Chapter 154



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“Done.” Benjamin’s voice rang out from the spot at the dining room table. He lifted his head from the laptop and turned it toward them, “Done.”

The camera was facing the couch, and behind it was the room, ajar.

They could see the decorations inside the room.

“My God, it’s an eyesore!” Alayna exclaimed as soon as she saw it.

Alayna exaggerated, making a disgusted face.

Hayden sat down on the couch and started watching, “Good thing you weren’t the one who set up the camera. Otherwise you’d throw up on the spot, that room was filled with the smell of perfume, making me so uncomfortable. I don’t know where Chelsea got such a toy.”

Despite saying it was an eyesore, Alayna pulled a chair over and sat down in front of the laptom. She pulled out a package of potato chips to eat as she watched the screen.

“It’s like watching a movie.”

Hayden looked at Alayna and couldn’t help but tease her. “Well sure. Isn’t it?”

Hayden chuckled.

Chelsea, on the other hand, entered the room slowly.

The man hugged her as soon as she entered. He moved closer to Chelsea, sniffing her hair.

“You’re finally here, Chelsea. I missed you so much without seeing you the last few days.”

Chelsea frowned and pushed him away, feeling reluctant, “Why did you call me, didn’t I tell you not to contact me during this time? I’m busy.”

The man was upset at being pushed. He looked at Chelsea and spoke with distaste. “What are you doing, busy flirting with Freddie? Do you really think I don’t know anything? Everyone’s talking about it, that you’ve been going to Freddie’s company daily for the last two days.”

“You think I’m slacking off? I went there to settle the news.” Chelsea kept a straight face, “What are you jealous of? Did you know I have a fiancé What can I do with Freddie?”.

“It’s another thing if you have your fiancé. Anyway, if you want to have a lover, that would just be me.” The man sat arrogantly on the couch, “I was planning to go shoot a movie when we started, but then you said you would have me as a lover. If it wasn’t for you, I’d be no less famous than Freddie now.”

Hearing this, Chelsea looked at him. The man looked like the man of her dreams, seen in profile. Thinking about being ignored by Freddie this morning, she had many thoughts at this moment.

They looked so much alike, but with different personalities. Chelsea rolled her eyes and put a smile on her face. “It’s okay, I didn’t complain about anything, what are you mad about?”. Chelsea changed her bad mood out of nowhere. She sat closer to speak sweetly to him, “If I don’t care about you, why are you still my lover? Don’t give it another thought. I just bought you a new watch, don’t you want to take a look at it?”.

“Stop it. You use this trick every time you mess with another man.” The man looked at his fingers, ignoring her.

“Whether you like it or not.” Chelsea’s face shadowed. If it wasn’t for his face, she definitely wouldn’t be spending so much money on him all these years.

Seeing Chelsea’s countenance change again, the man pursed his lips, feeling aggrieved, then leaned over her, “I didn’t mean to. You knew I wasn’t talking about this…”.

“Good. I don’t have… What are you doing?” Before she finished her words, her face paled as the man carried her, “What are you doing? Put me down…”.

All the scenes in that room were recorded by the spy camera and transmitted to the other room.

“Damn. She’s really strange, keeping such a man as a lover and spending a lot on him.” Alayna exclaimed.

“Alayna, you’re wrong. All’s fair in love, why are you worrying so much?” Benjamin teased Alayna mercilessly.

Alayna rolled her eyes at him, “I’m educating you, aren’t I? Don’t be a bad influence.”

“You consider too much, Alayna.”

Benjamin closed the laptop, “Let’s go, it’s about time. The camera images will be recorded directly.”

“Huh? You’re leaving so soon?”. Alayna was overwhelmed.

Hayden had just left the room after changing out of his hotel uniform. She let out a giggle, “How about you leave the laptop for him to watch while we leave?”

Benjamin pondered for a moment. “Sounds good to me. I might as well give him a copy too.”

“Hey, why would he want to see it?” Alayna shouted, “I was thinking why don’t we wait until they leave and settle this? You’re so petty.”

“Well, we are petty, okay? Are you leaving or not.”

“Of course I’m leaving, why look at these things?”. They were speechless.

The next morning, in the Ray-Trace Media conference room…

Chelsea was running late. “I was just a little late.”

Hayden looked at her. “Looks like it was for something important.”

Hearing this, Chelsea frowned as she wrapped the silk scarf around her neck, hiding the suspicious red marks.

“Don’t you have to get ready for the press conference? Don’t delay our afternoon business.”

Chelsea looked at Hayden. “If it were up to me, you wouldn’t be able to join us, since you’re only playing here.”

“I had no intention of participating in this. I’m just here to show you this.”

“What is it?”

Hayden handed him a manuscript. “Read this during the press conference later.”

Chelsea read a few lines, and her face had already turned blue. She wasn’t furious, since Freddie was there on the spot. “This is not what we had agreed to before, what do you mean I’m Freddie’s sister? I’m not his sister, I’m his fiancée.”

“Fiancée?” Hayden scoffed, “Atwood, please take the others outside for a moment. I have something to talk to my sister about.”

After all, this was a family scandal, and they had no business letting the others know about it.

Atwood had also sensed the discomfort and quickly whisked people away. Only Hayden, Chelsea, and Freddie were left in the conference room.

Hayden hit the start button on the laptop and a video started playing on the projector.

“What are you doing?”

“See for yourself.”

As the recording played, Freddie frowned and looked away from the screen as Chelsea’s face grew even paler. As they watched for a few seconds, Chelsea hurried to get up.

She closed the laptop and unplugged all the power cords. The projector stopped playing and her voice trembled, “Hayden, shame on you, installing surveillance in my room.”

Hayden calmed down and said, “What do you think reporters and Freddie’s fans will say about a fiancée like that after seeing this?”

“How dare you.” Chelsea’s face paled, “If you dare share this, you’ll piss Dad off.”

“That’s not for you to worry about.” Hayden looked at her with cold eyes, “All you have to do, is consider whether or not to follow the script.”

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