Chapter 107 Jealousy
Alden felt defeated, with nowhere to blow off some steam. He roughly stubbed out his cigarette and snapped, “Is that good enough for you?”
Frank flashed a small smile. “That works.”
“Wait, when will Uncle Lucien finish his meeting?” Alden was clearly annoyed about the cigarette situation, and it showed in his voice.
Frank’s tone turned slightly colder. “Mr. Alden Graves, I have no authority to interfere with the CEO’s meetings.”
Alden fell silent. He felt like he’d been humiliated enough for one day.
It wasn’t until eleven at night, when Alden was about to lose it, that Lucien finally called him into the office.
“What’s going on, Alden? My assistant said you had something urgent?” Lucien slowly put on his suit jacket and adjusted his tie as he spoke casually.
Alden pressed his lips together–he wouldn’t dare show attitude in front of Lucien.
“Uncle Lucien, there’s a smear campaign going on against Luna today. I couldn’t get those nasty trending posts taken down, so
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can you talk to your guys and see if they can help?”
Lucien looked up with a meaningful expression. “Oh? So you’re saying Luna didn’t plagiarize?”
“Of course she didn’t!” Alden met Lucien’s unreadable felt his confidence waver slightly.
gaze
and
“Uncle Lucien, you know she never faced this kind of public humiliation before. She’s been getting attacked online all evening. Do you have any idea how much this is hurting her?”
“Yeah,” Lucien nodded like it was no big deal, “it’s tough for her. But that’s how brutal the entertainment industry is. If she can’t take it, you should probably tell her to quit now, Alden.”
smirk showed up on his face. “You can’t shield her
Alden froze.
he calling me
out to the right people. If you’re done here, you should head
relieved when he heard that. “Thanks,
“No problem. We’re family.”
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Alden couldn’t shake the feeling that Lucien’s “we’re family”
in. “Mr. Graves, should we
the rush? Someone bold enough
you just promised Mr.
I’d reach out to people. I never said I’d definitely
always chose his words carefully
ends.
*****
lot when his phone buzzed with a
Ms. Domont has been spending
eyes narrowed a
was
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just finished getting ready for bed when an unknown number called. She figured it was a client, so
I’m coming up.” Alden’s tone left no
annoyance. “Alden, do you
you think about the time
Kaia froze.
that’s why he’s
added, “You’ve got three minutes. Unless you want your
“Fine. But this is the
she’d call the
Three minutes later.
watching this woman he
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