Chapter 8 Mr. Russell, She Went to See a Concert

Zoey scoffed lightly and sent a message directly to Roland Mendoza.

[Expose.]

In just five minutes, the phone screen was flooded with videos of what happened at the engagement banquet, as well as explicit photos and high-definition uncensored videos of Nelson and Ariana.

It used to be spread within the upper class circles, but now it is spread across the entire internet.

At one point, the official website of Born Beauty crashed, and there was a chorus of curses.

[What a bullshit official announcement, it turns out that the affair was exposed, and they had no choice but to say they were engaged!]

[That Ariana was simply shameless, stealing her sister's fiancé and crying all the time. She did things that no decent person would do!]

[Ariana's innocent girl image was shattered this time, and she turned into a slutty woman!]

[The CEO of Born Beauty was an absolute scumbag! He even wanted to have two relationships at the same time!]

[Lock up the scumbag and the cheap woman quickly, so they won't harm anyone else again!]

[Refund the concert tickets!]

***

Zoey replied, [Why refund! We should go and see what kind of innocent act  this pretentious bitch can put on!]

[Yeah, let's go to the concert and see the ugly face of this woman!]

[Agreed! Let’s make it a night she won’t forget!]

[Agreed!]

***

The Harmon family.

After seeing the news on her phone, Ariana was so angry that she trembled all over, and she swept all the cosmetics on the dressing table onto the floor.

The crackling sound accompanied by screams erupted.

Dahlia pushed open the door and entered, panicked and flustered. "Ariana, what happened?"

Ariana sobbed, "Mom, Nelson said it would be fine once we made the official announcement, but I didn't expect someone to maliciously spread photos and videos of our engagement party. It's getting worse and worse online now."

Dahlia frowned. “Didn’t Nelson try to have it taken down?”

“We tried going to the tech department, even called in hackers, but whoever posted it is unstoppable,” Ariana replied, tears streaming. “The concert’s tomorrow night, I was considering canceling it, but no one’s canceled tickets. What am I going to do?”

Dahlia was puzzled, "Ariana, this is a good thing! It shows that everyone still supports you as always!"

Ariana took the phone and pointed at a comment from an online user, "Mom, it's this internet user called Z, she incited everyone to go to the concert to see me make a fool of myself."

Dahlia glanced and said, "Ariana, don't be afraid. Your singing is so good, you will definitely conquer them."

Ariana's face turned pale, and now she could only rely on Zoey's singing to turn the tables.

She sent a Line message to Zoey: "Zoey, the online comments are very unfavorable to me now. You must stand up for me tomorrow night!"

Zoey replied instantly, "Don't worry."

Zoey's lips curled up with a hint of mischief, "Ariana, the glory I bestowed upon you, I shall take back one by one!"

The morning sunlight crept through a crack in the curtains and dust danced in the air.

Zoey opened her eyes, feeling momentarily disoriented.

She lifted the blanket, jumped off the bed, and ran out of the room, coincidentally running into Emilee.

“Good morning, Mrs. Maddox. Did you sleep well?”

"Did Russell wake up?"

Emilee replied, "Mr. Russell left as soon as it got light, he seemed quite in a hurry."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Zoey's face, "Okay."

Emilee, "Mrs. Maddox, breakfast is ready. You can come downstairs to have your meal now."

Zoey nodded and turned back to the room.

She picked up her phone and sent a Line message to Russell: [You left so early?]

Russell: [There was a problem with the Eastrose project, and I needed to go for two days.]

Zoey: "Then I'll be waiting for you to come back."

Okay.

Zoey remembered that after the engagement banquet in her previous life, Russell left Woodmerrow. At that time, she had not yet become the chief secretary.

There shouldn't be any problem, Zoey felt relieved.

Whether Russell left or not, tonight is Ariana's concert.

Just right, she didn't have to make up excuses to leave.

After finishing breakfast, Zoey returned to her room.

She received a call from Leanna Spence, her voice sounding particularly excited, "Zoey, you finally put the brakes on!"

Zoey raised an eyebrow, "You're finally talking to me?"

"It was only because you were going to get engaged to that man that I blocked you. Out of anger, I came to Icemarble. I only found out about this today from colleagues gossiping! Quickly tell me how you figured it out."

Zoey recounted what happened last night.

At first, Leanna was very excited, but she became silent when she heard that she and Russell got married.

After a while, she shouted loudly, "Zoey, have you lost your mind? How could you marry a disabled person? This is like escaping from the wolf's den and jumping into a fire pit!"

Zoey took her phone away from her ear and could still hear Leanna's shouting from a distance.

"Zoey, what has gotten into you! Others settle for less, but you settle for even less! Russell may be ruthless in the business world, but he is not suitable as a husband. Are you trying to become a widow?"

Zoey knew that Leanna had good intentions, so she waited for her to vent before saying, "Russell was the one who saved me from the fire, and he ended up in a wheelchair because of it."

Leanna fell silent for a moment and said, "Zoey, I wish you happiness, even if not, uh… ‘complete’ happiness.”

Zoey chuckled, "Leanna, come back. In the future, my design drafts will only be given to Galaxy Studio, leading our Z&L Design to go further and further..."

Leanna laughed and said, "Okay, wait for me."

The two of them chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.

In the past, Zoey compromised with Ariana and gave her all the design drafts, making Born Beauty become a world-class fashion company and helping Ariana become a top designer. This resulted in a severe shortage of drafts at Galaxy Studio, which was co-owned by her and Leanna. Eventually, all the designers were poached by Born Beauty.

Galaxy Studio fell.

Leanna initially cursed herself for being blind and ignorant, unable to see that Nelson was actually a scumbag, having an affair with Ariana. Therefore, when she found out that Zoey was going to get engaged to Nelson, she got angry and went on a trip.

In this lifetime, she would never let Leanna be sad, let alone let Galaxy Studio fall.

After Zoey finished drawing design drafts for a whole day, she asked Brent to take her to Woodmerrow Stadium.

Ariana's concert was held here, and at that time, the road to Woodmerrow Stadium was filled with cars and people.

Zoey said, "Brent, you go back to Serene Manor first, and I will take a taxi back later."

Although the words were said like that, Brent didn't dare to go anywhere.

He called Russell and said, "Mr. Russell, Mrs. Maddox came to see the concert."

"Is that so?" Russell, who was in a meeting, squinted his eyes with a meaningful expression.