Chapter 11
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The private room suddenly got really quiet, but Audrey didn’t seem to notice. She kept playing a game on her phone with Brian. Suddenly, she got a message from Carly. [Baby, why don’t you come see me? Don’t you love me anymore?]
Audrey replied, [I’ll come see you in a couple of days!]
Carly: [I’ll be waiting!]
Audrey: [See you then!]
After replying, Audrey went back to playing the game with Brian. The only sound in the room was them playing. Audrey’s character in the game was surrounded by five enemies. She took down four of them and was about to attack the fifth when a news alert popped up on her screen. It read, “Popular actress visits the Clifford family with her parents, warmly welcomed by Dylan Clifford. Rumors say they’re getting engaged.”
After seeing the news, Audrey heard her character get defeated. She pouted and put her phone aside, annoyed.
Brian finished his game and put his phone down too. He kept glancing over at Dylan, frowning a bit.
Neither Dylan nor Audrey spoke, making the room feel awkwardly quiet until Dylan’s phone rang.
Dylan answered, hearing Cade asking, “Mr. Clifford, are you really getting engaged to that Sarah?”
Dylan frowned, annoyed. “What engagement?”
“You don’t know? The news about you and Sarah’s engagement is all over the internet! Everyone’s talking about it! I already shared the link in the group.”
“Hold on!” Dylan frowned and checked the group chat, seeing Andrew and Shawn also asking about it.
After reading the news, Dylan coldly posted in the group chat. [Sarah? I don’t know her!]
Shawn immediately replied in the group chat. [Aren’t you at the Clifford family \mansion?]
Dylan raised his phone and snapped a picture of his surroundings, sending it to the
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group. The photo showed a bit of Audrey’s hand, delicate and clearly a girl’s hand.
Shawn: [Are you out with a woman?]
Dylan: [Yeah, with my girlfriend.]
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Andrew, Shawn, and Cade all fell silent.
Dylan exited the group chat and said coldly into the phone still connected to Cade, “Use your account to clear up the rumors.” With that, he hung up.
Cade silently rolled his eyes, wondering why these annoying tasks always fell to him.
Cade was the CEO of a game
mpany called Jurassic King, and he had a verified account online. He took two minutes to craft a message and then posted it with his account. “Hey, guys, I know everyone’s curious if certain news is true. I just got the answer from Mr. Clifford.”
Attached was a screenshot of Dylan’s earlier group message.
Sarah, knowing she was going to the Clifford family house for lunch today, had her assistant contact reporter
to stake out near the house. She told them to take pictures of her entering the Clifford family mansion and to write in the news that she was warmly welcomed by Dylan, hinting at their engagement.
Sarah had been heavily criticized online yesterday, so she came up with this plan to save her reputation. To ensure its success, she even paid to make it a trending topic. But save her reputation. To ensure its s
Sarah sat quietly beside them. Suddenly, she noticed her phone buzzing in her bag. Glancing at Rebecca and Claire who were still chatting, she stepped aside to take the call.
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