Jose let out a sigh and left with Wilbur. Wilbur bought a fruit basket at the hospital gift shop before heading to the patient wards. Just then, Sherry was unable to hide the gleeful smile on her face. She had never expected that someone would pay her so much money over this. What a win-win situation it was! On top of that, whoever sent her the money had said that they would back her up with all the support she needed, making sure she was safe. Anyone who could cough up a million dollars in cash over something like this had to be someone of power, and Sherry believed that they would undoubtedly keep their promise. There was not much left for her to be afraid of. All she was thinking of at the moment was how to escalate the situation as much as possible. Just then, Wilbur walked into the ward holding the fruit basket. He looked around, found Sherry's bed, and walked up to her. "Sherry Divos?" Wilbur asked. Sherry looked up and fear flashed in her eyes. Yet she return
Sherry cackled to herself at the uproar that she had just caused. If this kept going, she might just become one of the internet's biggest stars. Wouldn't she be swimming in money then? Wilbur left the hospital and drove home, only to see Elsa and Faron were also there talking to Faye in the living room. "What are you guys doing here?" Wilbur asked. Faron smiled. "We're all worried for you, bro. I heard things are getting worse and worse." "It can't be that bad. You're worrying for nothing." Wilbur sat down, and Faye handed him a cup of tea. "How did the talk go?" "The kid's out of her mind. She insisted she'd done nothing wrong, and said I was threatening her," Wilbur said. Faye sighed. "I knew that was going to happen. Kids these days don't think about the consequences of their actions." Just then, Elsa said, "Don't worry. We've passed the damaged camera to the IT department, and they're working on restoring the footage in the memory card. I'm sure the footage should
Wilbur and Faye were at a loss for words. Why was Elsa speaking to Faron like this? Faron flew to his feet at once, shouting, "I'll take you on any day! I'm not as soft and weak as I used to be anymore, come at me!" "Oho!" Elsa stood up as well, cracking her knuckles with a smirk. "You really are asking to be beaten up. Come on, then. Let's see what you've got!" The two of them glowered at each other, ready to fight at any second. Wilbur was caught off-guard, hurrying to say, "Hey, hey! What's going on here? Have you two lost your mind?" "She's been bullying me since I was a kid. I need to get my revenge!" Faron fumed. Wilbur was shocked. "Bullied you? What on earth are you talking about?" "This bitch here is my cousin. She's always taken advantage of the fact that she could fight and beat me up all the time," Faron said vehemently. Wilbur burst out in a fit of laughter upon hearing the words. He had not expected these two to be related. Faye pulled Elsa to sit down,
"Good press?" Chloe asked, confused. "Sir, we're a news channel. Aren't we supposed to report based on the facts and keep a neutral standpoint?" Telford's expression darkened at once. "Are you questioning my orders? Do as you're told unless you want to be dropped!" Chloe fell silent, biting her lip. "I understand, Mister Gills." "Chloe, you've got to know that there's more to this job than just reporting. Connections are important to remain in this line of work, got it?" Telford said. Chloe took a deep breath. "Got it, Mister Gills." "Thank you, Mister Gills." Chloe returned to her desk, her expression one of misery. She understood Telford's intentions, but reporting with a bias did not align with her work ethic at all. A while later, she let out a sigh and decided to do the interview first. She slung a camera around her neck and hurried off to the hospital. Just then, Telford leaned back in his chair, sipping his tea leisurely. Joy Corp had paid him good money fo
Chloe uploaded whatever she had done onto her cloud storage, getting ready to work overtime at home. She got into her car and drove out of the television broadcast station, heading home. Just then, Telford's car drove past her and turned the other way. Chloe was a little confused. That wasn't the road he usually took to go home. Somehow, Chloe's intuition told her to follow after him. Just like that, she tracked him from a distance and followed him all the way to a private club. Telford got out of the car. A middle-aged man came out of the club and greeted him warmly, and the two men walked inside. Chloe sat in her car. Why did that guy look so familiar? She racked her brains, but nothing came to mind. Finally, it hit her. She whipped out her phone and tapped furiously, finally pulling up a picture of the man from just now. He was Jordan Pavian, vice chairman of Joy Corp. "Why would Mister Gills know Jordan Pavian, and why are they meeting up in a private club?
Chloe was startled. "Nothing, just passing by." She turned away and hurried to get out. The man grabbed her by the shoulder, snatching her phone from her. "What are you doing? Give that back to me!" Chloe shouted. The man held Chloe down with one arm, using his other to open the video she had just recorded. Just then, Telford and Jordan walked out. "What are you doing here?" Telford was furious when he saw Chloe. Jordan's expression turned ashen as well. Chloe struggled in the man's grasp. "I was just passing by." "My ass you were! Quite a coincidence, isn't it?" Telford obviously did not believe her for a second. Just then, the man passed Chloe's phone to Jordan. Jordan glanced at it and passed it to Telford. "Dude, she was recording us." Telford burst into outrage at once. He deleted the video before shouting, "How dare f*cking you stalk me?! Are you tired of living?" "Mister Gills, let me take care of it. I promise you she won't say a word about any of this
"Mister Gills, isn't that a bit too much? I'm not going to say anything, and I'll remove myself from this project altogether," Chloe protested. Telford smirked. "This is your punishment. You can just quit if you don't want to do it." Anger flared up in Chloe's chest. She had done nothing wrong. Why was she being treated like this? "Keep in mind that once you quit, you can forget about rejoining the industry in Seechertown, or anywhere in Kardon Province." "Sir, I've promised not to say a word. What more do you want?" "That's not f*cking enough!" Telford shouted. "You wouldn't even be alive right now if I hadn't spoken up for you!" Chloe exploded at last, all her indignance and fury spilling out. She slammed her permit onto the table, shouting, "I quit, then! So what if I'll be blacklisted in the industry, I'm more than fine working as a pizza delivery driver! I'll survive anyway!" She stormed out of Telford's office with tears in her eyes, driving home right after. Te
Faye said, "The only people who have it out for Cape right now are Joy Corp. We're in the middle of a pretty fierce competition against them." "Joy Corp?" Wilbur asked. Faye nodded. "Only Joy Corp would be powerful enough to sway an official news report from a local television broadcast station. The thing is, they would never dare to do something like that outright with how powerful Cape International is." Wilbur got up, pacing to and fro in the room as he thought to himself. Elsa spoke up then. "There's something fishy about Sherry and the television broadcast station, but if Sherry insists she's telling the truth, we don't really have anything to go off of." "The television broadcast station is huge. Surely they can't all be in on this. You could send someone to look around. We might find something," Faron said. Wilbur nodded. "Sounds like a plan, but who should we get to do it?" "That's simple! I'll make a call to the broadcast department and get someone to look for an