Chapter 243 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Celsie looked at him curiously, “Why are you bent on believing the worst of her? What if…”

“Do you know what she said when I told her I was done and wanted us to break up?” Benne cut in before she could finish her statement since he could guess what she was about to ask.

“No. What did she say?”

“She said, good riddance,” Benne said without humor, “Does that sound like something you would tell a man you love but can’t be with because of your mother? If she had been honest with you about everything, then maybe I would have believed all she is telling you. But she’s a liar and I know we can’t trust her. Don’t let your guards down,” Benne advised.

Celsie sighed. If only she hadn’t gotten involved with Anita in the first place, she wouldn’t have to be doing any of this with Anita.

“Have you heard from them yet?” Celsie asked, referring to the people Harry had contacted to help them search for the rumormonger.

“No, I haven’t. As soon as I do I’ll let you know,” Benne assured her.

“I don’t think I would be able to spend the weekend with you as planned. My parents and Lucas are coming over,” Celsie explained.

“Because of this issue?” Benne asked, and she gave him a nod.

If Benne wasn’t already furious about the situation of things, he became even more annoyed now as he had already planned out how he was going to spend the weekend with Celsie.

“I guess you don’t want them to,” Benne said as he watched her, and she shrugged.

“I love them, but right now I just want to be alone and I don’t think they would understand that. We just have to fix this quickly,” she said with a resigned sigh.

“Sure. We will. Would you want me to meet them now?” Benne asked, not bothering to sit as he stood in front of her desk just in case someone walked in and saw him there. He knew that she wouldn’t want this to be added to the list of things being gossiped about.

“I don’t know. Let’s just take it as it comes,” Celsie suggested, and Benne gave her a nod.

“Hang in there, okay? We will fix this,” Benne promised.

Celsie gave him a weak smile and watched as he returned to his office. Her eyes fell on her phone and she suddenly felt the urge to talk to Sonia. She knew that she couldn’t talk now because of the reality show, so she texted Sonia instead.

‘Hey, busy celebrity! Call me as soon as you can. Love you.’ Celsie texted.

She had been thinking about this all morning and she had come to the conclusion that suing the rumormonger or reacting angrily or pathetically to the news was going to give that person some satisfaction. She didn’t want that. She wanted to disappoint the person instead.

She needed Sonia’s permission before she could do what she had in mind. While Benne focused on finding who had done this, she wanted to deal with it appropriately by squashing the news so that it would never come up to haunt her again.

Maybe if she hadn’t been in shock eight years ago and had defended herself in court to the hearing of everyone, no one would have had any reason to make up such stories. So it was time to deal with it once and for all.

Whoever had posted this on the internet has only succeeded in helping her face one of her fears. Thanks to the person, after now she wasn’t going to be needing therapy anymore.. She was just going to open up and share her story with the world.

While Sonia and Bryan were busy with their final shoot outdoor, her phone kept buzzing.

They had all unanimously agreed to have the final shoot outdoors since Bryan’s ankle had healed considerably and he could get on and off his wheelchair and walk short distances.

The shoot was supposed to be done in several places. One scene at the beach, another at a Jewelry shop which he was endorsing, another at a game lounge and cinema, and the last at a restaurant where they would be wrapping it up.

So they were at the game lounge playing some of the games they had played the last time, the only difference was that this time Bryan was teaching her how to play the snooker game, and maybe it was because of the camera crew, everyone recognized them and some gathered to look at them.

“Let’s take a short break,” Mia whispered to Jeff and the producer, feeling the need to hand Sonia her phone. Seeing how several people had called her already, she felt like something was up, and Sonia needed to take her phone.

“Why?” The producer asked with his eyes fixed on Bryan and Sonia.

“They probably need a break. Let’s have a five minutes break. I really need to stretch my legs too,” Jeff said when he saw the concern on Mia’s face. He could tell that she was worried about something.

“Alright,” the producer murmured in displeasure, not liking the interruption.

“Cut! Let’s take a break,” he called out to the crew, and immediately they stopped filming.

Sonia and Bryan turned off their mic, and Bryan lowered himself to his wheelchair which Jeff rolled over, and Mia walked over to join them and handed Sonia her phone.

“Your cell phone has been ringing all morning,” Mia informed Sonia, whose brows furrowed immediately as she checked her call log.

She hardly received a call unless it was from clingy exes, her editor, or Celsie. Seeing missed calls from Celsie’s mom and Lucas made her even more worried. And once she saw Celsie’s text message she immediately dialed Celsie’s line, “I’ll be right back,” she murmured to Bryan as she walked away to find a quiet spot to talk.

Bryan watched her with concern as she left, “Do you have any idea about what is happening?” He asked Mia.

“I don’t know. But I don’t think it has anything to do with the both of you. I checked the internet to see if there was a scandal, but I didn’t see anything. By the way, your brother’s personal assistant is trending all over social media,” Mia informed him in passing.

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