Nicholas, who was relaxing in a private lounge with two beauties in his arms, received an urgent call from an unknown number. Since he had already been informed some minutes ago by Lucas that the future lady boss will contact him soon, he guessed she might be the one calling.
Picking up his phone as he placed it on his ear, he heard an angelic voice say “hello” to him. Listening to that voice, he was mesmerised as he heard her say; “please am I speaking with Mr Nicholas”.
“Yes it’s me, what can I help you with?” Nicholas asked her as if he didn’t know that she was going to call him, and also not knowing about the reason he was calling her.
After listening to all that she wanted to say, he reassured her that he would get back to her soon. As the call ended, he dismissed the beauties in his arms as he left the lounge to finish up his future sister-in-law request.
He hacked into all the surveillance cameras in the hotel. Since Lucas had briefed him on what happened, and he had also looked up Lina’s information due to Raymond’s request, he knew what to search for, and his target in the videos he was scrolling down on.
It’s not up to thirty minutes, he was done with all that he needed to find out. Looking at his masterpiece, he smiled as he applauded himself for a job well done.
He forwarded all he found to Lina within a few minutes. Looking at all that he got, he was curious to know about the inside story. He was not satisfied with Lucas briefing him about what happened. He always likes knowing the beginning and end of things, that’s why Dylan called him “Mr know all”. Using his hacking skills, he immediately finds out about the uproar on the internet.
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When Lina received all she wanted from Nicholas, she opened the files to check what it entailed. On looking at the video of how Mira left the bachelorette party after she left with Daniel, she couldn’t help but sneer. Scrolling forward, she saw how Mira rushed into her room that night.
Since there was no surveillance camera inside the hotel room, she did not know what happened next, but she could guess what it was, as she was still a bit conscious to hear about her and Daniel’s conversation that night.
Opening the second folder, she saw what she had been waiting for. It was the full video of how the ugly, fat man came into her room, and how she defended herself from the man. She smiled mockingly as she watched the video, listening to her conversation with the man. She felt foolish as she heard herself defend Daniel of not being able to do such to her.
Without wasting time, she opened her page on social media as she uploaded the videos she got from Nicholas on the internet. Her social media page didn’t have many followers, since she was not a social person. It was only her few friends she always interacted with there.
She thought the video she posted to defend herself won’t go viral. Who would have thought that within two minutes, the videos have been shared and liked by many netizens. Even the comments were favourable, as people started changing their opinion on the matter of her liking old men.
Some of the women even supported her action of hitting the man with the flower vase. They even cursed the man that he should not survive the incident. As he collapsed on the floor due to the attack, he should just die that way.
She didn’t believe those videos would go viral within those few minutes, but seeing as peoples opinions started changing for the better, she couldn’t help but feel relaxed as she felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her chest.
It was not up to five minutes after she posted the videos, Rihanna called her. After explaining to her how she got the videos in that short period of time, without telling her about her involvement with Raymond. She just told her it was a friend she met not long ago that helped her solve the issues.
After ending the call with her friend Rihanna, she switched off her phone as she collapsed on the bed. She did not care about what was happening online since she had cleared her name.
Anyone who doesn’t want to believe the video can continue deceiving him or herself.
Not knowing that after she uploaded those videos, which serves as evidence of her not being a cheat, neither is she into old men, some anonymous users also uploaded some evidence on Daniel and Mira’s secret affair on the internet. It was very detailed that the people that don’t believe some part of what Lina posted, which stated the reason she did not want to marry Daniel was because of his secret affair with her sister, also started changing their opinions on her.
*****
Two days later,
Palm grove district,
I knew who I wanted to be,
Before you made me who I am,
I have known I will become someone great,
That’s why I took the steps I took…
An angelic voice could be heard singing. The sound was coming from the kitchen, accompanied by the aroma of the food that she just finished cooking.
After all that happened in the last two days, Lina has gotten a grip of herself. She had already promised herself not to think about the past. She has always been grateful that she didn’t end up with Daniel who had bad intentions towards her.
As she was setting the table, she heard the sound of the doorbell rang. She smiled at the thought of who she was going to see after opening the door.
The doorbell rang one more time as she got closer to it. “I’m coming,” she shouted at the door.
On opening the door, standing in front of her was her best friend Rihanna, who has been out of town for two months now. “Oh my gosh! Bestie, you are finally here.” As Lina said this, she ran into Rihanna’s waiting arms as she hugged her tightly.
“Hey babes, are you trying to crush me to death, why hug me so tightly.” Rihanna said jokingly which made both of them burst into laughter.
As they released each other, which gave them the opportunity to check out each other. Lina was the first person to talk; “Hmm, babe, you look so nice. Where did you get your dress from? I hope you get one for me, or else I’m having this.” Lina said jokingly. All women like good clothes, Lina was not an option.
“I got it from J & K clothings in Singapore. Don’t worry, I got one for you too. But Lina, why are you looking slimmer than before? Did you lose weight again?” Rihanna asked her as she frowned her face, which showed the disapproval she felt on her friend losing weight.
“You are complaining about me, what about you? You also look slimmer and exhausted. Look at all those dark circles underneath your eyes. Or did you think I won’t see it even if you conceal it with foundation powder? Without you saying it, I knew you had worked overtime.” Lina muttered to her with her hands folded on each other, which she placed under her bosom, with her cheeks puffed out.
Her angry expression made Rihanna laugh at her. She pinched her cheeks as she whispered to her. “Why did you look so cute, my baby doll?”. Lina slapped her hands that were placed on her cheeks away as she said, “don’t think you can use this as an excuse so as not to give me an explanation on why you have those large dark circles underneath your eyes.”
“Why don’t you also tell me the reason you also look thinner, maybe I will reward you with telling you how I worked myself almost to death in order to be with my best friend.” Hearing her say this, Lina felt guilty because her friend didn’t take enough rest just to be with her. She couldn’t be any more grateful than this. She was just like an elder sister she never had.
“By the way, won’t you invite me in, or you want to entertain me at your doorstep?” That was when it dawned on Lina that they were still outside her house.
“Come in,” she said as she invited her in. As she closed the door, she heard Rihanna exclaim; “wow! What a nice house you got here.” “Well it’s my mother’s house, she passed it to me when I was twelve. I always come here to relax in my leisure time. And since I’m avoiding my family for now, I’ve been residing here. Nobody knew about this place except you, the makeup team that dressed me up on my so-called wedding day, and my business partner,” who is no one else but Raymond Walton, which she didn’t tell Rihanna for now.
“Hmm, Lina, how long have I gone? You already have a business partner. The last time I checked, you are just an undergraduate. When did you start up a business?” Rihanna said to her mockingly.
“It’s not something serious, but due to the circumstances for now, he can be called my business partner. Let’s go to the dining area, I’ve already set the table.” Lina said as she dragged Rihanna out of the living hall.