Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

When the next press conference was called for, Melinda put all her chips on the line like a seasoned gambler sure of her victory. Husband and wife appeared together as they took their seats.

"Let me make the introductions," Jonas started. "Everyone, this is my wife, Melinda."

"Hello, everyone." Melinda smiled warmly at the crowd. They laid their linked hands on the table, and the diamond ring on her left finger caught the raging flashes of the camera.

The conference commenced.

"I know there have been various speculations on the internet about my relationship with Miss Emily Bai," Jonas said.

The room quieted. He had decided to take the bull by the horns, and didn’t wait for the press to ask their questions before diving right into the issue.

"I will clarify this for you for the last time. Miss Bai and I were playmates in childhood. The love of my life is right here beside me." He turned to look at Melinda, and the cameras went wild again.

"I will not stand for my wife getting slandered and maligned by strangers who know nothing about our lives and only have too much time on their hands.

If the ugly rumors do not stop after this, I will not hesitate to use legal means to give pursuit to the defamers."

The authority in Jonas's voice sent a chill to everyone who listened. There was no mistaking the man’s serious attitude regarding attacks against his wife.

The members of the press twittered among themselves, and then suddenly a murmur of praises for the couple circled around.

After such a revelation, only fools would still think that the rumors were true, let alone think of spreading it even further. They knew all too well their careers would be over if they crossed the Gu family.

However, nobody knew of the "fake" members of the press that Emily’s team had planted in the conference. Their only purpose for being in attendance was to sow conflict and doubt, and reaffirm the rumors between Emily and Jonas.

And one of them was now raising his hand to pose his question. "Mr. Gu, this is your second press conference. All this time, we’ve only ever heard from you. Miss Bai has yet to tell her side of the story.

Why do you seem so eager to put a stop to the inquiries before she could do so? Are there perhaps secrets that you are anxious might leak into the public?"

Before anyone could even react to that, another of Emily’s cahoots shot a question. "There have also been talks that you and your wife didn’t actually get along well for many years. And this is the first time that you appeared together and acknowledged her in public.

One can’t help but think it’s a little bit staged. Aren’t you just forcing yourselves to display your so-called affections to the media?"

"Forced?" It was Melinda, and her sudden interjection obviously took the press aback. "Do you really think Jonas is the kind of person who would settle down when he is being pressured to do something he doesn’t want?"

Beside her, Jonas was quiet, and his face bore no emotion. But his grip tightened around his wife’s hand.

Melinda gave him a little nudge, and he turned to look at her. When he did, the cold wall melted, and his face took on a gentle and warm expression.

when he looked ahead to address the press once more, his tone was much calmer. "I believe Miss Bai will explain it all very

their agency with her assistant. Her team had come up with a plan to use the rumor mill to take

instead would milk the hype for all

happened in Jonas's press conference. Something that was going to cause the agency problems. "Some of the fans and netizens are now in favor of Melinda," she told Emily. "Although

a script that would

assent. She had no qualms in taking such a drastic step.

tightly and bit her lower lip. She could feel herself shaking a little, her emotions a mix of anger and humiliation. "I don’t know what you

dumb with me. I know you know exactly what I mean." Emily scrambled for an excuse. Jonas had yet to

busy shooting." Her eyes fell on her assistant. "My assistant hasn’t told me anything yet because I’ve been so busy and

had taken deadly calm over the phone. "It seems like you have too many projects in your hands. Perhaps I should take some of it off, so you can take care of this matter like I’m telling you

mistake now; the threat was that he was going to pull out his investments if she

and Emily doubted that she could still persuade

understand," she bit out her words. "I’ll

too. Otherwise, there’s no telling what other things the media could dig up. They might even

She really couldn’t trifle with

current projects, but

her eyes in defeat, and took a deep breath. She had to bite the bullet. "I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Jonas. I never meant for this to happen. I’ll

had hung up the phone. Emily paced back and

all at once the world came crashing around her, and all her favorable options flew out the window. Whatever might happen in the future, her only salvation now would be to remove herself from Jonas's

on Weibo that refuted the rumors. She made sure to mention that she had been busy with her projects, and implied that she was unaware just how big the

somewhat public apology to Melinda, and at the same time apologized for her fans for their cyber-attacks on Jonas's

not afford to lose any amount of support; she had to make sure she didn’t offend anyone any further, especially among the

internet countless times. Pretty soon, netizens on various online forums

Melinda and Jonas. And thus, the crisis passed smoothly. More or less. Emily’s agency was angered by her Weibo video. They

for her. "If I didn’t make

that had long existed between Emily

nothing else, I need to get back to my shoot. I advise you not to pursue this matter with me, or you’ll find yourselves in an

she landed, added to the publicity of the rumors. She had fame at her disposal, and she’d be damned if she didn’t use that

connections with Jonas would probably have a big impact on her popularity afterwards, but she would never take

the possibilities. It was dark by

good." It was one of the young emerging actors, who was working on the same project, only he was represented by another company. He

Emily with eyes full of concern. This was the opportunity she was looking for. If she was

lowered her lashes, feigning distress. "I guess I caught a cold, but I’m fine. Thank you for your concern." She gave him a coy smile and

went on in the Internet. Don’t worry too much about it. Clean hands need