With a heavy weight on her mind, Myra took her cup and went to the break room to get some water. Before she went in, she heard a few women whispering to each other inside.
“Do you guys think that video is real? I was at the meeting today. When Miss Walton released that video, Miss Stark simply remained silent. There’s no telling whether this video is real or not!”
“Ah! If it’s real, does that mean she really had an affair?”
“No! I heard from a friend at Chase Group that while Miss Stark was working with them, she was already hitting on Director Hart in order to get a hold of the Sunny Bay Project! How else did you think Chase Group, a real estate company that started barely two years ago, was able to get Hart Group’s Sunny Bay Project?”
“But I think Director Hart treats Miss Stark really well. When I was working extra shifts the other night, it was raining heavily. You should’ve seen how gentle and caring he was when he came to pick Miss Stark up. Before this, I didn’t think Director Hart ever smiled.”
“It still doesn’t change the fact that Miss Stark cheated. A woman who doesn’t carry out her duties as a wife after getting married and even messes around with other men is truly shameless!”
“Hey, keep your voice down! But, didn’t Director Chase also have other women over those two years? Are only men allowed to lead promiscuous lives while women have to fulfill their wifely duties?”
“What’s gotten into you? Are you trying to curry favor with Miss Stark?”
“I’m just stating the facts…”
…
Their conversation turned into an argument. At the same time, Myra’s heart only continued to sink further.
Ever since she stepped out of her office, she could feel the unusual atmosphere among the employees as she made her way to the break room. She cautioned herself against wondering what other people thought about her, but it was still a bit difficult.
Upon returning to her office, she took out her phone to give Tony a call. Being in this overwhelming situation, she wanted to hear his voice, but as soon as she unlocked her phone, she suddenly received a call. After glancing at it, her expression became tense. She took a deep breath and answered, “Hello?”
When she heard what the other person said, the knuckles on her hand as she gripped her phone turned faintly pale.
…
Meanwhile, the moment Tony finished speaking on the phone with Leo, he immediately gave Myra a call, but her line was busy.
His eyes slowly darkened, and he tossed his phone aside.
Not long after, he arrived at Stark Group. When he tried calling Myra again, her phone was completely turned off.
With a deep frown on his face, he called Tilly instead.
“Hello? Director Hart.”
Whenever Tilly received Tony’s call or whenever she called Tony, she adopted a stern attitude and even straightened her posture without realizing it even though he was not actually in front of her.
At the thought of the news that broke out, she was going to tell him about it, but he interjected, “Where’s Myra?”
Tilly was taken aback. “Hasn’t Miss Stark gone to see you?”
Tony pursed his lips.
The afternoon light was shining sideways into his deep and serene eyes, but it did not add any warmth in them and only made them look colder. His high nose bridge also seemed sharp and fierce.
“Her phone is turned off.”
“What?” Tilly exclaimed.
After Myra received the phone call, she said she had to leave and was probably not going to return to the company this afternoon. Tilly assumed that she had gone to see Tony, but that did not seem to be the case, and she had even turned her phone off.
“Perhaps her phone ran out of battery?” Tilly asked without certainty. When Miss Stark told me she was going out, she looked normal… That can’t be right! Since this issue happened and after coming back from the break room, she didn’t look too good. How could she act normally again out of nowhere? “Do you think she might have gone home, Director Hart?” Tilly was getting a bit anxious.
It wouldn’t be easy for anyone to have to go through this.
Nonetheless, Tilly could attest that Myra did not betray Sean at the time.
“Director Hart…” Even though Myra did not want Tilly to discuss too much about this with Tony and made it clear that she did not want to drag him down with her, Tilly still felt like he would have a solution. Biting her lip, she continued, “Director Hart, Miss Stark told me not to go to you for help, but do you have a way to stop those rumors? Everyone at the company is talking about it. It isn’t going in a good direction online either. If things continue to unfold this way, I’m afraid…” Miss Stark’s reputation will be destroyed for good.
Tilly did not say the last part out loud, but Tony clearly understood. His face sank. After giving Tilly a few instructions, he hung up the phone.
Of all people, he was not going to let things go down this way.
He remembered Tilly’s words about Myra not wanting her to go to him for help. Is she afraid that the attention would be put on me? Despite being in a difficult situation, she’s still trying to protect me.
Indeed, Myra was married to Sean at the time, and Tony did have feelings for her. The real immoral person here was him. She shouldn’t have to bear all this hurt.
Turning the steering wheel, he stepped down hard on the gas pedal and started driving toward their apartment.
…
When the news broke out, Eve was getting a spa with her friends at the club.
She was falling asleep when her friends suddenly cried out in alarm beside her and woke her up from her drowsiness.
It had been a few days since she last had proper sleep.
She did not know how Lyla came to find out that Elsie was pregnant with Sean’s child, but they had been arguing about it over the past few days. This time, Eve had gotten on her son’s nerves. Sean was obviously not going to let Elsie have the child and had even let Eve deal with this matter, but she couldn’t do it.
That was her grandchild; their family’s future generation. How could she let Elsie abort the child?
Therefore, she found an excuse each day to delay it.
Sean was busy. After the day he told her heartlessly to get rid of the child, he did not really go home that often. Eve thought she could let out a sigh of relief now, but these days, Lyla kept lingering around her and threatening her to make Elsie have the abortion soon.
Eve knew what Lyla was worried about—that Elsie would fight for the place as Young Mistress of the Chase Family with her once she gave birth to the child. Even though Eve patiently reassured her that even if Elsie gave birth to the child, she would most likely leave her child behind, but Lyla still frantically demanded that Elsie have the abortion. Because of that, Eve spent a few days arguing with her. She did not want to tell her son about it, so she just suppressed her anger and was finally able to relax today.
When she heard her friends squealing beside her, she did not have much of a reaction and only asked the attendant to pour her a cup of lemonade. After she took a sip, her friends came up to her. They placed a phone in front of her and pressed, “Eve, quickly take a look at this. Isn’t that your precious son’s ex-wife, Myra, the daughter of the Stark Family?”
Eve frowned upon hearing Myra’s name. Looking down at the phone her friends handed to her, her hands began to tremble the moment she caught sight of the headline on the screen. A bit of the lemonade in the cup also spilled out, but, fortunately, it was not hot. She quickly handed the cup of lemonade back to the attendant then grabbed the phone and sat up.
