Chapter 7 What Is That Any of My Business?


    Starry took the divorce papers back. "When did I ever teach you to meddle with someone else''s


    purse?"


    Edward shrugged and said in an aggrieved tone of voice, "I didn''t. You threw your purse on the sofa


    when you came back, and that thing just fell out. I didn''t know what it was until I picked it up."


    As he said so, he paused and then drew close to her with his smiling eyes, "Are you really divorced?"


    Starry looked askance at him and said impassively, "Yes."


    But the way he looked at Starry made Starry look up at him. "Any problem?"


    Starry couldn''t help but ask it out loud seeing that he had been silent for so long.


    Edward hung his head with a curious look in his attractively smiling eyes.


    After a while, he raised his head and shed a big smile at her, "There surely is a problem. Why didn''t


    you tell such good news to me earlier so we can eat something good and celebrate it!"


    Starryughed at the words, and said, "Don''t even think about it. You are all over the news. So don''t


    even think about going out in the next few days."


    The smiling-eyed Edward waved the phone in his hand and said, "You are more famous than me this


    time, Starry."


    Edward was right, as Edward''s "rumored girlfriend", Filip''s wife and youngdy of the Pearson family,


    Starry was indeed a hotter discussed subject.


    That morning, she was pictured when she was picking Edward up at the airport, and the pictures were


    spread directly on the Inte. Soon, Starry was found to be Filip''s wife, who had married him in a low-


    key way.


    Thebels of "Edward Willis'' rumored girlfriend" and "Filip Pearson''s wife" were already sensational


    enough and when the explosive news heated up on the Inte in less than an hour, it was said that


    the vi where Starry lived had been bought for her by Edward four years before with his first show pay.


    At seven in the evening, Edward''s rival Eli Foster had made it all over the news that Edward was the


    one who came between Filip and Starry.


    It came to the point where the public opinion had gone out of control. Eli''s fans joined Edward''s anti-


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    fans in the attack on Edward, whose fans fought back the anti-fan army whileshing out at Starry for


    seducing Edward. Meanwhile, some bystanders who were fans of no one were adding the fuel to the


    heated chaos.


    The news soon came to the Pearson family. Frances''s face darkened after some phone calls. "Don''t


    these people have something better to do in their life?"


    Although she was satisfied with Starry''s family background, Starry had been married to her grandson


    for five years, during which she seemed to be well-educated and sophisticated. So Frances eventually


    convinced herself to ept Starry as her granddaughter-inw. Those people just called to make fun


    of her, and the olddy knew it.


    It was true that she didn''t actually like Starry, but she was satisfying in some way as her grandson''s


    wife. As for Starry'' s character, the olddy wasn''t so blind and ignorant as to find it questionable.


    It was impossible for Starry to cheat on Filip.


    Aunt Martha, who had been around her, worried that the olddy would be too upset, so she soon


    began toforted her, "Mrs. Pearson, we all know what kind of person young Mrs. Pearson is. The


    press like to make things up and talk nonsense. I believe young Mr. Pearson will take care of it."


    Speaking of Filip, the olddy was even angrier. "I asked him to make up with Starry the other day. He


    told me that it''s none of his business! I wish he could mind it!"


    Frances knew her grandson well.


    And she was right, when Filip learned the news, he asked Austin to announce their divorce.


    Austin was shocked as he had heard Filip''s assignment. "Mr. Pearson, are you sure you want to make


    the announcement right now? Because if it''s made right now, people would actually believe that Miss


    Bradley cheated on you."


    Filip said to Austin with an indifferent look, "What does that have anything to do me?"


    The icy look in his dark eyes sent chills down Austin''s back. He bit his lip and said, "All right, I''m a


    making the announcement."


    Filip said no more. No emotions could be discerned in his deep-set eyes, as if he nothing concerned


    him.


    But the hand that was gripping a pen gave his emotions away, but Austin, who had been given a dirty


    look, dared not say anything anymore and left, without noticing Filip''s real feelings.


    Austin was really efficient. As soon as he walked out of Filip''s office, he had the divorce announcement


    posted via thepany''s official Twitter ount.


    The announcement not only released Filip from the scandal, but also pushed Starry further into the


    bombardment of criticisms.


    Filip responded nothing to any of the things said about him on the news, instead, he made a concise


    and powerful divorce announcement, which didn''t say much, but people were very imaginative.


    The fact that he said nothing but just informed people of their divorce, wasn''t it an evidence solid


    enough to prove that the two had split up because Starry had cheated on him?


    "Oh my god, this is juicy. The Pearson family, with all the wealth and the fame, what is this woman


    thinking about? Why would she give up being a Pearson and hook up with some nameless actor?"


    "Watch yournguage! What do you mean by ''nameless actor?'' He is the best actor, most promising


    new star of the year. He can totally rival that Filip Pearson. (Of course, I''m not saying that Edward had


    been the homewrecker. I just can''t stand certain people''s condescending attitude.)"


    "Filip is deservedly a president of apany, so decisive and efficient. Doesn''t that announcement


    suggest that Starry Bradley has an affair with the superstar Edward?"


    "A testament to Bradley''s cheating! And the proof that Edward cheated with a married woman!"


    Once the announcement was made, the social media was full of criticisms against Starry and Edward,


    whose agent almost passed out seeing the attacks against him. She soon arranged damage control


    with PR, but it had gone out of control, so she had no choice but to call Starry about how to settle the


    matter.


    Starry hardly cared about the press and public opinions. When she married Filip, she had heard that


    theshingsted for three days.


    But this time it concerned Edward. She might be fine with all that, but if Edward bore the names, that


    would the end of his career.


    "There''s no need to take down the reports or make any announcement. Just send a legal letter to some


    leading gossip outlets and submit the indictment to the court tomorrow. When the case has been


    epted, let the paper go public."


    Starry was heating the milk. She was calm, very together the entire time, and even Catherine amazed


    by her. "You are incredible, Starry."


    Starry smiled and said, "It''s nothing. I just don''t really care about things like this."


    After thinking for a while, Catherine thought that it actually made sense for her to be so. Catherine had


    known Starry to be someone who''s indifferent to everything, and only things rted to Edward could


    make her seem a little interested and bother her. As for the rest, bad or good, she had never seemed to


    care.


    Catherine signed as she thought of the divorce announcement. "Starry, are you really divorced?"


    It was the fourth time she had been asked the question. She lowered her eyes and sniffed, "Yes, I am."