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After the incident from decades ago was released, with help from whoever leaked it online, terrible rumors and gossip about Lyla bubbled and overflowed uncontrollably yet again.
The journalists swarmed KS World hotel like a plague of locusts. Even the forums and netizens had a change of topic.
“Do we really not need to pay to see this shit? Who had known an A-list actress could ever have such a demeaning side to her?”
“People bid farewell onstage with tears. Why is she doing it with piss?”
“All of you youngsters weren’t born yet when this happened, but I was there. Lyla Nelson pissed herself as a side effect of getting addicted to drugs! She quit the acting industry because of it!”
“Really? That’s so shocking!”
“Why would Winston Taylor want someone like her? The Taylor family is elite and influential-how could they accept someone with such a terrible history?”
“They even hosted a birthday party for Lyla! Alyssa Taylor must be so angry right now.”
Alyssa ran to the hall while reading the comments. Her anger continued to grow fiercer, and her grip on the phone was so tight that it nearly cracked the screen.
Outside the door, Jonah, Silas, and Cyrus were in the middle of discussing something.
“Jonah! Silas! Cyrus!” Alyssa cried tensely.
“Lyse?” The three men turned to her in an instant.
“Where’s Lyla? How are things right now?” Alyssa asked, panting heavily.
“Dad’s already sent a team of bodyguards to escort the women out.” Jonah took out a handkerchief to dry the sweat on Alyssa’s forehead.
“They should be in the parking lot by now. We’ll stay behind to deal with the crowd.”
“But what about Lyla? How is she doing?” Alyssa asked, pushing Jonaly’s hand away. All she cared about right now was Lyla.
The three brothers shared a gaze and shook their heads.
“Lyla was deathly pale when she left. She was shaking from head to toe, too,” Silas sighed.
“That incident had traumatized her for so long, after all. It must have been extra difficult to have that shoved in her face on such an important day for her.”
“Fucking hell!” Cyrus cussed.
“I’m going to call the Division and have the Cybersecurity Department find the motherfucker who released that news!”
“Stay calm, Cyrus,” Jonah quipped sternly.
“You’re a government officer. You can’t use your authority to look into something that’s at most a personal matter. That would be a grave mistake on your part.”
Realizing this, Cyrus quickly reeled himself back in. He had a hard time controlling himself, given how hot-
headed he could be.
Thankfully, his elder brother was here to keep him in check and stop him from going down the wrong path.
All of a sudden, there was a loud crash, followed by the sound of falling glass.
In a fit of rage, Alyssa had punched the fire alarm’s glass shield.
“Ahh! Don’t, Lyse!”
The three men, who were usually so calm and composed in the face of danger, were suddenly reduced to panicked, squawking boys in front of their baby sister. They immediately rushed to her side.
“You’re bleeding, Lyse!” Silas cried, seeing how bloody Alyssa’s hand was.
“Call an ambulance, Cyrus! Hurry!”
“Tsk. Is this all it takes for you to panic?” Alyssa scowled, grabbing Silas’ tie and unraveling it before wrapping it around her injured hand.
“Cool!” Cyrus gasped at Alyssa’s swift action.
“Calm down, Lyse,” Jonah said, heart aching at the sight of his sister’s injuries.
He gently held her wounded hand, grumbling, “You can’t hurt yourself, no matter how upset you get, silly.
“Your family is right here with you. As long as we stick together, there’s nothing we can’t handle, right?”
“You guys stay here to deal with the reporters and find out who is behind this. I’ll make sure Taty and Lyla reach home safe and sound!” With that, Alyssa turned and left.
“Lyse, your hand-” Cyrus cried, but Alyssa was already gone.
“Tsk… too hot headed. Even more so than me.” Silas shook his head.
“There’s no use stopping her, guys. She has the skills, brains, and has been a doctor before too. We don’t even have a tenth of that combined.”
Jonah patted his brothers’ shoulders, sighing. “If we don’t let her take care of this herself, she will never get over it.
“We’re her brothers. What we can do now is just to hang back and make sure she’s safe.”
Alyssa sped to the underground parking lot, wasting no more time to meet Winston.
“Y-you can’t come in here, Ms. Alyssa!” Unexpectedly, one of her family’s guards stopped her halfway.
“Get out of my way!” Alyssa snapped.
“Mr. Taylor instructed you to stay out of the parking lot right now with how chaotic it is in there. Me and my team will do our best to take Madam Lyla and Ms. Tatiana home!”
“I don’t trust any of you to do that!” Alyssa quickly dodged the guards and ran ahead.
Minutes later, she found her family being swarmed by countless journalists.
“Madam Lyla, what do you have to say about what happened tonight?”
“Are those videos and photos real? Was what happened those years ago true?”
“Can you give us a statement?”
The journalists were ravenous, waiting for Lyla to answer them before they would leave her alone.
Tatiana hugged her mother tight while Colene and Mandy stood in front of them, shielding them.
“Stop that nonsense all of you! If you say another word don’t blame me for suing all your asses!” Colene roared.
She was holding back from throwing some punches into some of the journalists.
“Leave! We won’t answer any of your questions because Lyla is innocent!” Mandy exclaimed.
She was calmer than Colene though she herself was already near her limit.
“Innocent? Just because it’s been decades doesn’t mean the people who witnessed that incident in person are all dead, Madam Mandy!” A middle-aged reporter suddenly shouted.
“I was there in person during TS Network’s celebratory broadcast. I saw how Ms. Lyla pissed herself onstage with my own eyes.”
The reporters sniggered amongst one another. Who knew such an adored A-list actress would have a label like that to her name!
More snickering erupted from the journalists. Their cruel, merciless teasing and mockery consumed Lyla like a pitch black wave of pain.
“Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll protect you!” Tatiana kept her mother away from the sly gazes of the reporters, glaring at every one of them.
Who would ever guess such a shy and demure girl would be so fearless and strong right now?
“No one will hurt you… no one!”
“I’m… I’m okay, Taty … I’m…” Lyla murmured weakly, her gaze distant and lost.
Seeing this, tears fell down Tatiana’s eyes and onto her mother’s hair.
“What did you just say?” Colene fumed angrily, pointing a finger at the reporter who hadjust spoken. She was this close to hitting him!
“Why so angry, Madam Colene? It’s not like this has anything to do with you,” another reporter said sarcastically.