Rachel had been treating Thea as her biggest competitor. She thought Thea had been trying to sabotage her and steal her resources. So, after Paris’s case was solved, even though the police said that Charles was the one who murdered Paris, Rachel still hired a lot of accounts online, trying to convince the fans that Thea was the murderer.
Stella, however, was the fakest one. She pretended to be supporting Thea on Twitter. However, she made up those lies behind Thea’s back. Stella also used to be Charles’s artist. She was also involved in those money laundry cases.
Cody didn’t even think too much as he held back all Rachel’s resources. Cody also used some means to destroy her boyfriend’s company. Rachel’s boyfriend was a CEO of a company, but his company was not as big as Cody’s.
Rachel only realized that she was in trouble when all her roles and endorsements were taken away. She instantly stayed low, not daring to send any bots to slander Thea anymore.
Stella was easier. She had broken laws. All Cody needed to do was send all the evidence he had collected to the police. He didn’t even need to use his influence in this circle to cut her off from any sort of business in this circle. Stella didn’t have decent acting skills or work. She was famous because her fans thought she was the prettiest. However, there were countless beautiful girls in this business. Soon, people wouldn’t remember her anymore.
Those who attempted to mimic Stella and Rachel all went quiet after seeing what had happened to them. All those bad comments about Thea on the internet slowly started to disappear.
****
Thea has tended to feel tired and sleepy recently. Cristelle and Fritzi instantly noticed the difference. Candace was the one who brought the pregnancy test kit to the house later.
“You don’t look like yourself, Thea. Just do a test. So we won’t be that worried after knowing the result.”
Thea went to the toilet and did the test. It turned out she really was pregnant again! She was both thrilled and scared. It took her a while to ask, “Candace… How come you’re carrying this everywhere? Don’t tell me that you.”
Candace nodded shyly, “Yep. I’m pregnant as well. We’re quite close this time. Maybe we could deliver on the same day.”
Cristelle and Fritzi were so happy after hearing that. Grace instantly started to prepare diets for both Thea and Candace.
“By the way, Amy just gave birth to a cute baby girl recently. The Jonas were thrilled,” Candace gossiped as she enjoyed her passionfruit, “The Jonas house is filled with boys. Amy was the only one who had a daughter. She received so much love.”
Thea caressed her belly, “I wish it were a girl as well.”
Now, Thea and Candace were both two-month pregnant. They spent almost every hour together. That made it more convenient for Cristelle and Fritzi to take care of them.
Thea was feeling lazy. She had a habit of reading. But now, she only wanted to go to sleep. However, she still read her daily pages, knowing it would benefit the baby.
Candace was taking yoga practice every day. But, apart from that, she didn’t develop many other hobbies.
Franco wished Mom would give birth to a baby girl so much, so he would have a little sister. He prepared a lot of pink things for his little sister. He even saved a lot of his toys for his future little sister. Daniel shook his head, thinking Franco’s behavior to be silly. However, he soon realized that Dad was also buying pink dresses and bags as well.
Daniel thus thought that he was the only man in this house who could contain his sanity after knowing about his Mom’s pregnancy.
Beth and Luca came to visit Thea one month later. Thea noticed how skinny and tired Beth had become when she saw her. Her cheeks sunk in. And she looked like she hadn’t slept for days.
Luca sighed, “Beth’s whole family is under investigation. They are not the same anymore. Beth’s feeling sad.”
Thea felt guilty. Beth wouldn’t have had to suffer all this if it were not for her.
Beth, however, only said, “The whole thing has nothing to do with you, Thea. My aunt was stupid enough to make those mistakes. I just wished that I had been able to find out about her crime sooner. Actually, my aunt and her husband attempted to separate a long time ago. She was forced to do those things. If she wasn’t with him, she wouldn’t have been so famous. I knew all along that sometimes you needed to make ugly choices to get what you wanted in this circle. This circle is hell. I don’t want to work in this environment anymore. Thea, I’m actually here today to tell you that I’m gonna quit this business.”
Thea was shocked to hear the news. She tried to persuade Beth not to give up on her dream, but Beth seemed to be determined this time.
After Beth and Luca left, Thea felt so sad.
She didn’t have many friends in this circle. Now that Beth had left, she didn’t even know who to turn to anymore.
****
However, things were not always sad. One day, Candace came to visit, telling Thea that her little sister had a boyfriend.
The boy was called Nick Johnson. He was from a small town, yet he was smart and hard-working enough to enter Harvard. Now he was working in a financial agency on Wall Street. He was a self-made elite, and Thea respected people like that.
Mia was quite pissed off after knowing that her older sisters were inspecting her love life secretly, “Gosh… Thea, Candace, I’m just dating Nick. He’s not even my official boyfriend. Why are you guys investigating him already? Nick isn’t from a big house, but he got what he has by himself. Besides, he doesn’t even know that I’m the ‘Miss Weston.’ He thought I was just a normal girl from an ordinary family. I finally found someone like this. Could you guys not ruin it for me?”
Thea didn’t think it was that simple, “We’re just worried about you, Mia. Mom asked me to take care of you. Besides, do you really believe that he doesn’t know you are a Weston? Who could be that dumb?”