought one from last year too but they're a bit too large for you" Marinette explained placing it on the table in front of Adrien.
"I'll check it out later," Said Adrien looking at Marinette, which smiled astonished at Adrien wearing her clothing.
"Why haven't I ever asked you out to try my clothing?" Marinette asked making Adrien shrug his shoulders.
"I don't know" Responded Adrien. "Can I start?"
"Sure," Marinette said walking out, "Follow me," Asked the blue-haired woman and the guy followed her inside the corridor to another room.
At the police station, Juleka sat in front of a secretary together with a female police officer, which was typing down on the computer an interrogation she needed to do from her.
"Do you know this man from anywhere?" Asked the policewoman looking at the raven-haired woman.
"I never saw this man before" Responded Juleka. "Just today"
"What were you doing at the moment, before he had broken into the salon'" Questioned the female agent glancing at the younger woman.
"I was working"
"Could you formulate your answer a little more precisely?"
"I was shortly before he had got into the salon attending a younger client a student at the cash register, therefore Eireen stood behind me asking me, how to use it. I had explained her the pricelist I used to it, then he threw the door open, causing it to break the glass of it as it hit the wall."
"He then pushed you off the ground, after you had warned him the girl Eireen didn't want to go with him. Is that correct?"
"Yes. She hid behind me telling, that she didn't want to go anywhere with him"
"And can you explain, how your brother Luka Couffaine had got his nose injured?"
"The man was behaving aggressively and Luka tried to keep him away until all were safe in the other room. Luka's nose then got injured as he mentioned the appearance of the police car. While Luka held his hands in front of his nose he escaped and he didn't see, where exactly he went"
"I think I had another question to ask, let me reread this again," Said the policewoman making Juleka nod and observe the blonde woman roll her eyes down as she read her writing on the computer.
Someone knocked on the door of the bureau from the police agent and the door got open, then entered a raven-haired policeman with a file on his hands.
"Eva I might have discovered the identity of the man you're looking for," The tan-skinned man said placing the file in front of the green-eyed woman.
"Lawrence Redmoon?" Read the policewoman on the cover, then opened it to read the file.
"He was just set free a couple of days ago and it fits Miss and Mister Couffaine's description.
"Yeah I think that's the guy, except he looked more unkempt as he is in this image"
"Sure. I'll inform other police stations about it"
"Do that Daniel, thank you" Thanked the policewoman and glanced at Juleka. "All police stations will be informed to watch out for this man. If you have any questions, just call me" The woman said handing the raven-haired girl a business card.
"Thank you" Said Juleka looking neutrally at the policeman. "What will be about Eireen?"
"The best is to have a better eye on her, when she goes out for school or anywhere else, in case her father would show up and harm her or anything else"
"Okay thanks"
"If you don't mind, could you send me your partner Rose Lavillant in?" Asked the police agent earning a nod from the tall woman.
At the photo shooting of Adrien Agreste, Marinette sat next to the photographer Vincent Jr. observing the blonde man posing in her clothing.
"Fantastico, molto bene…. you're much better than those bony models down in Italia"
Marinette chuckled at the comment of the young man, then got up and walked out of the room into her office to get her tablet, then sat inside the office to check out something.
"Well done mi Amico" Complimented the photographer pressing repetitive on the capture button of the camera.
Adrien kept posing for the images, then the photographer checked out the images he took on the display of the camera, afterward Adrien approached the Italian to see them too.
"They're really good" Complimented Adrien.
"I have an idea. I need someone to pose with you. Is someone here present at the studio, that we could ask to do the job?" Asked the brown-haired guy.
"What about my daughter Emma?" Asked the blonde man making the Italian man smile.
"Si, molto bene!" Agreed the photographer excited.
"Marinette has left her back in the dressing room playing with her dolls"
"Great, can she bring her here?" The Italian asked the blonde, then Marinette had come out with her tablet.
"Audrey just sent me an email asking, if she could pass by to see the new designs"
"That's great and hey Vincent asked if we could use Emma in the pictures with me. What do you think?"
"Great idea, I'm going to get her," The blue-haired woman said leaving the room quickly to get the little daughter.
The photographer sat down looking at the pictures and Adrien stood there looking at his feet waiting for his wife to get back with Emma.
At the door, where Marinette had left appeared a woman with long, blonde hair which gazed down excited as she had seen Adrien standing there.
"Adrien Agreste!" Shouted the girl making Adrien frown his face.
"No..." He said sad, then the blonde ran at Adrien to hug him.
"Hey is it true about you and Marinette?" Questioned the woman wrapping her arms around him, while he tried to move away from her, yet she didn't take her hands off him. "You're getting divorced?"
"Uhm…."
"You know I'm having a bad time too. There's this new journalist at the studio, who stole my place in the show."
"Uhm….Alya Lahiffe?" The blonde asked earning a head shake of the blonde.
"No not her, I'm talking about the daughter of our boss, River Langerak"
"Uhm…. never heard of her"
"You will see her when you switch the TV on tonight"
"But did you get fired or..."
"I have to work backstage and do all the makeup for them instead. I don't deserve that, I need to be back in front of the camera. The place where I belong" The former journalist told the model passing her hand over her wavy hair.
"Yes and….why exactly did you get here?" Asked Adrien followed by the blonde caressing Adrien on the cheek making him swallow hard.
"Well I've heard you weren't having a great time the past months and read, that you asked Marinette for the divorce"
"That's none of your business, you know many magazines like to make up certain things" The Frenchman furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as he tries to explain her about it.
"Adrien come on, there's no reason to hide your feelings."
The journalist got pushed away by Adrien, but she kept placing her hands on the man's arms, to stop him from leaving.
"Please get away from me" Ordered Mr. Agreste grabbing the woman on her hands, then she pointed her lips trying to kiss the man on his cheek then on that moment Marinette appeared with her daughter Emma and shrieked as Adrien got kissed on the cheek.
Adrien's face was wrapped as the fangirl pecked him on his cheek, as well he didn't have his face turned to Marinette's side, to note his perplexity.
"Adrien why are you doing that in front of our daughter?!" The fashion designer asked loud shrieking the blonde woman.
"What?" Asked Adrien pushing the fangirl away from him, then got clammed again by the woman, now making him frown down and roll his eyes down at her annoyed. "Stop that!"
"Uhm Emma here take ten Euros and go buy something at the kiosk down the hall" Marinette ordered her young daughter taking out from her purse the wallet, then took from the inside two green cash bills and handed it out to the girl. "Go, baby," The mother said watching the kid leave quickly, then she stopped again to look back at the mother getting into the room, where the photo shoot had occurred.
"Get your hands off him!" Demanded the French-Chinese fashion designer glaring at the fangirl.
"Thank god you're here Marinette," The model said relieved, then the blonde woman crossed her arms mirroring Marinette's facial expression.
"How could you do that?" Questioned Marinette looking angry at the blond man.
"I didn't start it. You know, that most of my fangirls tempt to get really close to me and try to kiss and hug me or anything else..."
"Why didn't you ask her to stop?" The blue-haired woman asked the husband, which tilt his head confused. "Or why didn't you try to push her away or call somebody"
"I told her to stop it and tried to push her away, but she kept putting her hands on me like I never said anything"
"Normally she would have stopped if you had asked her politely"
"There's no need to ask someone politely when you're not feeling right about it."
"Then why didn't you ask Vincent Junior about it?"
"I don't know….I didn't remember it"
"You definitely would have helped him, right Vincent?" Asked Marinette looking at the photographer, that sat on the chair with his camera.
"I'm a photographer, not a bodyguard"
"Ugh," Marinette said while rolling her eyes, then saw the fangirl leaving the room.
"Hey, where are you going?" Asked Marinette. "I hope you're never going to put your feet in here again or I will make sure you…..you're….grrr"
"She's now gone Marinette, there's no need to worry again," Adrien said placing his hand on Marinette's shoulder, then Marinette moved aside from him staring seriously at him.
"We're not done yet, why did you let that girl kiss you?"
"I didn't want that to happen, that was her. She got from somewhere the information I asked you about the divorce and its spreading around Paris so fast. She was most likely thinking, that it was official and that I would be a free man for her to grab"
"You know from all the fangirls, who are always behind you, she's the one, who I have seen the most among other fangirls. I wouldn't be surprised if you two were…."
"Are you accusing me, that I'm having an affair with her?" Asked Adrien shocked.
"I knew it!" The half Chinese girl pointed out making Adrien wide his eyes and formed his mouth into a circle at the wife's perception.
"Are you kidding me, I don't even know her name!"
"But you just said it!"
"I finished your sentence believing you were gonna say that"
"I was about to say, that you're being dishonest"
"Marinette I've been with you together for 6 years, on that point I still had the fangirls around me and they have always been there, every time there was a fashion show or a benefit event. You have always trusted me like no one else. Why can't you trust me now?" The blonde empathized the last sentence low looking upset at the face of the double citizen. Marinette wide her eyes gazing at Adrien's green eyes, realizing how she's been acting in front of him. Adrien looked down on the floor, then at the photographer, that stood there with the camera observing the argument of the couple.
"You did see the fangirl before with me, didn't you?"
"I don't get paid to watch out for any specific persons, right?" The brunette young man replied surly followed by Adrien sinking down his head in sadness and remove his dress jacket.
"I'm sorry Marinette," Adrien said handing the jacket at her, then he walked out of the room without saying any more words, then Marinette looked at the photographer, that had watched the blonde man leaving.
"This is why my father decided to mind his own business," Said the brunette and walked away into the office of Marinette, leaving her back disappointed holding the jacket of the blonde.
