Chapter 501


    A message yed clearly from the sound recorder pen after North pressed y. "You think I, Alex


    Road, won''t be able to pay you? How much money do you want? Tell me, 20 million? Perhaps 200


    million?" There was a moment of silence before the voice continued, "Getting the money? The more


    famous you are, the more money you rake in. I''m just that rich. So, how about it? Wanna do it with me?


    How about a fifty-fifty split, if you join hands with me?"


    Alex waspletely gobsmacked after listening to the entire recording. He thought that he had been


    ying him, but in the end, he was the one being yed.


    As though he already knew all about it beforehand, Eugene spoke up, uncaring that Alex was still


    there. "Although he isn''t some famous person, the content is shocking enough. It should be able to


    bring in some money. Think of a headline that''ll grab eyeballs."


    North also ignored Alex as he tilted his head and carefully thought it over. "How about ''Road


    Enterprises'' CEO''s Unique Fetish''?" But then he frowned. "That doesn''t sound clickbait enough. Why


    don''t we put out ''Watch A Business Mogul/Part-Time Paparazzo Earn Road Enterprises For


    Themselves''?"


    Eugene nodded. "That works!"


    North grinned. "Then, I''ll post it now." With that, he ran over to the desk with his short legs and turned


    on the tablet.


    "Alright, give me a heads-up once that post is up. I''ll promote it!" Eugene said.


    Alex stared at North before turning to stare at Eugene. They were talking like it didn''t involve him,


    making him angry enough to blow a gasket. "Don''t you guys have some humanity in you?" As he said


    that, he chased after North, only to realize that he hadn''t uploaded the recording. Instead, he was


    ying games on the tablet. He let out a sigh of relief. "You little jerk!"


    He wondered where North inherited this mean streak from. So young, yet already so evil.


    Eugene couldn''t stop himself from shooting Alex a re. "You were willing to even trick a child, and


    you''re talking about humanity?"


    "Yeah, you said it yourself. We didn''t force you," North added.


    Alex snorted. "I was just kidding. You guys thought I was being serious?"


    "No, but if that recording does actually get uploaded, someone''s gonna think it''s real."


    "My foot. Hurry up and delete that recording, or I''m going to tail you tonight," he threatened.


    North grinned. "Sure. Since you''re Uncle Eugene''s buddy, let''s go with ten million!"


    Alex pursed his lips and nced at Eugene. "Your status as my buddy isn''t really worth anything. Still


    trying to cheat me of ten million because of that?"


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    "If it wasn''t for us going way back, he would''ve asked for a hundred million!" Eugenemented with a


    straight face.


    "Talk about daylight robbery."


    North snickered. "You can also choose not to pony up."


    Alex was rendered speechless. The child was going to upload the recording if he didn''t cough up the


    money, huh? In the end, all he could do was give up. "You''re Olivia''s kid, alright. You''re really shrewd!"


    Then, they chatted jovially for a while. Atst, Alex directed the conversation to the topic he had in


    mind. "Where did you see Jean?"


    "In a hotel room with Olivia," Eugene replied.


    Alex''s brows furrowed. "What did you mean when you said she couldn''t talk?"


    "What else could it possibly be?" Eugene looked at him in irritation. "What on earth are you thinking?"


    Alexpsed into silence. When he received Eugene''s photosst night, his first instinct was to look for


    her and interrogate her. Why did she leave with another man? Why did she cheat on him? Had he


    treated her awfully?


    He nearly had a falling-out with his own mother because of her. Was that still not enough?


    She, on the other hand, had gotten off easily, leaving for seven years at the drop of a hat without caring


    about how he felt.


    As night went on, however, and Alex gradually regained reason, the waves of nostalgiapletely


    overtook him. He kept making excuses for her. He thought that she must have had her own difficulties


    too. The girl that Alex knew wouldn''t have been so cruel. They had spent so many happy days together


    —how could they have been faked?