Chapter 2099


    Chapter 2099 The Footage


    The man scoffed defiantly, not at all deterred by Ian''s threat to hand him over to the police.


    Ian took out his phone at that moment and made a call. At first, the man didn''t look the least bit


    frightened, and he even had his legs crossed like he waspletely at ease. It was only after he heard


    Ian actually speaking to the police that his expression shifted.


    When Ian hung up, the man got down from the couch and spat out menacingly, "Fine, this is what it has


    settling for less than fifty million."


    As it turned out, the man was afraid of getting taken away by the police after all; he stormed out the


    door right after he had given them his warning, and it looked like he was going to make a run for it.


    Ian, Aurora, and Cindy did not chase after him. After all, they didn''t think a person like that was worth


    their efforts of pursuit.


    When the man had gone out of their sight, Cindy locked her phone and said, "I''ll send you the video


    orchestrated everything and ckmailed us."


    Aurora was astonished, for she had no idea that Cindy had been recording while the exchange


    happened.


    Following that, Cindy sent the footage to Ian and exined wearily to Aurora, "I didn''t have a choice. I


    resorted to using this method after I saw how many people were trying to give Ian bad press, but I


    didn''t think it would actually be of use right now."


    Thest time she had used a recording like this was to rify any rumors that Ian and Sena were


    dating. Sena had been caught in an awkward situation ever since Cindy came out with the video to


    testify that the rumors were false, whereas the public has continued to talk about it while mocking Sena


    until this day.


    Cindy hadn''t expected that the method woulde in handy again in real life.


    Meanwhile, Aurora was relieved as she said, "Well, that''s good. I was just thinking about how we were


    going to solve the situation if this sc*mbag were to go to the press and feed them nonsense about Ian


    and me. He had been calling me for the whole day, and after I refused to pick up any of his calls, he


    came by personally. I must have been blind to have allowed myself to date someone like him."


    Cindy reached out to pat her back while muttering in constion, "There, there, it''s all over now. We


    can solve this matter on our own, so don''t worry about it."


    However, Aurora was still worried. "Hannah has been telling us to lie low and stay away from bad


    rumors, but we''re like mas that keep drawing in scandals."


    Indeed, the false rumors and bad press kepting. Though Aurora was not in the wrong this time,


    she still felt bad that Hannah would have to deal with this.


    Cindy sighed and said, "What choice do we have? We can''t just have this guy showing up and asking


    for money from time to time. If we don''t take a stand now, he''s only going to see us as walking bank


    cards with unlimited funds."


    More importantly, judging by the man''s behavior, Cindy was sure that he woulde back to ask for


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    more money in the future if they eded to his demands now.


    He had texted Aurora earlier to tell her he was doing alright and that he would never bother her again,


    but Cindy knew that that was only a front. He woulde back eventually like some relentless pest.


    True enough, it hadn''t been that long since the text that he came back with such outrageous demands,


    and it only went to show how thick-skinned he was as he continued to treat Aurora like an ATM. Not


    only that, the man and the people around him would leech off her hard-earned money for the next


    foreseeable future if she actually caved into his ckmailing tactics today. The right thing to do was to


    make someone like him pay the price for extortion, or else he would never learn his ce.


    Aurora had gone a whole day without eating, and she felt rather sorry for herself.


    Cindy nced at Ian before suggesting, "She''ll be staying over at our ce tonight. Goodness knows if


    the man would shamelesslye running backter."


    Ian waited for a while before he called the police and withdrew theint he had made earlier.


    Then, the three of them walked back to Ian''s house.


    No matter what happened, one still needed food to restore one''s energy, and Cindy got started on


    dinner as soon as they reached home. On the other hand, Ian and Aurora lounged on the couch while


    they talked about this incident and how they could resolve it without causing a scene.


    It wasn''t long before Hannah called them and said that there was news on the inte. While the actual


    news hadn''t been leaked, someone imed that they held insider information on Ian and Aurora that


    could destroy their careers, and they wanted the entire inte to wait with bated breath.


    Upon hearing this, Ian knew immediately what had happened. He exined the matter of the man''s


    extortion to Hannah before promptly sending her the footage Cindy had recorded.