“You kept saying that you like Tony and you love him but the truth is, you only want to possess him. You don’t care if he likes you or if he can accept you, all you want is him! You don’t love him at all and you only love yourself!”
Myra clutched the phone in her hand. “You pushed him so hard that he lost his reasoning and strangled you, and you caused him to hate you even more. Gemma, you were the one who brought yourself to where you are now. Every time you try to harm someone, you end up hurting yourself. Just stop it.” Myra took a deep breath and her expression was stern. “If you stop with what you are doing now, you may not need to leave Bradfort City and everything can still return to the way it was—”
“Shut up!” Before Myra could finish, Gemma interrupted her and she yelled, “Do you think that your words can make me back off? I love Tony and I want to be with him! This is how my love is! The reason he grew to hate me is because of you and your dirty tricks, you b*tch! Why can’t you just die already?”
Her words made Myra so angry that the latter’s chest started heaving vigorously.
Gemma is like a madwoman and words just cannot get through her thick skull! Myra gripped her phone tightly while flames of anger raged inside her.
“You are unwilling to leave Tony, right? Okay, then; I have given you a chance and it is you who rejected it, Myra! You shall repent in front of the elders of the Hart Family and confess to them how you love the treasured grandson of the Hart Family!”
With that, Gemma hung up without giving Myra a chance to respond.
Myra was able to imagine what Gemma might do when she lost her reasoning. With her brows tightly knitted, she bit her lip and dialed her number, but the person on the other side had switched off her phone.
A sense of foreboding shrouded Myra. She tried to call Gemma two more times but the woman’s phone was still off, which confirmed her suspicion that the latter was really enraged this time.
Feeling flustered, Myra dashed toward Tony’s ward and barged into the room without knocking. Leo was reporting some work-related issues to Tony in the room, and her sudden and panicked intrusion stunned them. They then turned to look at her.
Myra’s mouth parted and just as she was about to say something, Tony’s phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the screen and gestured at her to wait for a moment before picking up the call.
“Hello.” His voice was deep and pleasant.
The person on the other end of the line said something, which caused his expression to fall.
At the same time, Leo and Myra’s phone rang urgently.
Myra, who could guess what had happened, glanced at her phone screen and realized that Tony might not need her to inform him about the incident at all. So, she left the room while biting her lip and picked up Estelle’s call.
“What happened, Myra? The ‘Weekly News’ just posted a video of a little over a minute that showed Tony strangling Gemma! Although the video was enjoyable for me to watch, it shouldn’t be uploaded on the Internet!” Estelle spoke really fast but Myra was able to hear the voices of other people at the film set. Feeling flustered, she bit her lip. “It was Gemma… She gave me a call earlier and used the video to threaten me to leave Tony and abort my pregnancy, but I rejected her.”
“You would have been mad if you had agreed to her terms! It’s merely a stupid video, yet she thought to use it to threaten you to leave Tony and abort your child? She must have a screw loose!” Upon hearing what Myra had to say, Estelle was enraged. “Fine; forget it. I only wanted to ask about the video. Anyway, it’s a trivial matter and the Hart Family will know how to solve it. You don’t need to overthink this tiny matter. It’s nothing important to the Hart Family.”
She intentionally made it sound insignificant for fear that Myra might crack her head over this. “Speaking of which, next time if you go for a pregnancy check-up, remember to take me along with you. I want to become the child’s godmother, so I have to make early preparations, understand?”
Myra knew that Estelle did not want her to worry so she nodded. However, she suddenly realized that the latter could not see her, so she hummed in response.
Estell knew that at this moment, Myra probably would not be able to listen to her anymore, so she hung up.
After the call ended, Myra was about to turn around to return to the ward. However, she raised her head and saw two bodyguards standing right outside a ward, which was located four or five wards away from Tony’s. At that moment, Gemma was currently standing between the bodyguards while looking at her with a sneer on her face. The corner of her lips curved upward into a smug as she mouthed at Myra without making any sound, “Let’s see what you will do now!”
Myra was angry but she did not go over to confront Gemma head-on. She was not so stupid as to fight with the latter in person when she should be avoiding the currently-insane Gemma when she met her.
She returned to the ward but the atmosphere within was unlike how she had imagined.
Leo continued to report the work in a professional manner while Tony was multitasking. With his head lowered, Tony looked at the computer screen while reviewing the documents and at the same time, he listened to what Leo had to say.
Upon seeing this scene, the gloom in Myra’s heart subsided a little.
When Tony saw her coming into the ward, he stopped his task at hand and shot Leo a look. Leo instantly understood him and stopped with his work as well, then greeted Myra before leaving the ward.
Tony waved at her, and she hesitated for a moment before walking over to him while biting her lip. She had a hunch that Tony might have found out about that incident, but his calm reaction made her feel a little nervous. “Tony…”
Upon seeing her expression, he impatiently asked her to sit on his bed.
She sat in front of him and mumbled hesitantly, “Gemma called me just now…”
“Did she threaten you that she will upload the video on the Internet if you don’t leave me?” Truth was, Tony was not surprised when she mentioned Gemma. Instead, he seemed calm and composed as he said that to Myra with a slight smile on his face.
“How did you know?” Her eyes widened in surprise as she stared at the man before her.
He raised an eyebrow and asked, “Did you agree to what she said, then?”
“No.” She tugged the corner of his hospital gown. “Estelle told me that Gemma sent the video to the reporter of a magazine named ‘Weekly News’, and the video has been posted online.”
Although Tony was the director of the Hart Group and not a celebrity or public figure, he was more well-known than some celebrities to some extent, especially to the citizens of Bradfort City.
In the video, the man strangled Gemma forcefully, almost suffocating her before he released his grip. It was not something he should be proud of and if the public knew about this, it would affect both Tony’s and the Hart Group’s reputation. On a more serious note, he might get himself involved in an investigation if he was charged with attempted murder.
Myra was worried as she was afraid that some keyboard warriors might steer the public opinion to a direction that would put Tony in an unfavorable situation, especially with Gemma actively playing a part in it.
“I’m glad that you didn’t agree with her.” Tony seemed calm and he was not as tense as she imagined. Instead, he gazed at her and chuckled. He was an incredibly good-looking man to begin with, but he usually wore a poker face when outsiders were around. When he smiled at that moment, his facial features seemed to soften and become gentle, which put her in a daze. Tony then took her into his embrace as he murmured, “Take a look at this—”
