Emily hastily shut her eyes. Was he going to hit her?.. her heart thumped nervously.
Joel’s eyelashes wavered slightly. What did the girl take him for…. a woman beater?…
He dropped his hand back to his side and watched the girl whose eyes were still shut tight.
“So, how was the interview?” Joel asked.
Emily opened her eyes slowly, the CEO was no longer a few inches from her. He was now sitting on her bed with a wide grin plastered on his face.
“…” Emily gulped hesitantly.
The guy was weird. One moment he was horrific, the other he was a sweet, charming prince.
Joel’s eyes darkened. The girl had not replied to his question.
Noticing that the expression on the CEO’s face had changed, Emily quickly replied to him.
“Fine, thank you.” she bowed.
Joel rolled his eyes innerly. He didn’t want her to be formal with him, he wanted the opposite of that.
But maybe he had gone too far scaring her like that. He should leave her to rest.
“Night.” Joel took long strides towards the door and walked out of the room.
Emily watched in shock and surprise as the CEO walked out of her room… The man was indeed weird. She nodded her head vigorously.
Emily heaved a sigh of relief and fell on her bed.
Joel walked out of the shower but he was still feeling weird. Why was he feeling that way?… he huffed as he stared at his reflection in the mirror, he flipped his hair with his fingers and pouted.
He loved the girl but it seemed she was not aware… what to do …
He turned around and walked towards his bed. He fell on his bed and sighed as he stared into space.
After a long while, Joel stood up on his feet and walked out of the room.
Emily was still rolling around from one side to another when she heard her door creak open. She had already switched off the light so she didn’t know who it was.
“Nugu?” She sat up on her bed and squinted her eyes as she stared in the direction of her door.
★NO RESPONSE★
She felt a body fall on the bed beside her. She hastily switched on the bedside lamp and looked back at the unknown body.
Woah!.. The unknown body was the CEO’s!!
“CEO Joel?…” Emily called out silently.
“CEO Joel?…” she called again, gently tapping Joel’s shoulder.
He wasn’t responding, he was asleep.
So the CEO sleepwalks… Emily chuckled. The CEO actually sleepwalked into her room… Emily let out a small smile.
She stared at the CEO beside her, she was just having a close look at his face. He was even more handsome than looking at him from a distance… He was indeed a god. He had the most perfect set of eyes, pointed nose, cute lips.. everything about him was just too perfect.
Emily raised her hand slowly to stroke the CEO’s face.
But she wasn’t as perfect as him, she was poor, had bad manners, clumsy…
Emily retrieved her hand. She gently fell on her side, her back to the CEO, and fell asleep.
Joel opened his eyes and stared at the back of the girl beside him, he stood up from the bed and walked around it. He squatted right in front of Emily’s face and stared at her… He stroked her face gently with an affectionate look on his face, he leaned in, tilted his head, and planted a kiss on her lips. He stood up, straightened his back, and took long strides out of the room.
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“What do you mean you can no longer hack into her account?” Carmen asked furiously.
PAUSE
“Get lost!” She spat and hanged up.
“What did he say?” Stephanie stared at her manager keenly.
“He said he can’t hack into Maria’s account… he said something about the security and address being inaccessible and untraceable.” Carmen sighed.
Stephanie’s eyelashes wavered slightly.
“A video of Annie apologizing to that girl was also released on the internet this morning.” Carmen blurted out angrily.
“Our plans are failing.” She balled up her fist.
Stephanie placed her elbows on the desk, intertwined her hands, and placed her chin on her intertwined hands.
Someone or some people were really behind that girl… but who?… who were the powerful men she was sleeping with?… She was going to find out.
“Now that I can’t deal with her indirectly, I have to deal with her directly.” Stephanie let out an evil grin.
“So… what’s your plan?” Carmen smiled.
★★★
Emily grinned as she sat in front of her manager… So, the CEO liked to sleepwalk.
After she woke up that morning and checked the other side of the bed, the CEO wasn’t there anymore.. maybe he had woken up that morning and found out he was in the wrong room. Emily chuckled.
“What’s making you laugh?” Maria smiled as she watched Emily.
“Huh?..” Emily got back to her senses and looked up at her manager.
“Hmn..” she cleared her throat awkwardly.
“Thinking about your boyfriend?” Maria teased.
‘well, if you put it that way….’ Emily let out a cute smile.
“Ahh.. ani.” she shook her head.
“Hmn…” Maria smiled.
“Anyway, have you watched the video?” She asked.
“Nde?.. what video?” Emily furrowed her brows.
“Of Annie apologizing to you.” Maria shrugged.
“Wait… don’t you have a Weibo account?” She widened her eyes.
“Anyo” Emily shook her head.
Maria opened her mouth in astonishment, she took a peek at the EW phone in Emily’s hand and shook her head.
How could she not have a Weibo account when she had such an expensive and amazing phone. So she only played games on the phone?… Wow.
“Come over.” Maria shook her head, dropping her phone on the desk.
Emily puckered her mouth and walked around the desk to her manager’s side.
Maria collected the phone from her and transferred the weibo app from her phone to Emily’s, she created an account for her and handed the phone over to her.
“Now you can watch the video yourself and have as many followers as you like.” Maria smiled.
“I have helped you send a request to me, the CEO, his brother, the broadcasting industry’s manager, and some other important personnel.
“Uhn.” Emily nodded her head.
“Okay, you’re having an interview in a few minutes.” Maria pursed her lips as she skimmed through Emily’s schedule.
“Kaja” Maria stood up on her feet.
“We should get your makeup done.” She smiled as they walked down the corridor.
“Nde.” Emily smiled.
“And we’ll get you an assistant soon, too. Would have gotten one already but we need a trustworthy one.” Maria clicked her tongue.
Soon, they got to the changing room. The makeup artist helped Emily with her makeup and soon, they were on their way to the studio.
“I’ll catch up with you baby, just received a message to see the boss.” Maria patted Emily in the back and turned left.
Emily continued on her own to the studio. People gushed over her as she walked, she was always wearing an Empire brand and she always looked gorgeous in the dresses.
“Well well well.” Stephanie’s voice made Emily freeze on a spot.
“Who do we have here?” Stephanie smirked, blocking Emily’s path with Carmen and Nancy right behind her.
People were starting to gather around them, they knew a movie was about to be aired.
“You still haven’t left EWEI…” Stephanie eyed Emily.
Stylishly checking her out, she noticed Emily was wearing another EW’s design. Stephaine flushed jealously.
Not that she didn’t have any of EW’s designs but the girl before her seemed to have more than she did.
Emily fidgeted with her hands. She loved her role model… why was she being like that towards her…
“Guys ..” Stephanie turned to face the crowd that had gathered around them with a cunning smile plastered on her face.
“This lady here is a pauper her father even sent her out of his house because she is promiscuous. Don’t you think it’s astonishing that she even wears EW’s designers, earrings, handbags, and shoes?” Stephanie paused for a bit and looked back at Emily.
Faint murmurs could be heard from the people around them.
“No one even knows where she lives.. maybe in the gutters.” Stephanie snickered.
“Or … maybe she’s a slut.” She blurted out as she gnashed her teeth.
The murmurs became louder and everyone threw daggers at Emily with the looks on their faces.
“She has to leave EWEI.” Stephanie finalized.
“What is going on here?”
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
“Emily why are you still here?..” Maria arched up her brows as she walked briskly to Emily’s side.
She eyed Stephanie and the onlookers. What exactly did they do to the poor girl this time? She sighed.
“Kaja.” She took Emily’s hand and headed to the studio.
Emily managed to host her interview, it was funny and interesting. She had hosted the richest rapper in the world and a lot of people had tuned in to EWBT to watch the program.
But no one knew how hurt she was.
After she bid her manager goodbye, she dragged her feet out of the entertainment industry. She had not walked five feet when she felt some sort of liquid on her hair and face.
The paint had even managed to get in her mouth and poured all over her expensive outfit.
Blindly, Emily reached for her eyes and wiped the paints on them away. She looked up at the direction the paint had fallen in her and saw a *WE DON’T WANT A SLUT IN EWEI. LEAVE!!!* written on the wall.
Emily turned around with her painty body and walked to a bench. She cried out like a baby, not caring passersby, and people were watching her.
Rachel smirked as she watched her stepsister through the window of her office.
“Stephanie is taking things more seriously than I thought.” She smirked and turned around to sit on her chair.
“We just have to watch till the end.” She smirked, rocking her office chair.