Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Cary’s wife is a third-tier artist in the entertainment industry. A group of her die-hard fans found out Miss Foster’s address and even the school where her daughter goes. Some are saying that Janey is a bastard who doesn’t even have a father. Some netizens expressed their intention of going to Janey’s kindergarten to tell her that her mother is actually a bitch.” Matteo plucked up his courage to blurt it out in one breath.
There was dead silence in the car. After a while, Cornell said in a low voice, “I will give you half an hour to suppress all this slandering news.” His voice was like an emissary from hell, cold and cruel.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang. Matteo was so startled that he dropped his phone on the car floor. Half an hour to suppress the news? Could he just use an atomic bomb to destroy everything at once?
Matteo said in embarrassment, “Mr. Clement, it’s not possible…”
Matteo met Cornell’s threatening gaze and explained with trepidation, “The issue is still a hot topic. The netizens are in heated discussion. At this moment, its popularity has been constantly rising.
It’s a bit difficult to settle it in half an hour.”
“Contact Glenn Brown of Arthen Entertainment. Ask him to release something else to distract the public’s attention. Besides, mobilize the IT Department of the Clement Group to clean up all the relevant topics online. I want everything to disappear within half an hour, by all means,” Cornell ordered.
Arthen Entertainment was the biggest entertainment company in the country. It covered more grounds than Sino Entertainment. So, if Arthen Entertainment dropped some bombs at this time, the public attention would be naturally diverted.
But it wasn’t favorable for an entertainment company to drop a bomb at a time like this, risking its role of helping shift the attention being exposed.
Matteo didn’t dare to disobey Cornell. Having braced himself for the expected reaction from Glenn, Matteo dialed Glenn’s number. Sure enough, Glenn roared and even cursed upon hearing Matteo’s words.
Though not on a speaker, Glenn’s raised voice didn’t go unnoticed by Cornell.
“Holy shit! Has Cornell Clement lost his fucking mind? Why doesn’t he just ask me to kill myself? Damn it! The nerve of him asking me to risk the reputation and promising future of Arthen Entertainment!
What about my career, huh? Tell him, I will never do as he said.
Over my dead body!” Glenn’s fury flared as he went on.
Glenn and Cornell had known each other for years. Their close friendship granted Glenn to speak as he wished on the phone without much scruples.
Hearing Glenn’s outburst, Cornell interjected, “Give me the phone.”
Matteo hurriedly handed his phone to Cornell, slightly relieved.
“Listen up. In exchange, your company will do the endorsement of the Clement Group for one year with an extra five percent commission,”
Cornell calmly offered.
A five percent commission was not a small amount. This was equivalent to adding hundreds of millions of dollars to the original fee.
Ever a shrewd businessman, Glenn wouldn’t pass such a lucrative offer.
His demeanor instantly changed. “Deal! Expect a breaking news that will definitely blow everyone’s mind!”
After hanging up, Cornell threw the phone back to Matteo and ordered coldly, “After suppressing all this slandering news online, find out who is behind this propaganda.”
Meanwhile, in Stefan’s car, Audrey was uneasy. She had been silently praying for Janey’s safety and didn’t bother to check the trending topics. Her heart hung in the air, and she was worried sick about Janey.
Finally, they arrived at their destination. Stefan pulled over in an area near the kindergarten.
From where they parked, Stefan could see the surging crowd. The kindergarten had already deployed security guards to control those unreasonable netizens. Although those netizens couldn’t enter, no one was willing to leave. They all wandered around the gate of the kindergarten.
Some of them were holding Audrey’s picture, and some were live streaming.
“The daughter of a home wrecker doesn’t deserve to go to this prestigious kindergarten.”
“Look! This is a noble kindergarten in Ardlens. Is this facility specially designed to teach children how to become the other woman?”
“Why not teach the mothers of these children not to seduce other women’s husbands?”
Those words reached Stefan’s ears, and he couldn’t help frowning.
“It’s not safe for you to get out of the car. Wait for me here.
I’ll find Janey.”
“No. I need to go inside and look for Janey myself! Janey needs me.”
Audrey knew Janey very well. When Janey was angry, she would hide herself and wouldn’t respond to anyone except Audrey.
“Stefan, wait for me here. I’ll go inside and look for Janey. I’ll be quick.” After saying this, Audrey put on her mask, opened the door, and got out before Stefan could stop her.
Stefan hurriedly followed her. “I’ll go with you.”
Audrey had already contacted Janey’s teacher in advance, and she was instructed to pass through the back gate.
But as soon as Audrey arrived there, several netizens rushed over upon catching Audrey’s figure as if on cue.
Despite Audrey’s mask, they managed to recognize her and shouted excitedly, “It’s her! That shameless woman is here!”
Regrettably, Audrey’s eyes were too captivating to go unnoticed by those insane netizens.
They charged at Audrey. Stefan interfered in time and blocked them with his figure, granting Audrey the chance to get into the kindergarten.
Audrey hastily rushed to the gate. But before she could make a few more steps, a crazy woman rushed out of nowhere and grabbed Audrey’s hair.
“You bitch! Where do you think you’re going, huh?” the woman yelled hysterically.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Audrey lost her balance, her face about to make contact with the iron gate.
If Audrey’s face were to hit the gate, she would definitely suffer from a serious head injury and a disfigured face under that crazy woman’s force.
Audrey instinctively grabbed the woman’s arm, trying to twist it. But to her surprise, another crazy person came over to help the woman.
They dragged Audrey and were about to slam her against the railing.
Soon, a loud bang echoed. But the loud noise came from behind Audrey.
Those two crazy women who tried to harm Audrey found themselves being thrown away, scrawling on the floor in pain.
Bewildered, Audrey turned around, only to see Cornell standing there with a stern face, his murderous gaze on those two crazy women.
Audrey’s lips moved as if she wanted to say something. However, she couldn’t utter a word.
Sensing Audrey’s gaze, Cornell’s demeanor softened as he locked eyes with her. He patted her on the shoulder and said, “Don’t panic.
Let’s go inside and find Janey.”
Audrey gave Cornell a grateful nod and rushed into the kindergarten to look for Janey.
But before getting inside, Cornell turned to Matteo and ordered, “Send all those people to jail.” Then, he followed Audrey in.
After they went in, the school staff immediately blocked the back gate.
Stefan stayed outside to deal with those crazy netizens.
Inside, the teacher explained to Audrey what had happened. It turned out that an insane netizen fooled by the fake news online had claimed to be a parent and entered the kindergarten. She asked one student who Janey was.
Upon laying eyes on Janey, the insane netizen grabbed Janey’s shoulders and scolded her frenziedly.
It was just after school, and many children had just come out of their classrooms. Other children were frightened by this sight, and they all cried hysterically.
After the security guards subdued the insane netizen, the teachers did a headcount. It was only then that they found out that Janey was missing.
At that time, Annis came to pick up Janey. The teacher told Annis the situation.
Annis cried anxiously, not knowing what to do. Annis had been taking care of Janey since the latter’s birth. So, in her heart, Janey was like her own daughter. Now that Janey was missing, she was deadly worried.
Audrey grew flustered at the news of Janey’s missing. But after listening to the teacher’s recount, she guessed Janey likely dashed away amid the chaos and was hiding somewhere in the kindergarten at the moment.
This thought made Audrey feel a little relieved. As long as Janey was inside the kindergarten premises, she was safe.
Audrey comforted Annis with a few words. Then, they went separately to look for Janey.
Audrey had searched the places where Janey was most likely to hide.
However, there was no sign of Janey at all.
The sun had already set, and it was getting darker and darker. They still couldn’t find Janey yet.
Audrey began to panic again. “Janey! Janey!” Audrey didn’t stop calling Janey’s name until her voice became hoarse. She collapsed on the lawn helplessly.
Audrey had almost searched everywhere Janey could be hiding behind.
Still, she hadn’t found Janey yet.
Despite the lights in the kindergarten, it was getting darker. Worse still, Janey was afraid of the dark. Yet, Janey had opted to hide alone somewhere in the dark, indicating her hurt feelings after being grabbed and scolded by the crazy netizen out of nowhere.
Audrey pondered for a while and realized that there was more than met the eye.
To begin with, she was drugged at the dinner party. Then, she was taken to the lounge, almost being raped there. When she was occupied by Cary’s case at the police station after having slightly recovered from the effects of the drug, her address and the kindergarten Janey had attended were exposed. Following all these shits, these insane netizens, perhaps employed by the mastermind to make things difficult for her, had opted to crowd the kindergarten and made Janey freaked out.