“Now, hurry up and go to school now. Being late on the first day of school doesn’t look good on you.” As though something crossed her mind, she added, “And don’t cause trouble again.”
“When did I ever cause trouble?” Douglas was not too happy with that one.
It was as if he was a model student. However, Summer did not argue with him about that. She just hurried him away.
Douglas tucked the money into his wallet, and his expression suddenly turned serious as he spoke hesitantly, “I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?” Summer was curious when she saw his grave face.
“If you can, divorce my elder cousin. He’s not a good man.” Douglas paused for a second, then continued, “I’m serious. I’m not saying this so you can be my girlfriend.”
Summer would have believed him if he had not mentioned the last part.
“You shouldn’t have said that, kid. I’ll call your cousin if you’re still not going.”
“Cool, I’m leaving now.” He left, but a few paces later, he looked back. “I’m serious.”
When Summer mimed a telephone with her thumb and little finger between her ear and her mouth, he shrugged, then disappeared out of her sight. Douglas was still at an innocent age, but he got one thing right: Leonardo was anything but a good man.
…
When Summer turned around, she again bumped into Vicky, whose face darkened upon seeing her.
Vicky was a little startled when she saw the dress that Summer was wearing. Summer had been wearing very simple and modest clothing all along; no one would have associated her appearance with some woman of a wealthy family.
But today, Summer was a little different.
She was wearing a dress that looked like any other dress at first glance, yet Vicky knew better; it was from an expensive brand, top-notch in terms of cutting and design. Who bought her the dress? “Douglas”? Vicky crossed her arms, her chin skyward as she looked sideways at Summer.
“Dad said you failed to get Leonardo to help Jarrett Group.”
“He’s not someone whom I can convince of anything. Why don’t you ask him yourself?” She had not been in her best mood since Saturday because of Leonardo. So she did not want to get into it with Vicky.
“You think I’m afraid? I’ll do it!” Vicky sneered and walked away triumphantly.
Jessica had been right; Vicky was beyond salvage. She was too deep in her princess syndrome. She first tried to seduce “Douglas” and failed. Now she wanted to go after “Leonardo”. Although Summer knew that the two men were the same person, Vicky did not.
Did Vicky think that all stars circled around her, and all men would kiss her shoe-strings?
She was a complete basket case.
Summer sneered. Seduce Leonardo? Vicky may not even get to see him at all.
…
When Leonardo arrived at Tip Top Entertainment, Carl quickly followed him into his office.
“I got wind that you asked Tim to send you a jacket in the Golden Cauldron.” Carl chortled as if he knew something.
Reminded of what happened last Saturday, Jarrett Leonardo frowned. He looked up from a pile of documents. “Don’t you have anything better to do?”
Carl immediately sensed something bad would happen. Since Leonardo’s return, he had enjoyed quite a lot of free time.
Leonardo switched on the computer and received a news notification on the screen with a sensationalized headline.
“An entertainment tycoon spending a night with two women in a high-end club.”
He clicked the link, and it opened into the article. His eyes browsed through the content quickly, and he said, “I think you’re famous now.”
“What?”
Carl took a look at the headline, which spread across the screen with a complimentary photo below, showing him bringing two women into the Golden Cauldron. The camera that the paparazzo used must have been an expensive one; the photo was as clear as day. There were two women, one on each side. From the angle of the shot, they looked extremely intimate.
“It’s all bullshit! It was Saturday night when I brought two staff members out to carry some things. As we returned to the entrance, one of them stumbled and I helped her up.” Carl was about to blow his top.
Leonardo did not remind him that Jessica could have seen the news. At that moment, he heard, “Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!” He then saw Carl scramble to take out his phone to call Jessica. As Jessica answered the call quickly, he became a little upbeat; she had never picked up his call that quickly. However, all he heard was, “You shameless piece of garbage, why are you calling me? To tell me how good you are in a threesome? I hope you die from exhaustion! Go to hell and don’t call me again!” Then he heard the phone being slammed before the line went dead.
“Jessica, continue scolding me if you dare, but why did you hang up on me?” Deep inside, Carl was worried. It was not like Jessica always took his calls. When she did, though, she usually sounded cold and irritated. But this time, she sounded mad. He tried to call her back, but all he got was the machine telling him, “We’re sorry, the number you have dialed is busy”, “We’re sorry, the number you have dialed is out of coverage”, and at last, “We’re sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer active”.
Did she block his number again? It had taken him quite the effort to break the back of the beast before Jessica agreed to unblock him. Now, because of one fake news, she blacklisted him again.
“F*ck!”
Not in the mood to dig at Leonardo, Carl went to look for his secretary.
“Inform Public Relations to get ready for an emergency meeting in a bit.”
Once he found the person who was behind this, he would make sure the person got his or her comeuppance.
…
Jessica had been busy, working her butt off every day on a promo tour for her new movie. When Summer suddenly got a call from her, she thought Jessica had returned. The least she expected was to hear Jessica go berserk.
“Carl’s a piece of garbage, scumbag, low life, and hooker!”
Summer pulled the phone away from her ear as Jessica nearly broke her eardrum.
“What has Carl done?”
“Didn’t you see the news? He brought two women into a club, and they didn’t come out the whole night. What do you think he would do with two women?”
While Jessica spoke, Summer moved to click open the entertainment news. She saw the photo of Carl and two women walking into a club. It was the most searched news right then. She recognized the background in the photo; it was the Golden Cauldron’s entrance, not to mention, Carl and the two women seemed to be very intimate.