Chapter 228
"Screech-"
The downed ss bottle shattered to pieces and Amelia thought she was safe, but her expression
changed when she smelled the yellow oily substanceing out of the bottle. That was sulfuric
acid!
"It stinks! Who threw this thing?" The pungent smell of sulfuric acid made the surrounding security
guards frown.
Amelia looked up in the direction of the acid being thrown, only to see a petite figure quickly pull the
brim of her hat down and turn to flee the scene as fast as she could as she caught sight of her.
Amelia froze, and if she was right about the person who hit her with the ss bottle, it was...
"Are you okay, Miss Ramsay?" One of the security guards asked with concern.
"Thank you, the bottle didn''t hit me."
If she showed any sign of fear at this point, she''d be used of being a guilty conscience, so
instead of that, why didn''t she just face everyone openly?
She had to prove she''s above board!
After gaining confidence, Amelia ignored the staring behind her and stalked towards the front door.
Amelia was dutifully escorted by security to the conference hall by elevator.
As soon as the elevator door opened, the first thing that came into sight of Amelia was Milton''s
handsome face, which looked somewhat evil.
Scanning her slender figure in the gorgeous gown, Milton was surprised, "You''re so much prettier
than today''s starlets, it looks like you''re here to walk the red carpet!"
"Are you kidding me?" Amelia was lively when she met Milton: "By the way, remember to tell Aunt
Sierra that you''reing to my house for dinner tonight so Aunt Sierra doesn''t have to prepare your
dinner."
"What?" Milton thought he misunderstands what she said.
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By the time Milton reacted, Amelia had already passed him by and he had to hold his tongue until
the presentation was over.
In the serious conference room, the medias focused all their cameras on Amelia the second she
entered.
Amelia nced at the crowd and sat quietly in the seat which officially assigned for her.
Shortly after, Shawn was wearing a pair of sunsses and followed Urs to Amelia''s left and sat
down.
The two of them greeted each other as they normally did, not showing a single bit of alienation over
the gossip photo.
As Shawn''s manager, Urs has an eye forjudging people, and he looked at Amelia much
differently now than he did before.
As to why? A woman who could get Patrick to make a careful n and executed it quickly is not an
easy
feat.
From the scandalous photo to the press conference, all in less than 48 hours, Patrick handled
things faster than the police could solve a crime! He got everything in order, even the Facebook
comments were controlled with bots.
All of these things required connections and money to assist, and the quicker public opinion calmed
down, the more it proved Patrick''s efficiency and, crucially, his willingness to spend money on
Amelia!
"Are you nervous?" Shawn took off his sunsses and asked Amelia with a sidelong nce.
Amelia''s expression maintained itsposure in the face of so many cameras: "I’m fine."
Shawn looked at her and asked confusedly, "Why do I think you are familiar with this kind of
scene?"
Amelia smiled slightly, George would always take her to social functions when she was young, so
she had been trained since she was a child. She had met all the most powerful people in Northville,
surely she wasn''t afraid of these cameras.
It took nearly another half hour before Patrick, who is the boss of Roxxon and the mastermind
behind thisunch, made his slow entrance.
His presence caused a stir, Shawn was a superstar but Patrick was different, he was a top man in
the financial world, he was the subject of all the media reporters who were eager to interview him.
Even Shawn was a star in the entertainment industry, but actually, he was of lower statuspared
to Patrick Amelia looked at Patrick''s unassuming, well-dressed look, and it was hard to associate
him with the man who asionally threw a little tantrum and flirted with her verbally.
Sensing the sight from her, Patrick cast a nce at her, the deep aggression beneath his calm eyes
causing Amelia to tense up remembering what she had promised him before. She had to wear
lingerie tonight.
Her face grew red with shyness.
Shawn sat next to her and he observed her subtle changes, "Are you feeling ill?"
"What?" Amelia was suddenly regaining her senses at the sound of Shawn''s voice, took a sip of
water from the ss in front of her and said after she calmed down, "Maybe it''s just too stuffy in
here."
"Really?" Shawn wondered, it was fall and people were usually cold at this time of year, but Amelia
actually felt stuffy?
After seeing Shawn talk to Amelia, Patrick frowned slightly.
As the organizer of the press conference, Milton came to the stage as the host after all the guests
arrived.
Three stereo microphones were erected in front of him to ensure that everyone in the room could
hear him: "Ladies and gentlemen, wee to this conference."
Then the reporters kept pressing the shutter button of their cameras, "click...click..." whitening
Milton''s face with the sh.
He continued calmly, "This is the casting ceremony for the lead actor and actress for our proprietary
product ''Water of a Lifetime'', initiated by Roxxon Corporation and prepared by the Lintons Ads
Company, and we would like to invite the CEO of Roxxon Corporation and his signed lead actor and
actress to the stage.
Taking a deep breath, Amelia stood up from her seat, but there seemed to be something wrong with
her high heels, which made her a little tilt.
She braced her hand on the table in front of her in time to steady herself, then made her way to the
stage without incident.
It was a few short steps, but to her, it seemed like took her almost a century, she could feel her
heels visibly loosening, and she was sweating. "Please, don''t let me make a fool of my self at this
critical moment!"
Fortunately, she climbed those several steps safely and the imagined embarrassment did not ur.
The press conferencested for nearly two hours, and after Milton thanked the guests again. The
reporters had received a lot of information, started to exit the conference room in an orderly manner.
Patrick''s "brainwashing" technique was quite effective, as the reporter entered the conference
asking about the affairs of popr celebrities, but when they left the conference room, they were
discussing the new concept of "The water of life".
"Amelia..." Shawn reached out a hand to Amelia before he left and said friendly, "I look forward to
seeing you on the set.."