Chapter 108. A Hot Topic

"No," Bassena flatly declined.

The producer's lively face sagged sadly then. "But...I haven't..."

"We don't accept a sudden change in an established contract," Bassena said with a smile, but Zein could see it didn't reach the amber eyes. 

"Oh, but can we just make a separate contract?" the producer insisted with a rather desperate voice.

"Our guide does not like media appearances," Bassena insisted back, and Zein finally understood what they were talking about.

The producer made a sulking face, putting on a sad expression and trembling lips that Zein could tell was fake. And then, he shifted toward the guide with those sparking eyes that seemed to be glazed with pleading tears.

Unfortunately for him, if Bassena was unfazed, then Zein was downright cold. "No," he said, with no smile beneath the mysterious mask and eyes like a pair of icebergs.