The Returning EX (John and Sophia) novel Chapter 1458

Chapter 1458 The Gratifying Twist

Cindy immediately thought of this as well. She replied with a nod, “You’re right. It’s thoughtful of you to have it considered.” However, when Ian joined the shooting later, she would probably have to accompany him as her personal assistant, which would definitely spark off all kinds of slanderous rumors again. Cindy frowned at the thought of this. After Ian sat down, she asked first, “If I go with you to the film set, will they think that I’m there to keep an eye on you?”

Ian raised his eyes to look at her. “Will they?”

“Why won’t they?” Cindy replied. Her analysis was closely reasoned and well-argued as she continued, “Just look at those celebrities. Whenever some say they’re carrying on with someone during filming, their boyfriend or girlfriend will visit them on set at once, and people will say they’re there to warn and intimidate them. If I go to the set with you every day, will everyone think that I’m working as your personal assistant to keep you under my watchful eye?”

Ian blinked his eyes. “You do make some sense too.”

Cindy pouted her lips at once. “You guys won’t fire me because of this, will you? Will you then tell the public that you’re keeping me out of sight to keep me as a pet?”

Ian laughed at her words. “What are you thinking about? How could I have the nerve to fire you when you’ve got something on me?”

Cindy quickly turned Ian’s words over in her mind, and her eyes widened. “You’re right—I’ve got something on you. In that case, you should talk to me with a better attitude instead of intimidating me at the drop of a hat.”

Ian looked at her helplessly. “You said you graduated from college, so why are you not as quick-witted as I am?”

Cindy let out a snort. “Look, you’ve started ridiculing me again. You really have got some nerve, bud.”

Ian hurriedly scooped up a ladleful of dishes and put it into her bowl. “Okay, I’ll be as nice to you as possible from now on. For now, let’s hurry up and eat. Ah—”

Cindy couldn’t help but laugh.

They were now getting along better and better. After dinner, Ian went to the sofa and lounged on it like an old man, whereas Cindy put the dishes into the dishwasher. When she turned around, came out, and saw him like that, she gave it some thought before she went to get a thin blanket to cover him with. She had slept rather long just now and was now feeling energized. Meanwhile, Ian had no filming schedule this afternoon. He didn’t have an overcrowded schedule for this month, which meant that Cindy didn’t have much to do all day today.

She sat down on the other side of the sofa and read the online news on her cell phone. These days, she would read the news reports whenever she wasn’t busy. After the unexpected twist in the news, more people had sided with her these days, making the news reports much more interesting. She had been afraid of reading these things back when she was universally condemned earlier on.

Cindy had a quick read of the news reports and found that Linda had been silent after the latter’s personal assistant had spoken. Back when the rumors were at their peak, Linda had often appeared on the news to deliberately mislead public opinion. Every once in a while, someone would publish secretly taken photos of Linda clinging to her friend in tears to prove that Linda had really suffered wrongs. After all, one would definitely feel upset after being bullied by a couple junior to her. Even though some had suspected that these photographs were staged, public opinion sided with Linda at the time, so no one bothered that much about it.

Several news media even called Linda, and someone who seemed to be a member of her family answered their phone calls, saying how she had been in a bad mood and was shutting herself in with a tearful face due to depression. All in all, Linda and those around her—including her family—had been going along with the tide of popular opinion online.

Now that Linda’s personal assistant had stepped forward and criticized her in public, she didn’t even dare to make a sound. Many netizens had asked her to show up and explain herself, yet she disappeared without a trace. By going into hiding at this time, she had, in a way, acknowledged that her personal assistant’s claims were true. This immediately turned the tide of popular opinion, so many netizens were now grouping together to denounce her as they had done to Sena before.

To make matters worse, Linda was inferior to Sena. Sena was at least capable, and despite her previously unsavory reputation, she had never been involved in scandals. On the other hand, there were so many scandals about Linda that one could easily dig up a bunch of dirt on her without much effort. The news media loved to go with the tide of public interest, so they dug up the old gossip and the completely superficial and trivial stories about her to fight for public attention.