Chapter 72

Gaught in a heavy downpour with overwhelming mental stress, Jocelyn could hardly avoid catching a cold,

Mer fever spiked to 40 degrees in the middle of the night

Melvin Immediately rushed her to the hospital. After two IV drips, her fever finally broke,

Dawn was breaking by this time.

Different from last night’s downpour, it was a sunny day this moming

Melvin’s phone buzzed insistently. He glanced at the woman in the bed before walking to the window to take the call.

‘Is it done?”

“Yeah, everything’s been pulled down. Also found the person who leaked the photos.”

Who?”

“Willow.” Zephyr replied. “What do you plan to do?”

Melvin’s eyes darkened, his voice cold as ice, “She’s been too high-strung lately, time for her to take a break”

After hanging up, Melvin turned to see the woman had woken.

He walked over felt her forehead. The temperature hadn’t risen again.

Just for one night, Jocelyn was bleary-eyed and deflated.

*Got any explanations? Melvin pulled up a chair next to the bed, propped up his leg, ready to grill her.

Jocelyn turned her face away, swallowing hard. “No”

Her voice was raspy and far from pleasant, which clearly annoyed Melvin.

He let out a cold chuckle. This is how you plan to handle things?

Jocelyn faced forward again, clammed up

She didn’t know what to say. Things had spiraled this far, even a mouth full of excuses couldn’t stand up to the cyberviolence. She was

to lose this battle of words

Melvin’s frown could ve squashed

all the nonsense and just walk your way Melvin barked at her, kicking the bed unceremoniously. Turn around, look at

to meet his

the years we’ve been together? Don’t think a guy’s good to

years, but she wasn’t naive Without someone pulling strings behind the scenes, this would never be

it clicked. It could be an accidental snap capturing them at the hotel exit, but what about that other time with Melvin? Waiting to

game She even had a hunch who was

to snap the hotel dining photo, but that shot with Melvin in the frame? It

the photo from a particular angle that didn’t show Melvin’s face. Thinking of the people

it sounds

culting

words. “Now that it’s out in the public, it might not blow up like this.

trouble.

side-eye, “Do you even know who’s behind this mess?”

not to take those street interviews Don’t you think you brought this

took a deep breath, fearing she’d lose it

back to turn. Thanks for bringing me here You can leave

“Think about who was with you last night, who took

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grateful

the fight draining out

clothes. You’re smart Use your head. Don’t always be looking for the next best thing, discontent with what you have. You can’t have

he left.

took a deep breath, fighting back tears.

was behind this matter. But he still chose to pin it

way of penalizing

had no connections, no clout, no way to overthrow the traps set

entrenched in the entertainment world, weaponizing public opinion to kick her down was all

phone back on, unable to

of this mess. A dement

of

but how could she to

been through anything

could push her into the

just trying to make a living while the rich scheme for

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