Chapter 725 The Crafty Celebrity


    Mnie was utterly dumbfounded. She would have thought she was dreaming if her cheeks were not


    burning in pain.


    She screeched, “I’m telling the truth! Why did you hit me?” Years of experience in show business had


    hardened Mnie’s character, and she hardly feared Victoria’s family background.


    Mnie continued, “I have evidence. I recorded all the sweet-nothings that Mr. Taggart said to me


    yesterday!”


    With that said, Mnie grabbed her phone off the bedside table and began ying a recording in front


    of everyone.


    The voice in the recording had barely uttered two words when Victoria rushed forward like a mad


    woman. She wrenched the phone from Mnie’s hand, flinging it onto the floor and trampling it.


    Victoria was far from done. She smashed a nearby vase and clenched her right fist around one of the


    ceramic shards. Her eyes were bloodshot as she red at Mnie and shrieked, “A recording? The


    thing I hate the most in this world is other people touching my things. I’ll teach you a lesson. Then, it’s


    his turn!”


    Christina sensed that Victoria was on the verge of losing control. She immediately shouted at Lyle


    “Hurry! Hold her back!”


    s, Victoria had alreadyunched herself nimbly at Mnie.


    “Victoria!” Sebastian acted on reflex, cing himself in front of Mnie. Victoria’s shard-wielding hand


    was forced to a stop just half an inch away from his heart.


    Disbelief filled Victoria’s gaze. She stared at her boyfriend through tears and used him, “How can


    you defend her?”


    Hastily, Sebastian exined, “I don’t want you to be med for harming someone else.”


    Fury had clouded Victoria’s judgment. She could not calm down and consider his concerns rationally.


    Tumultuous emotions welled in her chest, fueling her urgency to get rid of the vixen behind Sebastian.


    She waved the shard in her hand and gave Sebastian an ultimatum. “I’ve never been a clingy person,


    Sebastian. Give me an answer now. Who will you choose? Me or her?”


    A fearless Mnie fanned the mes by goading, “What man would ever fancy a shrew like you?”


    “Shut up! You have no right to speak here!” Victoria retorted furiously.


    Mnie’s expression soured. She replied scornfully, “Don’t think you can erase what happened


    between Mr. Taggart and me because you’ve destroyed my evidence. They say alcohol is a truth


    serum. I believe Mr. Taggart is indeed interested in me.”


    Her ims were immediately refuted by Sebastian, who said coldly, “I’m not the least bit interested in


    you. In fact, I don’t even know your name. Why would I confess to you while drunk?” He turned to


    Victoria and pleaded, “I didn’t touch her, Victoria.”


    While Sebastian was not a hundred percent sure if he had uttered any flirty words to Mnie, he was


    confident that he had never bedded her.


    He never did anything outrageous when he was drunk. Alcohol turned him into a quier, unsociable


    man.


    And when he was drunk out of his mind, it was near impossible to wake him up.


    Mnie clenched her fists angrily. With her evidence gone and Sebastian insisting on his innocence,


    she was rapidly running out of options.


    That was, unless, she took a risky bet.


    She made up her mind and asked, “Are you trying to wash your hands of this, Mr. Taggart? Fine. We’re


    all adults here, and I can’t force you to admit to your actions. We both got what we wanted out of our


    one- night stand. I may have failed to win the affection of someone as wonderful as you, Mr. Taggart,


    but I no longer have any regrets after spending a night with you. I’ll leave now before I bring you more


    trouble.”


    After that, she turned and collected her clothes and things off the floor, making a move to leave.


    Before she could leave, Christina stepped forward, stubbornly-blocking Mnie’s path.


    Bewildered, Mnie demanded, “What are you doing?”


    “Shouldn’t that be my question to you?” Christina stared at her probingly and dropped her bombshell.


    “You sent me a bunch of provocative texts and photos, demanding five million to keep you quiet. When


    you realized you couldn’t ckmail me, you changed your mind and set your sights on Mr. Taggart


    instead of Mr. Hadley. Just what are you trying?”


    Mnie replied calmly, “What photos? I have no idea what you’re talking about. I know who you are,


    but we’ve never had any past interactions. I know my ce, and I would never try to steal something


    that didn’t belong to me.”


    Christina promptly whipped out her phone and scrolled through her text history. She disyed her


    screen to everyone in the room and dered, “You’re the texter. Did you think I wouldn’t be able to


    track you down if you pretended to be a tabloid reporter?”


    Still, Mnie insisted, “I lost my phone a while back. Someone’s using my phone to do horrible things;


    I’m a victim here too! I’m a celebrity, and I value my reputation more than anyone else. I didn’t send you


    those texts, and that’s that! Don’t try to use me of false crimes to help your friend!”


    Her words elicited a scoff from Christina. “You go on and on about valuing your reputation, but here you


    are, taking advantage of someone else by implicating them in a scandal. Do your fans know what a


    scheming liar you are?”


    A fall from grace was every celebrity’s worst nightmare. Mnie was no different, and she reacted


    viciously to Christina’s usations.


    Mnie argued, “Being the Hadley family’s daughter-inw doesn’t give you the right to bully others!


    I’m not afraid to admit I fell for Mr. Taggart at first sight. He was managing the entertainmentpany


    for Mr. Hadley, and I entered showbiz for him. I like him, and I want to grow closer to him. There’s


    nothing wrong with that. We had a one-night stand, but I’ve never thought of bing a mistress that


    would ruin someone else’s rtionship. I’m not forcing him to take responsibility for what happenedst


    night.”


    Her ability to distort her scheming ways into the pining actions of an admirer disgusted Christina to no


    end.


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    “If you want to destroy me, go ahead and spread the news. The worst that’ll happen to me is my


    departure from the entertainment industry.” Mnie added, “I like Mr. Taggart; I just like him too much!


    There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that!”.


    Every word out of her mouth drove Victoria closer to madness.


    Victoria cried hoarsely, “I won’t let you off for this! I swear I’ll ruin your reputation so you’ll never make a


    comeback in showbiz!” Sebastian, who was trying his best to restrain her, took a scolding as well. “Let


    go of me! Don’t touch me!”


    Since her verbal protests fell on deaf ears, Victoria began scratching and biting Sebastian.


    He allowed her to vent her frustrations on him and continued to apologize profusely, “I’m sorry I upset


    you. You can hit and scold me as much as you want, but please don’t leave me.”


    Victoria bit him so hard that she drew blood. Though the wounds were on Sebastian’s body, her own


    heart ached with pain. He really was her biggest weakness.


    She stared at him with red-rimmed eyes and stopped hitting him.


    Nathaniel, who had remained stoically silent throughout the confrontation, suddenly piped up, “Lyle, tie


    her up and bring her with us.”