“What’s wrong with you?” Iker’s voice sounded at the door, and the next moment his tall figure enveloped her, his lips pursed upwards showing that he was in a good mood.
Cheyenne didn’t bother with pleasantries and simply extended her swollen foot towards him. “Look…”
“Why is it so serious?”
He crouched down to carefully examine her foot, his thick eyebrows furrowing. “Does it hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt, but my foot feels numb.”
Iker understood.
He turned around and offered his broad back to her, patting his shoulder. “Come on up, I’ll take you back.”
“Well then thank you very much. Don’t worry though, I’ll definitely treat you to a meal, hehe.”
Iker didn’t refuse; they had known each other for so long but hadn’t had a proper meal together yet. If she was willing to treat him, then of course he wouldn’t say no.
“Let’s talk about it when you’re feeling better first. For now, let me take you back to your office.”
It was almost 4 am now; if she went home like this in the middle of the night, she would only scare her family. So, she planned on waiting until morning before going back.
She could check on Kate tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, there weren’t many people at the hospital at night so no one saw Iker carrying her like this; otherwise Cheyenne couldn’t imagine how angry Kelvin would be if he found out.
However, Cheyenne was naive; even at this time of night there were two paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside watching them.
The scene where Cheyenne and Iker were alone together happened to be captured by them.
The next day…
At 7:30 am on what should have been a beautiful autumn morning, Cheyenne had become a hot topic among Akloit netizens despite still being asleep.
Today seemed particularly lively in entertainment news as two major events caused countless netizens who were supposed to be working delay their schedules.
Firstly from entertainment section:
[Famous actress Kate vs popular young star Juliana – A brutal fight!]
[Kate severely injured and hospitalized – Life or death unknown!]
[Master Glenn shuts down filming base for revenge!]
[Juliana releases statement claiming self-defense!]
Overnight online rumors about “Kate losing her child”, “Kate fighting with Juliana”, “Kate being seriously injured and hospitalized while Juliana fled” kept popping up endlessly.
Juliana’s fans were all outraged online as they battled against Kate’s fans.
It all started when someone named MyBelovedJuliana posted surveillance footage…
In the video, Juliana was in the dressing room when Kate forcefully pulled her out and pinned her against the wall, looking like she was about to eat her alive.
A netizen wrote a post as an “onlooker,” which was over a thousand words long. In the post, “he” claimed to be a staff member on set and first accused Kate of throwing her weight around because of Master Glenn’s connections.
First, she changed the script, then she nitpicked at the costume teacher and even took time off during filming to pick up her child, making everyone wait for her return.
All this caused two hours of delay before they could start shooting again. It made everyone have to work overtime with her.
The middle part of the post talked about what happened with Sasha in the makeup room. She played with lipstick for business use and didn’t greet people properly or show any manners.
No one knows exactly what happened when Kate’s child went missing. There were too many people on set coming and going, so no one had any obligation or time to help watch over them.
Finally, “he” talked about how he saw Kate bullying Juliana after finishing work that day. “I saw it with my own eyes; Juliana’s face turned purple from being choked by Kate so hard that she almost passed out. Everyone tried persuading Kate to let go but it seemed like she had made up her mind to kill Juliana.”
“Even Juliana’s agent kneeled down begging for mercy but Kate just used this opportunity as an excuse since they’ve always had bad blood between them!”
“Juliana only fought back because there was no other way out! Don’t be fooled by news reports saying that poor little victim is guilty!”
The entire post criticized everything about Kate while fans of Juliana said all sorts of nasty things too. Some people were curious why he said they had bad blood despite being first-time co-stars together?
So this mysterious poster explained what happened four years ago: “Everyone knows that Cheyenne Lawrence, the hospital director, is good friends with Kate; four years ago our dear Julie accidentally offended Miss Lawrence which led to Miss Lawrence’s retaliation against Juliana who almost got blacklisted.”
“Luckily, Juliana worked hard for four years, improving herself, and made a comeback.”
“Kate is Cheyenne’s friend, and when she found out that Juliana was going to work with her, she told the director that Juliana wasn’t suitable for the role of the second female lead. It was nothing more than jealousy because Juliana is prettier than her and she’s afraid of being overshadowed.”
When Kate mentioned Cheyenne, everyone searched for information about her.
Firstly, they were amazed by Miss Lawrence’s brilliant achievements at such a young age. She didn’t have a college degree but had an exceptional family background, appearance and talent.
But some people still couldn’t accept it.
Just as everyone was admiring Cheyenne’s excellence, a financial entertainment newspaper released breaking news about her:
“Goddess Cheyenne has an affair with mysterious military officer; rendezvous at hospital in the middle of the night.”
The article included a photo where Cheyenne wore a white coat while being carried by a tall man in military uniform.
Although his face wasn’t visible in the picture, judging from his height and build, he must be handsome.
In the photo, Cheyenne smiled with elegance that captivated people’s attention.
After this news broke out, many people felt sorry for Kelvin. They thought that Cheyenne went too far!
Juliana’s fans tried to defend their idol by grouping Kate and Cheyenne together: “Birds of feather flock together.” They hoped to clear their own idol’s name from any wrongdoing.
This incident caused chaos online; all major browsers crashed due to heavy traffic early morning after its release!
Meanwhile, Kelvin just woke up in Onistead. Today he will meet with that mysterious seller along with the Hood family’s mother and daughter.
This time he went as a “buyer,” and this trip would probably take three days. It was to the southwestern border, so Kelvin didn’t plan to tell Cheyenne to spare her from worry.
Before boarding his flight, Kelvin took out his phone intending to send “Good Morning” to Cheyenne, but instead saw latest explosive news headline:
“Cheating Goddess – Who is this Mysterious Military Officer?”
Kelvin naturally didn’t believe it; Cheyenne was on the phone with him just before she went to bed last night.
But the mention of “mysterious military officer” made him think of an old acquaintance.