Ryan remained calm, saying, “Oh, I‘m just speculating. You all know that Wayne didn‘t like to have women around him. But, Ada was the only woman who could be with him. He didn‘t care much for her, but if she could benefit from this accident, then it all makes sense.”
After hearing his words, everyone felt a chill down their spine. None of them could imagine that someone could hurt a child and take advantage of him.
Anna thought of the psychological cases she had read about where people had traumatized children by scaring them. Some children could be so traumatized that they refused to communicate with anyone ever again.
Karl said in surprise, “Huh? What are you talking about? You‘re totally overthinking. I don‘t think Ada would have the guts to do something like this, nor would she dare lie to Wayne. She was an obscure actress two years ago, and no one supported her. So, Wayne asked her to pretend to be his girlfriend in front of Mr. Wright.”
“We all know that desires can be endless. She became a famous actress in just two years, and I think maybe it‘s because of Wayne.”
As everyone was silent, Ryan suddenly changed the subject and said, “Hey, why aren‘t you guys eating your food?”
After the meal, Karl took the opportunity while he and Ryan were alone in the kitchen washing dishes and asked bluntly, “Tell me, why do you know so much about this?”
Ryan glanced at him and replied, “Hey, it‘s the twenty–first century, and you can know a lot of things from the Internet.”
“But why did you look up these things on purpose?” Karl was warier.
Ryan shrugged, looking at ease He said, “I‘m trying to find my memory. Maybe I‘m a student at the police academy, or I‘m naturally sensitive to what‘s going on around me. I was just saying, and I didn‘t mean anything. What‘s wrong?”
Karl frowned and said, “Well, you‘d better stop whatever you‘re trying to do.”
Ryan looked at him curiously and said, “What do you mean? What are you trying to tell me by saying something like that?”
“Nothing But, I‘m warning you, if you don‘t want to get into trouble, you better stop talking about it. Don‘t think everyone is a fool. This matter involves the interests of many powerful people, and it‘s not as simple as you think”
Ryan raised his eyebrows and said nothing. Of course, he knew that enormous financial stakes could drive people crazy
Karl thought that Ryan would stop talking about it after he warned him. He didn‘t expect that Ryan would instead tell Anna all about their conversation before he left.
Anna felt a headache after sending them away. She just felt her mind muddled and in turmoil.
Karl meant that Wayne knew the truth about what happened back then? Then why did he keep acting like he didn‘t know about it, and keep saying that Matthew just couldn‘t talk because he had a fever? Could someone really take advantage of an innocent child for money and hurt him? Anna asked herself..
She thought of Ryan‘s words, “Two years ago, shortly after Matthew‘s accident, Wayne‘s cousin resigned as chief financial officer of the Carousel Group. His shares were all taken back by Mr Wright in a legal way, and he was removed from the board. He was Wayne‘s strongest competitor It was only after he left that Wayne became president.”
Wayne was the only child of the Wrights, but he had many cousins. Back then, several of them held important positions on the board of directors or in various departments of the Carousel Group
Peter did tell Wayne in the past that if he didn‘t get married, he wouldn‘t be able to take control of the company. So, to get the succession, Wayne got someone to give him a surrogate. So, in Wayne‘s mind, Matthew might not be a child but merely a tool.
The more Anna thought about it, the more she felt a chill down her spine and shivered. She did not dare to continue to think more, but reassured herself that perhaps she was just overthinking
In the evening, a beautiful woman walked into a bar in the suburbs. Soothing jazz music played in the bar, and many people were chatting in the booths. The woman walked through the crowd, went straight to the second floor and entered a private room.
When she pushed open the door, she was clearly very nervous hotel if you need anything you can ask me or Wendy You know her, she’s the receptionist
“Got it, mommy You can go to work now. Tammy rushed Anna away Matthew, on the other hand, nodded obediently and tugged at Tammy, looking a little resigned
Just as Anna reached her office, John tan in and said, “Miss Gabriel! Oh, no Something bad happened”
“What’s wrong?”
“The headquarters just called and said to put all the hotel security on alert Also, they told you to stay away from work for the next few days.”
When Anna heard that this matter was so serious, she finally took her eyes off the computer screen She asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Just look at Twitter hashtags yourself”
Stunned, Anna immediately clicked on the Google page and searched for today’s news As soon as she opened the page, she saw many news headlines
“Popular singer Scott’s first girlfriend and current girlfriend appear at the same time.” “Scott’s sister and his current girlfriend have a big fight ” “Scott and his sister are in an …et relationship”
Anna noticed that most of these pictures had the watermark of the same media outlet on them
John looked worried and cautiously said, “Don’t worry too much, both headquarters and Scoti’s company are dealing with this now But, the president of this media company seems to have some beef with Mr. Wright So, I’m afraid we can’t do anything about it. The netizens are all in agreement now, but, we all know that you won’t do something like this. Anyway, I’m afraid this is not going to be easily resolved.”
Anna immediately noticed that the photos were taken backstage at Scott’s concert. The paparazzi thought Allie was Scott’s girlfriend, and she was his “sister”. This was because Scott had mentioned Anna as his sister on the show before,
Anna clenched her fists and said, “Damn, this is bullset.”
John nodded and echoed, saying, “Yeah, we all think they’re making it up, too. You’re only two years older than Scott, and you’re not related to him, so how does that make it incestuous?”
Anna was surprised by his logic and rolled her eyes. She said sarcastically, “John, you’re looking at things from a very difficult perspective.”
John thought Anna was complimenting him and immediately said, “Thank you. I learned it from you, after all.”
The news came out in the morning and quickly spread across the Internet. Although Scott had just recently become famous, he was rapidly gaining popularity, so he had many fans, including insane ones. Many people were cursing Anna on the Internet.
The company had just deleted a related hashtag, and the hashtag ‘Sorry for Scott’s girlfriend‘ was back on the list.
Anna planned to listen to the headquarters and pack up her things to go home. But before she could leave, she received a call from Wayne.
Wayne‘s voice was a little raspy, as if he hadn‘t slept well. He said, “I just got out of a meeting Anna, I saw the news. Don’t leave the hotel, okay? Stay there for the next few days.”
Anna froze for a moment and asked, “Don’t you want to ask me what the picture is about?”
The paparazzi snapped a photo of them hugging. From the photo, they appeared to be hugging each other affectionately. But Anna knew that she was only hugging Scott because they were family
Next to this photo was a photo of Allie covering her face and running away crying. The contrast certainly made everyone saw them wonder.
“Anna, listen, I don’t want you to believe the news, and that means I won’t either.” He said.
Anna immediately felt joy and warmth. Then she asked, “Thank you. So, when are you coming back?”
Wayne had been gone for several days, and this was the first phone call they had made. Anna realized that he was probably very busy.
“Sorry, I can’t get back for a while. Can you handle this on your own?” “Sure.” Anna said.
Wayne then said a few more words to her before hanging up. Wayne had always been brief and concise, and Anna had always preferred to settle her own affairs.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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