Is he really a bad boy? [English]

~Chapter 64~

Even when we left the car there was a huge amount of paparazzi and even fans, at least I thought they were. They stood in front of the studio like the photographers and took pictures.
Maxim had put his arm around me again and with the other hand, he covered my face. I was quite grateful for that because I didn't want to end up on any covers of gossip magazines. I had to get used to the fact that my boyfriend was famous. Fortunately, Miami wasn't so bad that he couldn't even leave the house in peace without hundreds of paparazzi following him. However, it was only a matter of time, and perhaps I had not yet noticed that people were following him.
We entered the studio and were greeted by people whom I did not know.
"We can start right away.", the brown haired one clapped her hands, "Off to make-up with you!", she said, chasing Maxim away to another girl whom I assumed was the makeup artist. In front of the girl was a table with a mirror and lots of make-up things on it. Max laughed and saluted.
"Sir, yes sir!", he said, "Oh I mean Ma'am!", he laughed and she hit him on the arm with the paper she held in her hand.
"Get the hell out of here.", she replied and he showed her his tongue. Maxim winked at me and finally went to the make-up artist.
"Your boyfriend is unbearable!"
"I know.", I laughed.
"You were Veronica, right?", she asked me.
"Yes exactly, you can call me Nica."
"I'm Jade." Jade was pretty. Her face was angular but when she smiled it got soft. Her eyes had a warm chocolate tone. We were both dressed similarly: black skinny jeans and a white shirt. But she also had a black sweater tied around her hip. Unlike Sarah, I liked Jade right away.
"I've heard a lot about you."
"I only hope good things."
"Don't worry, he was just raving about you", she told, "and that consistently!" And I turned red. It was nice to hear that he spoke of me when I was not around.
"How long have you worked with him?", I asked and took a seat in the chair opposite her.
"Since last year when he signed the contract at the agency. Since the first assignment, so to speak."
"So you've known each other for a while."
"Yes. And he was lovely as always. I could have just ripped his head off in the first second."
"It was no different for me when we first met.", I admitted.
"Even your girlfriend thought you sucked at first, Max!", Jade shouted and Maxim showed her his middle finger. I laughed and Jade joined in.
"But she's crazy about me now.", he replied. And he wasn't wrong about that.
"Cocky is apparently his second name.", Jade said smiling. She got a message and then looked at me. "Would you like to come to pick up the food with me?"
"The food?"
"Yeah, I ordered food for the whole team earlier, and it just finished. It's around the corner, your boyfriend is busy now anyway."
"I'm coming with you.", I gave in and stood up.
"We'll go and get the food!", she called out and dragged me with her. I just managed to wave to Maxim as I walked. When Jade and I left the studio, we were once again attacked by the photographers. Apparently, Jade was already trained in this, as she was walking past them without even paying attention to the cameras. After we had taken them off, we went back at a normal pace.
"Are the paparazzi here just for Maxim?", I asked her.
"Yeah. He's a pretty big thing here in Spain. In Europe in general. Did you not know that?", she seemed surprised that I had no idea.
"He avoids the topic modeling. And in Miami, it's not as bad as-" The word got stuck in my throat when I was almost hit by the huge billboard that showed Maxim. It was as big as a skyscraper and was also illuminated - now the lighting was off but at night it would surely shine.
"Wow!", I said when I could finally get a word out.
"Told you he is a big thing here.", she said amused. Perplexed, I continued to follow her. He had never said anything about being so famous in Europe. I knew he had a certain degree of popularity but I didn't realize it was so blatant. But he didn't take advantage of the fact that he was famous, he didn't boast. Despite his success, he had remained down-to-earth. Of course, he was conceited, but I assumed that it was a kind of protective mechanism and that he was protecting himself.
"It's just around the corner.", Jade threw it into my thoughts. I looked at her and nodded. "Are you still shocked because of the billboard?", she asked me. Yes, I was.
"No, I was just thinking about something.", I said and smiled. To avoid more embarrassing looks, I looked around the streets we were walking through. The houses were mostly old-fashioned and romantic from the outside and they all had these ornate bars around the windows, which reminded me of Venice. The lanes were narrow and everywhere hung laundry on the balconies. Jade entered a small restaurant and with a look to the back made sure that I followed her.
"Hola!", she said to the restaurant owner, at least I assumed the woman was the owner.
"Hola!", she answered and smiled. Jade said she had ordered food and was coming to pick it up. While the woman disappeared to the back, she took out the money to pay.
"Do you live in Barcelona?", I asked her on our way back to the studio.
"No, I live in New York. I always travel with the management or better said with Maxim and the rest.
"Like Sarah?"
"Ugh, Sarah.", she sighed. "She is his manager. And I'm kind of her supervisor or something. My job is to make sure everything runs smoothly. Whether it's a shooting like today or the relationship between management and the models in general.
"That means you are Sarah's boss?", I asked amusedly and delighted at the thought.
"Yeah, kinda."
"Do you like her?"
"I wouldn't say we'll ever be friends.", she said and smiled.
"She hates me!", I said and went through my hair.
"Of course she does, you are with Maxim after all."
"So she really is into him. I knew it!", I exclaimed and gave my inner voice a high five because I was right.
"Did anyone doubt that?", she asked me as she took the bag she was holding in her right hand and put it in her left hand.
"Maxim wouldn't believe me when I told him she had a crush on him.", I told her.
"He won't know what's going on around him. The funny thing is, that at the beginning she was extremely hard on him. When they first started to work together. But he never noticed it, because he is so infatuated with you." Infatuated?
"Oh, nonsense. He's not infatuated with me.", I made it clear. "Still, I'm glad he doesn't want anything from her. How old is she actually?"
"She's 25. And Maxim's crazy about you. You're just as blind as he is. But you don't have to worry about him at all that he will have a thing with someone else. You don't believe how many girls have already hit on him." I didn't want to imagine how many there really were.
"Were you one of them?", I inquired and smiled so that she would not take this question so seriously.
"No", she laughed, "I'm playing for the other team." The other team? Oh. I understand.
"You are lesbian?", I felt my cheeks getting hot. "Oh, God, I'm sorry, that's a stupid question. I am so dumb. Sorry.", I looked on the floor because I was incredibly embarrassed to ask her about her sexuality even though it didn't really matter.
"No problem, don't be embarrassed.", she smiled. "It's fine. Yeah, I'm a lesbian. And now back to Maxim. I've never seen anyone as in love with someone as he is with you." I looked at her with big eyes and didn't know what to say. At first, I was afraid that she would just say it to calm me down or that she might make fun of me. But in her eyes and voice, there was no mockery.
"And believe me, I'm really glad this idiot has someone like you."
"Why?"
"His broken but wonderful heart needs someone like you to beat for it."

Soo do we like Jade or not?