Chasing My Rejected Wife
Chapter 34

The news about Elliot joining a blind date show to pursue a divorced woman quickly reached Remington Thomson, Elliot’s grandfather. He made an international call to Elliot and said, “Kiddo, you’ve been fooling around too much recently, haven’t you?”

“Old man, have you been so free that you even pay attention to this kind of things?” Elliot asked in return.

“Ha ha, you should clearly remember that office romance is prohibited!” Remington snorted.

“There’s an exception to every rule,” Elliot retorted.

“So you’re serious?” The old man could tell that something was off through his words. “I’m warning you, my bottom line is to accept women who love you, but doesn’t match our family. However, those who are divorced and have children are off the table!”

“What if the child is mine?” Elliot asked casually.

“The child is yours?” The old man was stunned for a moment. This grandson of his was known as a playboy out there. It really seemed to be possible. “If he’s really yours, then I will allow it!”

Elliot laughed heartily. “Then I’ll thank Grandpa in advance!”

After hanging up the phone, Elliot leaned on the office chair. If the child was really his, he wouldn’t need to be so troubled. The old man was smart. Although he had said that, it didn’t mean that he would accept it. It wouldn’t be easy for him to prove whether the child was his or not.

He rubbed his forehead. This woman seemed to have begun to take root in his heart. What should he do about it?

In front of Rodney was the newspaper about Elliot attending the blind date show. He had a gloomy face and didn’t say a word for the whole morning. He had never cared about entertainment news, but when he saw Elliot’s name, he subconsciously glanced at it.

Just one glance and he felt anger welling up in his chest! This playboy was really good at pleasing women. He even went to that kind of place disregarding his identity.

Although Elliot’s blind date was a failure, but Rodney still felt as if a big stone was weighing down on his heart.

He didn’t believe that Amber would really go for a blind date, nor did he believe in Amber’s so-called single mother identity. This blind date show was directed by Noemi. It was very clear that she wanted Amber to make up the numbers.

There was only one reason why Amber agreed to the publicity, she was short of money!

It was hard to believe that a woman who left without even frowning in the face of billions of assets would be short of money. But it was true, Amber was such a person.

She would rather rely on her own ability to earn the money she deserved, than bow down and compromise for help. She must have had a hard time in the past three years, right?

He had asked her to leave without giving her a penny and made it impossible for her to replace a job. He had always thought that by cutting off her means to support herself could force her to come back. But he had never thought that no matter how hard he tried, she would just march forward into despair, never turning back.

No! It wasn’t that she didn’t turn back. She had chosen to turn back. For example, to Pierce Hammond.

She could plead to Breanna Hammond, Pierce’s grandmother, for the sake of Pierce, so that she would allow her to be together with Pierce. But she would never plead to his mother for his sake.

She could turn back for Pierce, but she would never turn back for him.

This was the difference. Every time he thought of the difference between him and Pierce, he would be in much pain. It was said that everyone has a soft spot, but this didn’t seem to apply to Amber.

They had been husband and wife for three years. It was said that true love never dies. However, their five-year relationship was no match for the few months relationship between her and Pierce!

Rodney laughed bitterly. Was he too stubborn or too stupid? Or perhaps was Amber too heartless? Rodney grabbed the newspaper on the table and slowly crumpled it into a ball. “Amber Stone, I don’t believe that your heart is made of stone. Even if it is made of stone, I must soften you up!” thought Rodney.

This time, I won’t let you disappear from my sight! I swear!

It was after two days that the interview was released. Amber was having dinner at home. Noemi called her and said, “Amber, your interview is up tonight. Don’t forget to watch it.”

Amber was as busy as a bee, how would she be free to watch TV? So she didn’t take the interview seriously. Although she didn’t care about it, but it didn’t mean that others didn’t take it seriously.

Due to Elliot’s participation, it could be said that the blind date show was unprecedentedly popular in South City. Everyone talked about this matter in their leisure.

The news media had been paying attention to it as well. The Internet, which has a strong public opinion, would naturally not be outdone. They reported this matter on the headlines all the time.

Thus, Celia and Shannon had to pay attention to it even if they didn’t want to. Seeing the media’s effort in publicising this matter, Celia and Shannon were unhappy.

Never in their wildest dream had they imagined that Amber Stone would become so popular because of a blind date show. Amber’s popularity was not a good thing for the both of them.

In the hearts of the mother and daughter duo, they had always hoped that Amber would live a dreadful life. It would be best if she did not accomplish anything for the rest of her life.

But now, things obviously did not happen as they wished it would. After Elliot Thomson, one of the most talented men with a great family background, caused such a mess at the TV station, they realised that the possibility of Amber being married into a rich and powerful family was very high.

If Amber really married into a wealthy family, there would be a lot of pressure on them. Of course, what they feared most was not about Amber marrying into a wealthy family, but the public opinion.

Now, the Internet was very developed. The netizens had always been curious about Amber’s identity. There were always people who wanted to human flesh search her identity. It wouldn’t be something good if people were to discover Amber’s real identity.

The exposure of Amber’s identity would inevitably result in the exposure of Shannon’s identity as a mistress. If people found out everything about Amber and Rodney, and that Celia’s surrogacy had caused Amber’s divorce, how should they continue to survive?

The most crucial thing was that Shannon was a mistress at that time, and Channing cheated during marriage. This was a fatal threat to an official in a high position.

If Channing were to lose his position, Shannon and Celia’s good life would come to an end. The relationship between Rodney and Celia would certainly follow suit.

Rachel Grant was not averagely picky. Without Channing in his position, she would never have taken a fancy to Celia. She would have let her son stay away from Celia as mercilessly as she had done to Amber.

Shannon and her daughter were worried sick, but they couldn’t talk about their worries elsewhere. So they could only stay at home and watch what happened to Amber. When they heard that there would be a guest interview for the blind date show tonight, both of them were anxious. Amber wouldn’t spew nonsense in the show, would she?

Shannon and Celia did not have the mood to eat, so they just waited for the interview in front of the TV. The TV station’s interview was not only for Amber, but also for the guests who were very popular recently. It was edited before it was broadcast. What the audience saw were the contents after editing. Amber did not mention her identity during the interview, nor did she mention much about the past.

However, although she didn’t mention the past, the show’s crew exaggeratedly described Amber’s condition in choosing a partner in order to increase the publicity effect.

The selling point of Amber’s propaganda was, “Not wanting a man who has a mother!” After seeing it, Shannon and Celia both felt relieved at the same time.

Both of their mood became better after they got to relax. Celia picked up the remote control and turned off the TV. After the both of them were relaxed, they recalled about their fear and anxiety during this period of time. Their hatred for Amber was unusually high.

They had to think of a way to deal with Amber, or else they wouldn’t be able to vent this anger.

Shannon and Celia were both full of wickedness. Celia immediately thought of Amber’s condition of choosing a partner. Her eyes lit up and said, “Mum, don’t you think this Amber Stone is looking for trouble? She said that she wants a husband but doesn’t want a mother-in-law. Isn’t this an outrageous behaviour? Although few people are willing to live with their mother-in-law now, but they can’t say it even if they don’t want to.”

“Indeed, Amber Stone didn’t use too much of her brain. It must be because of her trauma after being hurt by Rachel back then,” Shannon replied.

“No matter how serious her trauma was, she can’t say that. Isn’t this allowing people to create offensive topics?” Speaking of offensive topics, Celia sneered. “Mum, I suddenly thought of an idea. Isn’t Amber popular now? Why don’t I ask someone to do something and give her a bad name? Let her be a cautionary tale.”

“Can we?” Shannon was suspicious. She didn’t know much about the Internet as Celia did.

“Of course. It’s the internet era now, as long as I replace someone to attack her on the Internet, it’ll be hard for her not to become a cautionary tale!” Celia was happy just thinking about it. If this matter was successful, Amber would immediately turn from an internet celebrity into a notorious cautionary tale.

Although Shannon didn’t know much about the Internet, she was convinced by her daughter’s words, so she expressed her support for Celia’s plan.

Celia did as she said. She immediately spent a sum of money to hire several people to start name-calling Amber on the internet. They magnified Amber’s condition in choosing a partner and said that her condition was encouraging men to treat their wives better than their mothers.

A person like her must be vicious and heartless. Words coming out from this kind of people were not credible at all. The netizens should not be deceived by her pure and beautiful appearance. The more innocent a woman was, the more dirty her heart could be….

The netizens who were righteous were also the easiest to be deceived. When they saw such posts appearing on the major forums, they began to doubt Amber. Following the great attack of the hired anonymous, the comments immediately turned one-sided.

The netizens who used to sympathize with Amber began to hate her because of these negative comments and started to attack her as well. The power of public opinion was great. It could bring you up sky-high in one minute, it could also beat you down to hell in one minute.

Seeing that Amber was so unbearably criticised, Celia laughed loudly with her laptop in her arms. Shannon also gave her daughter a thumbs-up. “That’s my girl, to actually come up with such a good idea.”

The mother and daughter duo were extremely happy. They didn’t expect that they could achieve such an effect without much effort. Amber was doomed now.

Poor Amber was still in the dark. She didn’t know that she had been badly criticised.