Stella's lips twitched as she thought, 'Luckily, Keegan is good-looking and rich. Otherwise, he's a solid self-center man for saying that!'Her response came swift, "You're overthinking, Mr. Kane. Just going shopping with a friend."For the sake of one billion dollars, Stella decided to hold her tongue."Why hit the shops so early?""Shopping's an anytime thing."Keegan's lips pursed. He noticed Stella was growing more presumptuous when she talked to him now. 'Why didn't I notice that she was so good at talking back, back then?'He paused for a second before he said, "There's an event today.""That's at night, right? I'll be back well before then.""And what's on your shopping list?"Stella's patience waned. "Why do you care what I'm buying? Planning on footing the bill?"Keegan tossed a card her way. He grunted, "Have some taste. Don't get crap and make me look bad!"Stella put on an obsequious smile, picking up the card with a shake. "No worries, Mr. Kane. I'm definitely g
Marshall got surprised too. He smiled happily as he walked over to her."Hi, Ms. Thompson. What a coincidence."Stella was amazed as well. 'I met him three times in a few days. Rivera is huge. Meeting him once is rare, let alone three times.''But I felt a bit guilty when he called me "Ms. Thompson". 'I didn't expect us to meet a third time after I told him that name.' With that thought in mind, she awkwardly said, "Yes, it's quite a big coincidence."Marshall pointed at her neck and gently smiled, "Is your injury better now?"Stella paused for a moment. She remembered the scratch she got from the pregnant lady in the police station. She was surprised by how attentive he was."It's healed. Thank you for that day.""No problem at all." Marshall paused. "Are you alone?""I'm meeting someone. But he's not here yet." She whispered, "I wonder how he became a lawyer. He's so bad at being on time."Marshall hesitated. He asked, "Is it a lawyer you're meeting?"Stella was surprised.
Marshall said, "We're gonna win the reputation dispute charge. But for defamation, I need more proof.""Isn't winning the other one easier?""Nope, it's tougher to prove that. I'll have to dig up more evidence and work extra hard. Only then can we win right from the start."Stella was curious, "So what else do you need to do?"Marshall grinned. "That's lawyer stuff. You gotta decide what you want to happen to them. Do you just want them to say sorry and pay for it? Or do you want to really show them they did something wrong?"Stella stayed quiet.For almost a year, Stella had been dealing with mean comments and hurtful stuff online. At the worst part, people even got her phone number and called her or sent bad messages.During that time, she didn't even want to use Facebook. She knew there were still lots of people who liked her and supported her. But those mean words just stuck in her head. Those nasty things people said would keep her up at night. It's like a circle that makes
"They wondered, 'Why does she keep talking about cancer in every video? Is she just doing it for attention?'"When the girl couldn't take it anymore, she shared a screenshot of comment from someone who doubted her. This got a lot of people's attention. The doubter said they were being bullied online and left social media. But many people blamed the girl instead, saying she was targeting regular folks. They said that because she was now a famous internet star, her actions were like starting an online attack."After that, more and more netizens started doubting and condemning her actions. They started to question the list of medicines she showed, and someone who claimed to work at the hospital she went to said there was no record of her being there. Another person said they found out she had already gotten better from cancer before and accused her of only doing these things for fame. They even said she had secretly been taking donations from people online even though she was already ri
"I'll be honest with you. Not even my family members know that I'm a voice actor. I'm afraid that they'll find out what I'm doing if I were to initiate the lawsuit with my own name."'This isn't considered lying, right?'Marshall understood Stella. "We can use your friend's name then, but you have to make sure that she'll be fully involved in this case and appear in court.""No problem."Then, Stella told Felicity about what happened and gave her information to Marshall."Felicity Thompson?" Marshall was confused. "Do you share the same last name with your friend?"Stella smiled awkwardly. "Yeah."Marshall grinned. "How lucky is that."Stella felt like she was a cat on a hot tin roof."Ms. Thompson, you don't have anything else to do later, right?"Marshall looked up and asked."Is this going to take long?""It's not that." Marshall laughed. "I just wanted to ask you out for a meal."Stella planned to leave right after she got everything sorted out, but she thought that it
Stella nodded.Marshall asked again, "Trinity University?"Stella paused and said with a smile, "There are six universities around here. What made you guess that particular one?""Do you remember that I was looking at something on my tablet when you just arrived at the coffee shop earlier?"Stella nodded. She looked very confused as though she wanted to ask him what did that had to do with her question.Marshall smiled and replied, "I was looking at the clips you dubbed in. You sounded very skillful, and I guess you probably dedicated some time to learning that. And, Trinity University is the only place that you could do that."Stella's cheeks turned extremely pinkish.She would feel proud whenever she looked at how the netizens praised her through the screen. But, she got very shy when Marshall complimented her in person."So, did I make the right guess?" Marshall asked with a smile.Stella nodded. "Impressive, but how did you know this place? You're not a graduate from aroun
The executives of Vinci Rivera Group were having a meeting.Keegan was rummaging through the papers silently as the vice president spoke.His phone on the table vibrated. He swept his glance across the text and ignored it.Vermont got very impatient while waiting for Keegan's reply because he could not wait any longer to see his reaction.So, he cropped the pictures and zoomed in on Marshall holding Stella's hand before sending them to Keegan again.[Your wife is holding hands with another man.]Keegan finally grabbed his phone and viewed the pictures.Clearly, the pictures were taken from a distance because of how blurry they looked. However, he could tell that the lady was Stella from the way she dressed, but the man's face who was holding her hand was blocked by the plants around him. Keegan could not see that man's face.Keegan frowned.Meanwhile, Vermont continued adding fuel to the fire as if he wanted things to turn worse.[Did your wife want a divorce from you because
Vermont rolled down his window.It was a traffic officer. "Ah, a Bentley."Vermont was shocked as he responded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"The officer swept his glance across him. "You can't stop here even if you're driving a Bentley. Move forward."Vermont was left speechless.He got chased away by the officer before he could wait for Keegan's reply.—"What did you major in?"Marshall placed a cup of cold drinks in front of Stella.Stella put her phone away and lifted her head. "Performing arts."Marshall was shocked. "I thought you majored in voice acting. Why didn't you stick with performing arts?"Stella did not want to share too much about her personal life with somebody else, so she said vaguely, "It's a long story. I'll tell you about it next time."Marshall noticed how she did not feel like answering that question, so he responded with a smile, "Sure.""Do lawyers like you earn a lot?"Stella threw him a question out of the blue.Before this, Stella noticed that even