Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 480

At Bradfort City, news about Heather and Matthias was spreading fast and wide. The next morning, Robert called for Heather to have a talk in the study.

Blake seemed so delighted that Heather even suspected he was the one behind the articles. Otherwise, Matthias and her wouldn’t have been the target of gossip when it was Myra and Tony who got married.

In the study, Robert didn’t look too happy, so Heather didn’t even dare to breathe too loud. She felt a little guilty since she had denied having any romantic relationship with Matthias, which had caused Robert to disregard the flirtatious relationship between her and Matthias for a long time.

But now, the news was spreading all over the town. Not only were people talking about their private lives, but also Locke Group and Langston Group. Since Langston Group was getting affected now, there was no way Robert was going to turn a blind eye.

Just then, he angrily flung the newspaper to Heather. “Look at this article. Are you still going to deny your relationship with Matthias?”

She glanced at the photo in the newspaper without picking it up. It seemed like yesterday’s coverage of Myra and Tony’s wedding was just a warm up, and today’s report was the main highlight.

Had she known earlier, she would have gone straight to them, just like she did with The Apple Gazette. At that moment, she felt like her mind had not been in its best state lately. If this continued, there was no telling what other mistake she would make. Usually, something like this was unlikely to happen to her.

“It’s complete nonsense.” Reading the headline, she could already guess how ridiculous the content was.

With a cold gaze, Robert glanced at her. “Read it.” He was rather displeased with Heather’s attitude. Meanwhile, Heather was reluctant to read such an article at all, but the look in Robert’s eyes left her with no choice.

Under his compelling gaze, Heather went through the entire article carefully and came to the same conclusion.

“Bullsh*t. I’m going to take this up with the publisher.” She wasn’t going to allow her name to be dragged through the mud like this. Having stayed abroad for such a long time, she valued her personal reputation very highly.

At that moment, Robert stopped her. “Enough. This gossip is spreading like wildfire. You can’t possibly stop everyone from talking about it.” After observing for some time, it seemed like Heather was still too naïve.

Although she performed well in managing Langston Group’s branch abroad, she still had her inadequacies. After all, the situation abroad was different from here. It was evident that she had indeed made a lot of mistakes.

“This is the only publisher fanning the flames. It’s not ‘spreading like wildfire’. This is technically defamation. There are many false allegations here, and they need to be held accountable.” She wasn’t going to let the news agency off easily. If she didn’t stand for her rights now, then there would be more incidents like this in the future.

“Nonsense. Do you really think something like this can be settled in court?” He knew what was going through her mind. In fact, sometimes she was too upright in dealing with her issues.

“So I should just stay quiet?” she shot back. After reading the article, the guilt she felt before was now replaced by rage.

Just then, he revealed a malicious smile. “There’s no need for you to intervene. If there’s anyone who dares to disrespect the Langston Family, then I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.”

Robert was preparing to intervene, but Heather was against it. She didn’t want him to worry about her affairs, and secondly, this happened because of her, so she thought she should be the one to handle it.

Evidently, he knew what she was thinking. However, the news agency was pinpointing Langston Group this time and had written about them in an unpleasant way as if they were selling out the female members of the family in order to achieve cooperation with the Locke Family.

This was a great insult to the Langston Family, and Robert would not let this matter escalate any further. He wanted to stop the damage in time. Before Heather saw the contents of the article, she thought it might be Blake who was behind this. However, Langston Group was being targeted by the news agency, so she was sure that he wouldn’t do such a thing.

She had always believed that Blake still cared for Langston Group and the Langston Family. In fact, she knew that he only wanted Robert to see him in a different light.

Unfortunately, the methods he used weren’t apt. He ostracized Heather in order to prove himself, which naturally caused Robert to look down on him even more. After all, Robert was a wise old man who saw through everything.

“Do not engage with Matthias for now,” Robert commanded. This wasn’t a discussion at all.

“Okay.” Heather nodded firmly. Since Robert had said so, she certainly wouldn’t dare to disobey him.

“I suspect that this has something to do with the Locke Family.” Sly as a fox, Robert was able to identify the cause at once.