Chapter 19
Jack stiffened for a moment before quickly getting the security guard to seize the phony reporter. He frowned as he looked at her bleeding wound. “How are you feeling?”
Elise smiled. “You should take care of your fans first.”
Jack nodded and signaled his manager by giving him a look.
“Sorry, but today‘s meet and greet is canceled. See you all another time.”
The fans screeched and shrieked. Jack‘s manager simply got the security to surround them.
Jack then helped Elise to the dressing room.
Smack! A sheaf of papers was thrown onto one of the tables in the dressing room. Papers scattered haphazardly across the surface, having been dislodged from its neatly arranged pile.
The manager felt dread coursing through his body. “We‘ve investigated things thoroughly: your antis are behind this.”
Jack was livid. “And you call yourself a manager? Allowing people to smuggle a knife to a meet and greet?”
“My apologies. I didn‘t go through the fans‘ belongings thoroughly thinking they were just props.” The manager was filled with remorse.
Alexander looked at the injured Elise from where he sat. His heart felt tight, as though some invisible rope had bound it up. With each step he took toward her, that rope tightened its grip on him.
“Enough. I‘m going to send her to the hospital now. You handle whatever you need to do properly.” An undercurrent of fury peeked through Alexander‘s frigid tone. With that, he bent down, scooping Elise into his arms before he left the dressing room.
The manager only dared to speak again once Alexander had left. He handed a cell phone to Jack.
After the meet and greet had been canceled, Elise‘s name became trending due to the obsessed frenzy of the fans. Slurs and allegations were hurled at her all across the internet.
‘You can tell with one look that that woman‘s in league with that perpetrator. She failed at being a stan, so she did this instead to garner sympathy.”
She‘s a master alright!‘
get a good PR
Jack said as he quickly typed up a Tweet
saved me. Please stop spreading false
mentioned anyone in your Tweets before. Why did you do such an illogical move? At this rate, your fans are going to drop you. You do realize you‘re in the midst
me around just because you‘re my manager. If
and even when she was injured, she still smiled at him. He
the hospital, the doctor performed a full checkup on her. “Fortunately, it‘s just a minor wound. It didn‘t cut through your muscles or tendons. Some ointment
sight of Alexander sitting on the bench by the door. His eyes
Elise was puzzled. He‘s angry? Hey, I‘m the one
you still pounced forward!” He froze for a moment after the words left his mouth.
they sounded like they were filled with reproach. Elise felt like she had been wronged
prescribed for her, breaking the stiffness in the air. “You‘re her boyfriend, yes? This is
but he
true meaning behind Alexander‘s expression as she put her hands on her hips and chewed him out. “I could hear you two arguing when I was inside earlier. Your girlfriend is hurt. You
did not speak. He took the medication from the nurse, a
saved, and she smiled and thanked the nurse. “Thank you. You‘re such
but his magnetic voice boomed above her head. “Sit down. I‘m going to apply
I don‘t want you to be the one applying it
place the expression that
Elise noticed Alexander staring at her, she stared back at him, unwilling to
the big deal?” Elise‘s heart hammered in her
into a trance when he was staring at Elise earlier, and he unconsciously leaned toward her. When he finally realized what he had done, he promptly put some distance between them again. His tone was as cold as ever when he spoke. “Your mind is
yet logical. Elise obediently stuck her arm
with a pair of scissors. The skin revealed under her sleeve was milky white and striking, a few shades paler than the skin tone of her face. He smiled, and without saying another word,
head to the side, trying to force herself to stay silent through
he applied the medication, Alexander noticed Elise‘s brows knitting together slightly. He then deliberately softened his movements. “All right. All you need to do after this is get some proper rest. Also, don‘t go
when she heard Alexander say that seemingly out of the
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