Honey, You're a Billionaire? novel Chapter 384

Yara Maize was the eldest heiress of the Maize family.

Upon hearing Bella's suggestion, Yosef calmed down considerably and said, "You're right. The marriage alliance between our family and the Maizes must go through. I don't care if Jonathan is against it. He will marry Yara and that's final."

Bella cleaned up the porcelain fragments on the floor. She was dismissive of Yosef's words as she said, "You think Jonathan will be against the marriage? You underestimate Yara's charms. I doubt any man won't want to marry her." She sounded proud of Yara.

Yara had been abroad for a while and did not have much contact with Jonathan. If she hadn't, she would have already ensnared the latter with her feminine wiles.

"Let's make a bet. Now that Yara and Jonathan are in Regalia, she'll have the latter begging to marry her in a month!" Bella proposed confidently.

Yosef perked up at the sound of this. "Very well then. A month it is. Let's see what happens after that."

If Yara succeeded in winning over Jonathan after a month, Yosef could proceed with his plans. He exchanged a pleased, cunning look with Bella, his mood lightening.

Bella got to work as well. Aside from furthering Yosef's goals, she had her own reasons for wanting the marriage alliance between Jonathan and Yara to go through. With those reasons in mind, she called Yara.

Yara had only just emerged from the mansion pool when her assistant, Kate Summers, handed her the ringing phone. "Ms. Maize, you have a call from Mrs. Finch."

What a coincidence. Yara had been wanting to thank Bella.

She took the phone and smiled warmly, saying, "Hi, Aunt Bella. I want to thank you and Mr. Finch for helping me land a part in that movie. I'll be sure to include you in my speech once I become the queen of the silver screen."

Yara had been building her career abroad in the last few years. While she was doing well, she needed to build a portfolio after returning to the country.

Upon her return, she vied for a role in a movie to help her break out into the local entertainment industry and broaden her acting career here. Unfortunately, she was two years too late.

The role she wanted had been given to another actress, and filming had already started. However, Yara was not deterred. She would have that role even if it meant she had to steal it.

As such, she sought Bella and Yosef's help. They took care of matters swiftly, and within days, the actress who had been cast for the role was plagued by a scandal that eventually got her fired from the movie. Even the director who had initially defended the actress was bribed to stay out of the matter.

Yara was practically a shoo-in for the movie after that.

"Oh. I've agreed to meet with the reporter from FMZ Media for an exclusive interview. I'll be sure to thank him later," Yara said. She was confident she could charm the media, and she knew how to buy their loyalty.

At the mention of FMZ Media, Bella swallowed and quickly changed the subject. "Forget about the exclusive interview, Yara. Jonathan's back!"

Jonathan? As in the infamous third scion of the Finch family?

Yara straightened up upon hearing this. She recalled Bella telling her about the marriage alliance planned for her and Jonathan.

She would be more than happy to marry into the Finch family, but after seeing Jonathan's picture, she had made him her new target.

If Bella was calling her to tell her about Jonathan's return, she could only jump to one conclusion. She asked hopefully, "Did he want to see me?"

Bella cringed on the other end. Yara, who was born with wealth and beauty and flaunted a career as an international box office queen, had always been full of herself.

Recalling what Yosef had said about Jonathan after he got home from work today, Bella decided Yara was better off kept in the dark.

She answered vaguely, "Jonathan's been so busy running The Finch Group that he doesn't even have time for his family. But I'm sure he'll want to see you every day once you've been properly introduced."

It was a reasonable answer that would not bruise Yara's ego.

FMZ Media? Yara couldn't care less about them. "What does it have to do with you? You look like you just lost a pet."

"Everyone knows that the scandal that plagued the actress before you was… fabricated," Kate answered trepidatiously, peering at Yara's expression.

When she saw the latter's eyes widen, she knew she had connected the dots.

Yara quickly snatched the phone out of Kate's hand and clicked on a news platform. It seemed FMZ Media's downfall was spreading quickly.

She anxiously searched for news on the actress whose role she had stolen and found the fans and the general public engaged in discourse over the so-called "scandal". Some of them had even come up with conspiracy theories.

"Do you think the mastermind is the new lead herself?" The netizen who wrote this even tagged Yara's official account.

Immediately after that, the fans took the discourse to Yara's public page. At the sight of this, Yara seethed and threw her phone on the ground.

"What the hell is going on?" she demanded, glaring at Kate.

Kate gulped. She had half a mind to tell Yara that the fans were only stating facts. After all, Yara had orchestrated the whole scandal just so she could steal the role from that poor actress.

However, Kate was but a timid assistant who took orders from Yara. She had no choice other than to comfort the latter.

"Don't worry, Ms. Maize. I've already called the publicist. I'm sure the agency will handle this."

"So why hasn't it been handled?" Yara asked, angry at the agency's lack of efficiency.

As if recalling something, Kate said tentatively, "Maybe… Maybe it's because there's been a change of personnel at Rise Entertainment. The person in charge resigned, and the role has been taken up by… Mr. Jonathan Finch."