Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 139 Zero Toleration for Assault on the Set

At this moment. Simon was very angry, so the words he said were naturally unfiltered and not pleasing to hear. Erin couldn’t find the words

to counter what he said.

Seeing her bowing her head and not saying a word, Simon forcefully let go of her hand. Deep within his heart, he looked down on the way Erin chose to keep quiet and not stand up for herself. If he hadn’t arrived in time. Erin might have been sexually assaulted by the masked man. He despised Erin’s attitude of wanting to cover things up and not cause trouble. It made him furious!

One minute later, Simon forcefully kicked open the door to Roman’s dressing room.

Roman and his makeup artist, Donny, were about to leave the dressing room. They looked at Simon, who had intruded suddenly and quite rudely, with disapproving expressions.

“Haven’t you heard of knocking? Why on earth did you barge in like a bull?” Roman looked at this unexpected guest impassively.

Simon didn’t have a good impression of Roman to start with. Not only were their rumors about him and Erin, but he had also heard about his ex–girlfriend, Megan, repeatedly buttering up to Roman. Coupled with how Roman had previously mocked him over the phone on Erin’s behalf when he broke up with Megan, Simon naturally held a grudge against him. He could now use Erin’s incident as a valid reason to confront Roman, so he wasn’t going to miss out on this opportunity.

His eyes narrowed as he glared at Roman. “Answer me this, Roman. If a female actress on the set is kidnapped and almost violated, how should this be handled?”

Outside the door, Erin’s cheeks burned bright red. This kind of incident would make any woman feel deeply embarrassed. Although the attempt was unsuccessful it was still a criminal case nonetheless.

Simon had asked the question quite loudly in the dressing room. As the door was still open, it attracted shocked glances from the crew members who were nearby. Roman’s heart sank, and his gaze instinctively shifted to Erin, who was standing outside the door.

He observed that her complexion was somewhat pale, and she had a conflicted expression. Based on Erin’s state of discomfort, Roman immediately deduced that the victimized actress was likely Erin!

A sudden wave of fear washed over his heart. Roman calmly walked over, took hold of Erin’s hand, and pulled her into the dressing room. On the other hand, Simon looked on coldly, waiting for Roman to speak.

Roman calmly instructed, “Donny, go and inform the director that we have something important to discuss here. Tell him that we’ll temporarily pause the filming.”

some confusion then quickly left.

to the dressing

only the three of them in the

his eyes showed nervousness and unease. Upon being asked, Erin remembered the incident in the artificial

silent.

was getting anxious and

spoke up, “Just now, Erin was kidnapped by a stranger and almost assaulted in the artificial cave. Fortunately, I happened to pass by and stopped him from going any further! The person was wearing a plastic mask and dressed in an ancient costume. He had some combat skills as well. Hence, he’s likely

as well stop

Simon. Please, no more- Erin was clearly

Roman didn’t doubt what Simon said. His gaze instantly turned deep and

two minutes.

thoroughly. We absolutely cannot tolerate such scum! I know that if we report this to the police, you might become the subject of gossip again. But If we don’t catch

can guarantee that he won’t strike

words made sense, and even Simon’s firm attitude was perfectly appropriate.

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such a thing happened to her. She was hesitant

were down. Some would even shamelessly comment that the victim had it coming by dressing so scantily. Just the thought of such malicious words made her feel unsettled. She didn’t have a heart made of steel; she was just an

stifled. They both wished they could find that scumbag

you going to let that person go unpunished? I guarantee you that if I don’t send him to prison as a lawyer, I might as

his approach. The scumbag didn’t succeed this time, but maybe he will continue to target you again. Even if you

out what would likely happen in the future if she let this go, Erin finally made up her mind. With a cold and resolute look in her eyes, she said, “Fine! I’ll report this to the police. To prevent such incidents from happening to another actress, I’ll cooperate with the officers in

It will get everyone in the crew involved, and with more leads, we may be able to catch the criminal quickly.” Roman said as he started dialing a number, “I’ll call Ken first and ask

“I’ll go find the director

there was no other choice at this point. They couldn’t just snuff out the criminal on their own and beat him up: that wouldn’t resolve the issue at the root cause.

to let the whole crew know about

and producer felt frustrated and helpless,

seemed powerless, but the influential Roman, the popular rock star Matthew, and the renowned lawyer Simon stood by her