Free Web NovelChapter 72: Chapter 72: I’m Only at Ease When You’re Before My Eyes
——Go update the story!!! Quick!
——Your follower count has already shot past seven thousand! You have to grab ahold of this insane wave of traffic! Whether you blow up or fizzle out all depends on this moment!
Mina Jennings’s message was so forceful that Sonia Quincy could feel her urgency through the screen.
She didn’t dare to delay. She quickly opened the post she’d made that afternoon and hurriedly finished the update.
After finishing the update, she immediately posted a new thread.
——What happened? All I did was go out to watch a movie and open a few blind boxes, how did I become Spudster’s most wanted? [Meme Sticker]
Less than a minute after she published the post, netizens had sent her to the trending topics list again.
——[Bloom Preston is back! So did Little S get ’rewarded’ with eating slippers or not?]
After the topic went viral, tens of thousands of netizens flooded her comment section to check in and grab some popcorn.
Some marketing accounts even edited her posts together, giving her a free wave of publicity.
Here’s what netizens were saying in the comments of the promotional video.
[LMAO, this OP was already a certified weirdo before she even got famous! (Attached: A screenshot of Sonia Quincy talking nonsense while messing around in the comment sections.)]
[When I saw this trending topic, I thought Bloom Preston was a gossip blogger in the comedy niche, but who knew she’s actually an artist! Does that count as having multiple jobs?]
[Let’s be precise! Bloom Preston isn’t just some hack artist, she’s a jewelry designer! The quality of her design drafts is insane, her style is super distinct, and you can’t find anything like it on the entire internet!]
[SOB SOB SOB, my girl Bloom Preston was obscure for so long, and now she’s finally blowing up! It’s so hard for her—she has to draw her designs, dodge her clients while she’s goofing off in the comments, and still find time to spill the tea for us! Seriously, I could just die crying! She’s basically working three jobs a day!]
[Bloom Preston, you’re really famous now, so you have to be careful about your words and actions from now on... I forgot the rest. Anyway, Bloom Preston, you have to remember! Doesn’t matter what you remember, just remember!]
[LMAO, how are Bloom Preston’s fans so weird too!]
"Oh my god..." Sonia Quincy’s mind went numb with shock as she scrolled through the short videos on the trending topics page.
This wave of traffic had come so suddenly; she was completely unprepared! So much so that when her follower count on Spudster’s backend quickly surpassed ten thousand, she was still in a complete daze.
Late at night, she lay in bed with her eyes wide open, not a hint of sleepiness in them.
Determined to seize this wave of traffic, she stared at the dark ceiling for several hours before finally deciding to get up—and put together a future development plan for her account!
It was already very late, and Felix Preston was fast asleep. Sonia Quincy carefully lifted the blanket, moved the hand Felix had resting on her stomach, and quietly rolled out of bed.
"Sonia?" Felix Preston was startled awake by her movements and immediately sat up in bed. "Where are you going?"
Sonia Quincy looked back at him. "I’m just going to the bathroom. You go back to sleep."
Felix Preston breathed a sigh of relief. "Let me come with you. Your belly’s getting heavy now, you need to be careful with everything."
"No need." Sonia Quincy refused. "Our baby has been very well-behaved, not giving me any trouble at all from the beginning of the pregnancy until now. Even though I’m further along, my belly is still a bit smaller than other pregnant women’s."
"I can still move around freely, so you don’t have to worry too much. Go back to sleep. You have to get up early for the competition tomorrow."
As she spoke, Sonia Quincy turned on the warm bedside lamp and slipped her feet into her slippers, getting out of bed.
"I’ll be back soon. You be good and sleep."
Felix Preston was very obedient. The moment Sonia Quincy told him to sleep, he immediately closed his eyes.
"Call me if you need anything. I’ll hear you right away."
Sonia Quincy: "Okay."
The night was deep, and everyone else in the Preston Family was fast asleep.
Sonia Quincy tiptoed to the bathroom with her phone, hiding herself inside.
The development plan wasn’t actually that complicated. The fact that Sonia Quincy could go viral just by leaving a juicy story on a cliffhanger proved that this was what netizens and fans wanted to see.
Since they liked it, she didn’t need to change her strategy. She just needed to refine and perfect her methods based on this, and then post updates on a regular schedule.
After drafting a preliminary plan, Sonia Quincy downloaded a popular short-video app, migrated her "Bloom Preston" account over from Spudster, and then immediately posted a video to claim the "most wanted" trending topic as her own.
More platforms meant more opportunities. Since marketing accounts were already reposting her content on that app, she might as well set up shop there herself. If she got popular, she could make money from both platforms!
"Haaah..."
After spending nearly an hour in the bathroom, Sonia Quincy finally felt sleepy.
She raised a hand to wipe away the tears from her yawn and returned to the bedroom, clutching her phone.
"You’re back?"
The moment she opened the bedroom door, Felix Preston’s eyes snapped open.
Sonia Quincy: "I’m back. You’re not asleep yet?"
Felix Preston lifted the covers, waiting for her to get into bed. "I was sleeping, but not soundly. I kept thinking about you."
"Why were you thinking about me?" Sonia Quincy chuckled. She put her phone on the nightstand and slipped into bed. "I was just going to the bathroom, not running away from home."
"I know."
The room was dim, and Felix Preston wasn’t wearing his glasses. Even with Sonia Quincy lying beside him, he couldn’t see her clearly; it felt like there was always a layer of fog before his eyes.
He fumbled to pull the blanket over Sonia Quincy properly, then unconsciously shuffled closer to her. "I know you were just going to the bathroom, but I can’t help but worry about you. I only feel at ease when you’re right here in front of me."
Felix Preston had had a long day and couldn’t even keep his eyes open as he spoke, but that didn’t stop his words from being utterly sincere.
Sonia Quincy’s ears burned at his sincerity. She slowly turned her head to look at Felix Preston’s face, which was just inches away.
Felix Preston was very handsome. From his facial features to the shape of his face, he was so perfect that one couldn’t find a single flaw.
He had a gentle temperament, and when he was awake, his eyes always held a hint of a smile. When he was asleep, he was unbelievably docile.
The more Sonia Quincy looked at him, the more she liked what she saw, and her heart began to beat faster without her even realizing it.
"Good luck tomorrow," she said softly, pulling his blanket up a little higher.
The corners of Felix Preston’s mouth curved up, and he responded in a sleepy daze, "Okay."
The next day, Sonia Quincy woke up in Felix Preston’s arms.
The two of them had been sharing a bed for some time now, but this was the first time Sonia Quincy had woken up in his arms.
"I’m getting up first. You can sleep a little longer." Felix Preston’s chin was resting on Sonia Quincy’s forehead, and he gave her an affectionate nuzzle before getting up.
Sonia Quincy nodded with her eyes closed. "Mm."
Felix Preston had to go secure investments today, so after washing up and grabbing a quick breakfast, he had to leave.
Sonia Quincy got up to see him off, patting him seriously on the shoulder at the door. "Go get ’em! I know you can do it!"
Felix Preston smiled at her. "I’ll do my best."
Sonia Quincy: "Mm-hm!"
...
Felix Preston didn’t leave right away. He kept looking at Sonia Quincy, his handsome Adam’s apple bobbing once.
"Is... is that the only encouragement I get?"
