Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 485 Farewell

Eugene raised his hand, interrupting, "I didn't help you. It was a coincidence. I prefer to challenge my artists with scepticism. Popularity and hype are just tools to test loyalty. Didn't we use the same tactics when I was managing you?" Lydia was momentarily speechless.

Eugene continued, "I never intended to use Violeta's popularity to suppress your negative press. That theater performance incident was a coincidence; maybe even fate gave you one last chance.

"Clearly, you didn't make the right choice. You disappointed fate, so now fate wants you gone."

An assistant handed Eugene a disposable cup of water.

He took a sip and went on, "Lydia, when you decided to leave Apex and go solo, I wondered if it had been too easy for you to rise to the top in recent years, almost making you forget how tough that first year was.

"You thought I helped you bear the burden of drinking that alcohol back then, because I believed in your courage and determination. I like comrades who fight alongside me. Your actions that year made me see a bit of a heroine in you. "But you've changed. You've become someone I don't recognise.

"What makes you think I would help an outsider like you over my own people?" Lydia mumbled, "An outsider

"

Eugene replied, "You've run out of career luck. Your judgment of men is just as poor. Hollis might have a bureaucratic father, but he's arrogant and useless. With his father holding him down, he'll never amount to anything. I warned you about him. I almost wanted to brand 'jerk' on his forehead, but I couldn't stop a woman determined to jump into a trap.

"I can't help you, Lydia. You've brought yourself to this downfall step by step." Eugene nodded, looking tired. "Yes, just as I predicted, and it's just as tragic."

Lydia clenched her fists, her eyes filled with rage. "Then why are you here? Why did you come?"

Eugene set the water cup on the table. He admitted, "Of course, I came to see you fall.

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