Chapter 846
Meanwhile, Vincent listened in silence, opting not to expose Faye’s lie. The truth was that Lucile did not
show up when they went to sign the contract, as Linus acted as proxy throughout the process, so Faye
actually missed out on Lucile. However, her vanity seemed cute at the moment, while the lie served to
show Cooper and Scarlett the connections that the Mitchells possessed, as not everyone got to meet
Linus and Lucile.
Through buying the car, Vincent got to meet and exchange contacts with Linus, which meant that they
had established some sort of connection in the least. Spending a billion in exchange for a chance to
meet the vice president of the Michel Family was—to him—a fair deal.
On the other hand, Sophia was rendered speechless by Faye’s vain attitude, more so when thetter
dragged Sophia over to check out the car which Sophia was in fact tired of. Meanwhile, the car was
being treated as the hottest luxury item, with celebrities taking selfies in front of it before posting a
heavily edited version of the picture onto their social media.
Faye dragged Scarlett over to inspect the car. “Scarlett, try running your hands over it! The car was
produced ording to military standards! Look at the color, the shimmer, as well as the fully automated
system embedded in it! I bet you’ve neverid eyes on such an advanced car before!”
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However, Sophia maintained a nk expression while she recalled that the car was in fact one of the
more in ones she owned. The reason she sold it was because it was too small tofortably fit her
2.5 meter cat. In the meantime, both Michael and Harry put on a look of adoration.
Michael ran his hands over the car in awe whilementing, “This is such a superb car! It’s a shame that I
don’t get to own it!”
With a look of envy, Harry cried, “Oh, evenying eyes on it is a pleasure!”
The two best actors put on their best act to portray themselves as poor sods who could only
begrudgingly behold the car of their dreams but couldn’t own it. Their wless acting not only managed
to satisfy both Faye and Vincent’s vanity, but also put on show the Mitchells’ sturdy financial foothold.
In the meantime, Cooper was on the verge of nodding off while on the sidelines. Although the elders of
the Mitchell Family were discontent about his defiant attitude, they refused to approach him actively, thus
resigned to cursing him mentally. Cooper had always stuck out like a sore thumb ever since young, so
the elders—despite being not much older than Cooper—were rejoicing in the fact that not only was he
met with his downfall, but her daughter was also being publicly humiliated.
Meanwhile, Sophia’s face was devoid of expression when Faye was showing her wealth off. In fact, she
wouldn’t even have attended Faye’s birthday party if it wasn’t for the uing incident that she’d
nned.
Eventually, during the climax of the asion, a few cars pulled over, from within emerged a group of
people in uniforms. Their leader sought out Faye before inquiring cidly, “Greetings, Miss Faye
Edwards. We’re from the Inspection Division of the Local Tax Bureau. Miss Scarlett Mitchell reported that
you had beenmitting tax fraud, so we will need you toe with us for investigation purposes.”
The fact that Scarlett reported Faye came as a huge shock to everyone present on the asion. It was
public knowledge that tax fraud was illegal. Having set up her own studio that was independent from its
shareholders, Faye would be faced with charges if she was found guilty of tax fraud.
The crowd fell into silence while closing in on Faye to check out the situation. Upon knowing who was
after her, Faye shot Sophia, who was watching from the sidelines, a menacing nce before feigning
surprise. “Oh, why would you use me of that? How is that possible? I have always paid my taxes
ordingly!”
In fact, she was aware that she had broken thew, but she was confident that even the bureau had to
bend to thebined will of both the Mitchells and Edwardses due to how powerful both families were.
Even if they managed to uncover anything, she had both families behind her back, so Faye didn’t believe
for a second that Scarlett could topple her. There was just no f*cking way that she could.
In the meantime, Vincent exined cordially, “There must be some misunderstanding behind this.
Seeing that we’re already thiste into the night, why don’t we proceed with the investigation tomorrow?”
The people from the bureau agreed to his proposition, so were soon on their way, allowing them to go on
with the party. However, the atmosphere in the mansion during thetter half of the asion went
through a drastic shift. The guests were beginning to whisper among themselves regarding Faye’s
supposed crime, as well as the fact that Scarlett Mitchell opted to do so without even trying to cover up
for herself.
The amount that Faye deredst year was a little more than two hundred million. However, she
requested apensation of fifty million just that year after being bitten by a dog, which forced her to
recuperate for a month. Only a small sum was dedicated to Faye’s mental anguish and medical bills, as
the majority of thepensation was determined based on the loss of ie when Faye was
recuperating.
ording to the avable data, it was apparent that Faye was able to earn approximately fifty million
within the span of a month, which meant that she could earn approximately five hundred million in a year.
However, she only dered a total of two hundred million, so it meant that the remaining three million
was untaxed. It became apparent to the public now that Scarlett had been waiting all this while to get
back at Faye after being subjected to an unreasonablepensation of fifty million.
Sophia left the mansion for her car in the nearby parking lot after the men from the bureau left. While on
her way out, she made a call to administer a quick order. “You can now spread the news around.” Upon
ending the call, Sophia turned to observe the glorious mansion behind her while wearing a menacing
smile. You won’t be getting away easily, Faye!
The incident became a hot topic overnight. There were already various conjectures and contesting
opinions going around on the Inte regarding the matter when news broke of the astronomical amount
of money beingpensated to Faye after she was bitten. The fact that an actress who had no skills
and having undergone extensive stic surgery could earn fifty million per month made Faye the object
of people’s envy.
Aside from the peasants in the lower ranks of society, even Faye’s colleagues wished to be in her
position. As soon as a hatred toward the rich was triggered, it ignited a ze that managed to destroy
the foundations of lies that Faye’s riches were built upon.
With the aforementioned incident being the preamble of the situation, the fact that Faye was being
investigated by the Local Tax Bureau became the critical point that kickstarted a series of gossips that
trended the Inte. It was soon discovered that Faye’s wedding ring cost tens of millions, while the new
mansion Vincent bought for their wedding spanned across a few hundred square meters, equipped with
an elevator no less. On the other hand, someone else uncovered that her car was worth a hundred
million.
Every single amount spent on the items were getting on people’s nerves, as they could hardly earn fifty
million even if they worked for life, so it was extremely unfair that she could earn fifty million within a
month. Her movie saw one of the lowest-grossing box offices, as she had no skills in acting. Other than
that, her beauty was artificially constructed, and all she knew was totch herself to globally-acimed
award-winning actors, so it was incongruous that she could earn so much more than the other actors
who worked hard.
Meanwhile, her envious colleagues were allshing out at her now that they finally found fault with Faye,
direly hoping that the incident would be her downfall that would subsequently end her career. The
incident was blown out of proportion during the next few days, so much so that it gave the Mitchells and
Edwardses a headache, as they couldn’t possiblye out unscathed.
In the meantime, because Sophia reported Faye publicly, her brand and Michael’s new movie were both
gaining attention due to the incident. As things went south, Faye was beginning to panic, all the while
regretting lying about her ie. Thus, she quickly agreed to cooperate with the tax bureau with their
investigation.
After a thorough investigation, it was revealed that although Faye didmit tax fraud, the amount
wasn’t huge, so things began calming down after she paid both the required taxes and the fine, as well
as finding herself a scapegoat to serve her jail sentence in her stead. It was also revealed that she didn’t
earn as much as she’d dered, as the true sum was merely two-fifths of it.
Faye’s studio quickly announced the truth to the public, admitting that Faye didn’t earn as much as she’d
imed. As soon as the statement was issued, it seemed that the incident would resolve itself after a few
more moves to soothe the public. But without warning, Pourl filed a high-profile police report at that
critical moment to sue Faye for scamming.