Her Revenge Returns (Lea and Alfred)
Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

The news spread like wildfire, with local celebrities speaking out against Shawn and his group. Itwas all over the internet, with people rallying to clean up the entertainment industry from scum likehim.

Most people were optimistic, betting that Shawn was done for this time. After all, he wasn’t justtangling with low–tier celebs anymore he was up against the Berry family, the top dogs of VaporleonCity. They weren’t about to let this slide.

Everyone assumed those arrested had crossed the Berry family, which only added to the storm

Matilda was livid as she watched the trending unfold online. These idiots dragging Helen into theirmesst Find out who is behind this and shut them down

Max knew the whole story and seemed battled. “But, Mrs. Berry,

not just a few celebs, everyone online is echoing the same sentiments,” he said.

He understood even if Matilda had clout in Vaporlean City, she couldn’t sway Iverton, much less theentire country or

untry or international opinion. So, Strong–arming the media was furile

With reposts from many well–known celebrities and discussions among netizens, the topic shot upthe trending rankings once again.

Matilda immediately called her media team, her voice tight with frustration. “Get Helen off thosetrending lists now!”

Mrs.

Berry, we’ve tried repeatedly” her team responded. “Every time we pull it down, it shoots right backup. We control the local media, but we can’t manage the narrative beyond that.”

Matilda suspected someone was using he

Matilda suspected someone was using Helen to target Shawn and his crew. Now, Helen’s ruinedreputation was public knowledge, and there was nothing Matilda could do about it.

“Keep trying! What am I paying you for? You’re all useless!” she snapped, slamming down

the p

phone in a rage.

On the other end, media executives, gathered in their office, were seething. They were paid well butno amount of money could give them control over a erisay that their client had sparked, yet sheblamed them entirely.

Resentment was brewing among them.

Inside the car, Matilda had never felt so deleated

to manipulate these things for

The topic had exploded in popularity because someone had intentionally pushed it, and those inshowbiz knew how to man better than she ever could

Shawn was in big trouble.

Shawn was toast. The situation with Helen seemed manageable—at least Matilda could make theallegation that he had assaulted Helen. And thes there was no way that people would believeShawn now, branded as a rapist

But the price would be a heavy one. The entire work was aware of Helen’s tarnished reputation.

Matilda was livid. ‘Lea. It is all because of you. I’m gonna make you pay!

The scandal surrounding Shawn was intensifying. Is it directed at me! She pondered for a momentand concluded it wasn’t. She thought if it were really aimed at her, there was no need to stir up theentire entertainment industry.

She wondered agam. ‘Right now, the only fool brazen enough to challenge me is Lea. But shelacks the clout for such a stunt

Matilda wasted no time; she immediately called Nixon, instructing him to pull the plug on their dealwith Shawn’s company.

Nixon was already on top of it, but the stakes were high–they had already shelled out hundreds ofmillions in cash, along with numerous film and TV rights and artist contracts, to their newlyestablished media company, all to make Shawn take the fall

Shawn owned 31% of s

Star Entertainment and had been manipulating the shares for days. Nixon hurried to make calls tothe key players.

“Mr. Donovan, the shares have been transferred to the subsidiary, someone reported.

That news hit Nixon like a ton of bricks. The shares were now not only worthless but couldpotentially drown him in massive debt.

He had maxed out his loans with the bank earlier that day; any more linancial bleed and bankruptcywas a stone’s throw away. With Fraley Medical and Matilda also in the mix, it was a tangled mess. Ifone thing went wrong, they’d all be screwed.

“Send those goddamn shares back!” Nixon demanded.

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“Mr. Donovan, reaching out to Shawn now might be pointless,” came the bleak response.

“Get the lawyers. We’re suing his ass for fraud Nixon shouted, determined to pin the blame onShawn and Star Entertainment. It might not get their money back, but it would stop the financialbleerling

“Should we loop in Ms. Fraley?” the worker asked

“Forget it. Just get it done. he barked back.

Nixon knew Matilda could be irrationally emotional, especially about anything concerning Helen.She’d go to the ends of the earth for her daughter, damn the consequences, But this time, theycouldn’t afford to lose. They were in full damage control mode. Nixon was determined to makedecisions first and explain later.

“Got it came the response.

Meanwhile, at the old house, Lea watched from her laptop as Shawn was arrested from multipleangles.

A few other windows on her screen showed live feeds of Chandler at the Purple Gold Club,supposedly interviewing lead actresses for a new TV show. But the moment news of Shawn’s arrestbroke, Chandler freaked out and made a run for it.

Just as he bolted outside, sirens blared. Shawn was caught, and Chandler had no chance toescape. Panic–stricken, he dashed across the street.

Out of the blue, a truck came barreling down the road. In an instant, Chandler was hit, thrown intothe middle of the road, and then brutally run over by the truck that couldn’t stop in time.

Lea squinted at the screen, watching as he was taken away in an ambulance.

She then rapidly tapped on her keyboard, closing all the surveillance windows. Not getting away thistime, she muttered

She refreshed her browser to check the trending topics again. The uproar was far bigger than shehad anticipated, and the depths of their dirty dealings in showbiz shocked even her

Helen’s trending scandal was a goldmine for her opportunistic schemes.

Now, the whole world was in on it. The internet has a long memory, and Helen wouldn’t be able toescape this scandal anytime soon. It was like a bad rerun for Lea, she had moved to Iverton for afresh start, only to have her past scandals unearthed and used against her once more.

A smug smirk played on her lips as she shut down her computer and started on her homework,feeling pretty good about how fast she was nailing

But her satisfaction was short–lived. A buzz from her phone showed a new message from Lorrand.

He informed her that the hospital had just received Chandler, a critically injured patient turned awayby Fraley Hospital. His condition was dire, so he wouldn’t make it through the night

Her eyes sharpened as she saw Lorrand even listed his injuries.

Lorrand was essentially probing if there was any hope for Chandler, but Lea knew the score. Evenif she had the power to save him, she wouldn’t bother Why lift a finger for someone who havewronged me so deeply in a past life? she thought. To Lea, let him linger and suffer it was only afraction of what he deserved.

She responded tersely. [The hospital is doing everything possible for him.]

Lorrand got the drift. She had no interest in saving a scumbag like Chandler, and frankly, neither didbe. But duty called–the hospital had to at least appear to try, if only to prolong his agony a bit..

With a flick of her wrist, Lea flipped her phone face down on the table and dove hack into her work.

Soon after, headlines blazed across the web. “Chandler Critically Injured in Car Accident WhileBeing Arrested” The news was trending everywhere.

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