Elena who had wanted to return to her room at first changed her mind and made for he garden.
It was much more quiet and gave her an avenue to think better.
But, she barely even settled down, when she heard footsteps rushing her way. She looked up to find Janet hurrying over.
“Where have you been all night? I barely saw you anywhere after your entrance. I have been looking for you for a while now,” Janet said.
“You know these parties are too noisy for me,” Elena said, “This is my hiding place, you hide somewhere else.”
“What hiding place? Hurry and let me sit,” Janet scoffed and took the seat beside her a she shooed Elena to scoot for her.
“I passed that scumbag ex of yours on the way. He was talking on the phone with that mobile red light district,” Janet said and Elena paused.
“Oh?” Elena could not help but raise a brow at this.
“He sounded like he was talking to a child when I heard him. If given a second, he would have cooed at her,” Janet scoffed, “Does he have eyes? Why does he think she is good person after so much have come out about her in the media?”
“The media? Don’t think I am not aware, you and Jason are this media keeping her in the spot light,” Elena said in amusement.
“Just because we are the media, does not make it less true,” Janet scoffed, “We are a very responsible media, we do our research.”
This made Elena laugh. If Donald could meet those who are torturing his beloved woman, he would faint from anger.
“It’s fine. Since he won’t repent, I have given him a gift to help wash his eyes,” Janet said.
And true to her word, an intimate video of Melanie appeared online the next day. Donald was caught of guard when his secretary called to ask what to do about it.
“DO about what?” Donald asked Vivian.
“Miss Melanie’s… her…” Vivian could not seem to find the words.
“Speak!” he ordered.
“Miss Melanie’s intimate video had surfaced, sir. Many say that it is you in the video,” Vivian said, “I Have sent the link to you messages, sir.”
Donald ended the call and looked through his message and clicked on the link. It took him directly to a video of Melanie in bed with a man.
Their actions were disgusting and graphic. He immediately saw that people were quite delighted to watch Melanie’s news, especially men, that some even claimed in the comment sections that they had already downloaded the video.
He was shocked; what was Melanie doing abroad all these years abroad?
He needed to talk to her.
Elena on the other hand had a medical check up to do that had been booked for a few days now.
She walked into her hospital and took her number.
She did not manage to walked far when she heard a familiar voice call her name.
“Elena!” she heard and turned to find Melanie.
She could not believe that the random e hospital she picked ended up being where Melanie was being treated.
Wasn’t just slamming her head? She was still in the hospital?
“Elena, where have you been? Donald has been looking for you,” Melanie walked over.
She controlled her expression and glanced at her indifferently before making to walk around her.
But what would an old ghost be if they did not hunt a random person going about their way?
“Even if you are an actress, there is no need to display your talent everywhere. Even if you cry for days, the most we can do is applaud, all of us are normal people, no one here can give you a job,” Elena answered and Melanie froze.
Someone laughed and Melanie forgot to keep crying.
What was going on? She could not understand why no one was reacting? Could no one recognize her?
But she could still see people recording the confrontation and felt that they definitely knew who she was.
Since she had already started, she could not stop now.
“I know I have wronged you, but I have apologized to you, yet you keep accusing me. Will you be happy when I commit suicide? I have already tried that! Isn’t being in this hospital enough for you?” she said and Elena could already feel the eyes of the crowd rest upon her at her words.
But she had already seen the trending search for the day. Melanie’s sex tape was already at the top of the searches.
She did not think that those around were looking at her judgmentally. She felt that they were at most curious.
“How does your injury have anything to do with me? You are the one that behaved oddly and people exposed you online but you are still adamant that I did it. Tell me, why did I do it, then?” Elena asked and Sarah’s face fell when she heard her words.
“You can’t say it? Do you want me to say it?” Elena said and Melanie’s eyes showed panic for the first time.
Elena knew that it was one thing for Donald to be dating a disgusting person; at most he would be known in the media as her boyfriend. It was another if Donald was married all these while.
Melanie was shocked by her threat. She did not think Elena, this prideful woman would want to say that her husband had been stolen.
“Why do you look so shocked? You blocked my way to act a movie, but I cannot reveal the spoilers to your viewers? Is it because they did not pay money?” Elena asked and someone nearby choked on their drink.
“Elena!” a familiar voice scolded behind them.
She almost rolled her eyes at that voice. She had always known that it was not good things that came in pairs it was bad things.
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