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Chapter 49

 The news spread like wildfire, with local celebrities speaking out against Shawn and his group. It was all over the inte, with people rallying to clean up the entertainment industry from scum like him.

 Most people were optimistic, betting that Shawn was done for this time. After all, he wasn’t just tangling with low–tier celebs anymore he was up against the Berry family, the top dogs of Vaporleon City. They weren’t about to let this slide.

 Everyone assumed those arrested had crossed the Berry family, which only added to the storm

 Matilda was livid as she watched the trending unfold online. These idiots dragging Helen into their messt Find out who is behind this and shut them down

 Max knew the whole story and seemed battled. “But, Mrs. Berry,

 not just a few celebs, everyone online is echoing the same sentiments,” he said.

 He understood even if Matilda had clout in Vaporlean City, she couldn’t sway Iverton, much less the entire country or

 untry or international opinion. So, Strong–arming the media was furile

 With reposts from many well–known celebrities and discussions amongizens, the topic shot up the trending rankings once again.

 Matilda immediately called her media team, her voice tight with frustration. “Get Helen off those trending lists now!”

 Mrs.

 Berry, we’ve tried repeatedly” her team responded. “Every time we pull it down, it shoots right back up. We control the local media, but we can’t manage the narrative beyond that.”

 Matilda suspected someone was using he

 Matilda suspected someone was using Helen to target Shawn and his crew. Now, Helen’s ruined reputation was public knowledge, and there was nothing Matilda could do about it.

 “Keep trying! What am I paying you for? You’re all useless!” she snapped, mming down

 the p

 phone in a rage.

 On the other end, media executives, gathered in their office, were seething. They were paid well but no amount of money could give them control over a erisay that their client had sparked, yet she med them entirely.

 Resentment was brewing among them.

 Inside the car, Matilda had never felt so deleated

 to manipte these things for

 The topic had exploded in poprity because someone had intentionally pushed it, and those in showbiz knew how to man better than she ever could

 Shawn was in big trouble.

 Shawn was toast. The situation with Helen seemed manageable—at least Matilda could make the allegation that he had assaulted Helen. And thes there was no way that people would believe Shawn now, branded as a rapist

 But the price would be a heavy one. The entire work was aware of Helen’s tarnished reputation.

 Matilda was livid. ‘Lea. It is all because of you. I’m gonna make you pay!

 The scandal surrounding Shawn was intensifying. Is it directed at me! She pondered for a moment and concluded it wasn’t. She thought if it were really aimed at her, there was no need to stir up the entire entertainment industry.

 She wondered agam. ‘Right now, the only fool brazen enough to challenge me is Lea. But shecks the clout for such a stunt

 Matilda wasted no time; she immediately called Nixon, instructing him to pull the plug on their deal with Shawn’spany.

 Nixon was already on top of it, but the stakes were high–they had already shelled out hundreds of millions in cash, along with numerous film and TV rights and artist contracts, to their newly established mediapany, all to make Shawn take the fall

 Shawn owned 31% of s

 Star Entertainment and had been manipting the shares for days. Nixon hurried to make calls to the key yers.

 “Mr. Donovan, the shares have been transferred to the subsidiary, someone reported.

 That news hit Nixon like a ton of bricks. The shares were now not only worthless but could potentially drown him in massive debt.

 He had maxed out his loans with the bank earlier that day; any more linancial bleed and bankruptcy was a stone’s throw away. With Fraley Medical and Matilda also in the mix, it was a tangled mess. If one thing went wrong, they’d all be screwed.

 “Send those goddamn shares back!” Nixon demanded.

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 “Mr. Donovan, reaching out to Shawn now might be pointless,” came the bleak response.

 “Get thewyers. We’re suing his ass for fraud Nixon shouted, determined to pin the me on Shawn and Star Entertainment. It might not get their money back, but it would stop the financial bleerling

 “Should we loop in Ms. Fraley?” the worker asked

 “Forget it. Just get it done. he barked back.

 Nixon knew Matilda could be irrationally emotional, especially about anything concerning Helen. She’d go to the ends of the earth for her daughter, damn the consequences, But this time, they couldn’t afford to lose. They were in full damage control mode. Nixon was determined to make decisions first and exinter.

 “Got it came the response.

 Meanwhile, at the old house, Lea watched from herptop as Shawn was arrested from multiple angles.

 A few other windows on her screen showed live feeds of Chandler at the Purple Gold Club, supposedly interviewing lead actresses for a new TV show. But the moment news of Shawn’s arrest broke, Chandler freaked out and made a run for it.

 Just as he bolted outside, sirens red. Shawn was caught, and Chandler had no chance to escape. Panic–stricken, he dashed across the street.

 Out of the blue, a truck came barreling down the road. In an instant, Chandler was hit, thrown into the middle of the road, and then brutally run over by the truck that couldn’t stop in time.

 Lea squinted at the screen, watching as he was taken away in an ambnce.

 She then rapidly tapped on her keyboard, closing all the surveince windows. Not getting away this time, she muttered

 She refreshed her browser to check the trending topics again. The uproar was far bigger than she had anticipated, and the depths of their dirty dealings in showbiz shocked even her

 Helen’s trending scandal was a goldmine for her opportunistic schemes.

 Now, the whole world was in on it. The inte has a long memory, and Helen wouldn’t be able to escape this scandal anytime soon. It was like a bad rerun for Lea, she had moved to Iverton for a fresh start, only to have her past scandals unearthed and used against her once more.

 A smug smirk yed on her lips as she shut down herputer and started on her homework, feeling pretty good about how fast she was nailing

 But her satisfaction was short–lived. A buzz from her phone showed a new message from Lorrand.

 He informed her that the hospital had just received Chandler, a critically injured patient turned away by Fraley Hospital. His condition was dire, so he wouldn’t make it through the night

 Her eyes sharpened as she saw Lorrand even listed his injuries.

 Lorrand was essentially probing if there was any hope for Chandler, but Lea knew the score. Even if she had the power to save him, she wouldn’t bother Why lift a finger for someone who have wronged me so deeply in a past life? she thought. To Lea, let him linger and suffer it was only a fraction of what he deserved.

 She responded tersely. [The hospital is doing everything possible for him.]

 Lorrand got the drift. She had no interest in saving a scumbag like Chandler, and frankly, neither did be. But duty called–the hospital had to at least appear to try, if only to prolong his agony a bit..C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org.

 With a flick of her wrist, Lea flipped her phone face down on the table and dove hack into her work.

 Soon after, headlines zed across the web. “Chandler Critically Injured in Car ident While Being Arrested” The news was trending everywhere.

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