Chapter 106


    Chapter 106 Quashing The Rumors


    The moment I got to the parking lot, Nichs called me. “Hey, my fans won’t let me go, so I can’te


    over. Can you wait for me at my car?”


    I went to his car and waited for ten minutes before Nichs came over in a hurry, then he unlocked the


    car. “Get in, on the double.”


    I noticed a bunch of people looking around when we were getting out of the ce. “Fans of yours?”


    “Yeah. Almost couldn’t get away from them.”


    Nichs drove toward South Hill from the hospital. “How’s he looking?”


    I kept quiet for a moment. “Great. Someone’s attending to him 24/7. He’s like a king now.”


    “What about you then?”


    I smiled. “I’m doing great. Just wondering how much gift money I should prepare for the wedding. Can’t


    give them too little, or it’d be too embarrassing, but can’t give them too much either or I’d be broke.”


    “Wedding? Wait, Dominic’s?”


    “Yeah. I’d probably be getting an RSVP soon.”


    Nichs didn’t bring Dominic up for the rest of the trip. When we came back to the vi, only Jake was


    still up. He came up to us the moment we came in, shoving me away at the same time.


    Jake checked up on Nichs, mumbling incessantly at the same time. Since I had overstayed my


    wee, I bade Nichs good night before going back to my room.


    I had nothing to do, and I didn’t want to scroll through Twitter either, in case I got annoyed. In the end, I


    started binging crime shows on Netflix, since I needed a ton of gore to cure my depression.


    Just when it was getting to the good part, my dad called me. He didn’t beat about the bush and started


    asking me about the thing on Twitter. My dad was a traditional, egotistical man, so I was worried he


    might fly into a rage over the matter.


    Look, I didn’t mind the scolding, but it would be bad if he fell sick from this. Not to mention my mother


    would be worried for him as well. After some consideration, I told him it was just rumors and


    exaggerations. “They’re just jokes, so don’t take it seriously.”


    My dad kept quiet for a long while after that. “Lili, your mother and I have been thinking, and well, it


    seems that we’ve been neglecting you all this time.


    “I’m not going to berate you or anything, but just remember, if life is getting too hard for you, you can


    come home anytime. We’ll back you up this time. Not gonna let another Julius happen again.”


    I never expected my father to actually say that, so I started bawling. My father startedughing. “You’re


    like a child.” Yeah, so what? I mean, these guys were my parents. I could be a kid in front of them.


    I talked to my mom for a while before hanging up, then I felt a lot more cheerful. Now that I was happier,


    the shows looked better in my eyes. All the corpses and gore were pure art to me, and I enjoyed every


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    I stayed at Nichs’ ce for three days. The topic was still raising a storm on Twitter, but it was getting


    smaller. Then, someone made a tweet about my friendship with Scarlett that night, as well as the trip we


    went on together.


    It was nned. Scarlett took me around for a stroll that afternoon, and she ran into the reporters on


    purpose. After that, the news of Nichs and his manager’s visit to the hospital made it trending, and


    this time, there were pictures to back it up.


    One of the pictures was taken during the time he beat someone up for me, so after the tweet was made


    public, the news of his aggression was less believable now.


    On top of that, Scarlett said I was with her all the time, which meant the news was nothing but a rumor.


    Nichs wasn’t Naruto, after all, so he couldn’t show up at two ces at the same time.


    Melodramatic, yes, but effective. The public bought the story, and thements on Nichs’ tweets got


    a lot less abusive.


    I asked Shannon to pick me up at the vi in case someone were to stir up another storm. She came


    shortly after and drove me back to the hotel sh reserved for us.


    “The management called me. Liliana, they want you to be more careful with your private life. They can’t


    control what you do, but whatever you do, don’t jeopardize the movie shoot, and don’t let anything get in


    the way of youric.”


    So the shoot was affected because of Nichs’ three-day absence, huh? sh wouldn’t me a bigshot


    like Nichs, so naturally, I became the scapegoat.


    It had been two weeks or so since I joined the film crew to up my drawing game, but it had been nothing


    but scandals ever since. I couldn’t me sh for giving me a warning since I was behind schedule.


    Honestly, all I wanted now was a peaceful life. If Dominic could get off my back for the next two weeks,


    it’d be swell.


    Apparently, my prayer worked, since he never did show up again. Or maybe he was just sick. Either way,


    I managed to finish up my work before the deadline and handed it in to thepany.


    Just when I thought things were getting better, another unexpected event came smashing into my life. It


    wasn’t a big one, but it wasn’t minor either.


    I was going to get some fresh air now that my manuscript was done, then I realized Nichs and Scarlett


    were on set. Shannon was watching from the sidelines as well, so I went up to her.


    “Shannon.” She was looking enthralled, so I pinched her.


    She swatted my hand away, then she turned around. “Why are you here?” she said impatiently. “Done


    with your work today?”


    “Yeah. Hey, don’t you get bored of this? It’s been almost a month, but you still look excited every time


    you see them.”


    She shot me a disdainful look. “Ah, what do you know? I never get tired of hotties. And the assistant


    director said this is the first kissing scene of the shoot. It’s gonna be big, so don’t disturb me.”


    Well, charmed, I guess? It’s the first kissing scene, but so what? Nichs is gonna kiss Scarlett, not


    you, I said quietly. If I said that aloud, Shannon would kill me. She was already mad at me because I got


    to stay at Nichs’ ce for three days, so if I were to disturb her, she’d probably tear me apart.


    Shannon and I weren’t the only audiences. The deuteragonists and a lot of the supporting cast were


    there to see the kiss. Then, a staff member chased us away. “Hey, stand back. We don’t want to see you


    in the shoot.”


    Remember the unexpected event I said earlier? Yeah, it woulde crashing in three, two, one…