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.”
face. “You can’t shield her
Alden froze.
he calling
out to the right people. If you’re done
he
“No problem. We’re family.”
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just him, but Alden couldn’t shake the feeling that Lucien’s “we’re family”
Alden left, Frank walked in. “Mr. Graves, should we pull the trending
the rush? Someone bold enough to plagiarize should be able to handle a
just promised Mr. Alden
promise? I said I’d reach out to people. I never said I’d definitely pull
his words carefully and never left
ends.
*****
parking lot when his phone buzzed
out Ms. Domont has been
narrowed
Kaia was behind
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when an unknown number called. She figured it was a client, so she picked up. But
me. Either you come down, or I’m coming up.” Alden’s tone left no
“Alden, do you
you think about the time
Kaia froze.
he’s here–because
you want your neighbors
But this is
she’d
Three minutes later.
this woman
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