CHAPTER 11: CHAPTER 11: UNABLE TO SEND OUT

As a result of her big movement, the water on the ground was a bit slippery, and she slid right into Julian Hawthorne’s arms.

Julian Hawthorne extended his hand to support her, and as he lowered his head, his lips happened to press against Paige Sterling’s lips.

Both of them froze simultaneously, maintaining this position for quite a while without moving.

It wasn’t until the sound of something heavy hitting the ground rang out next to them that Paige Sterling snapped back to her senses. She looked over to see Jared Sullivan hurriedly picking up his phone that had fallen on the ground and turning to walk out.

Seeing his daughter getting intimate with her boyfriend in the bathroom, could there be a more awkward father in history?

Jared Sullivan walked a few steps before he realized.

Wait! That’s his daughter, why was he leaving?

He then turned around and rushed over in a few steps to pull Paige Sterling out of Julian Hawthorne’s embrace.

"Beau! Are you alright?"

"I’m fine," Paige said calmly.

Jared Sullivan quickly targeted Julian Hawthorne, "President Hawthorne, I considered you a friend, yet you seduce my daughter?!

Julian Hawthorne slightly pressed his lips, and Paige Sterling was still waiting for his explanation, but the man remained silent.

Paige had no choice but to hold onto Jared Sullivan, "Dad! You’re mistaken, I accidentally fell, Mr. Hawthorne was just helping me. Besides, President Hawthorne is already quite old, how could there be anything between us?"

After saying this, Paige found Julian Hawthorne looking at her with a deep, cool gaze.

"Miss Sterling, I’m twenty-eight this year."

Julian Hawthorne’s voice was deep and drawn out, like the rhythm of a cello.

But it had a cold, chilly feeling.

He’s twenty-eight, and she’s twenty-two, ultimately only six years older than her.

"Oh," Paige said, "I really couldn’t tell."

Julian Hawthorne, "..."

Paige changed the subject while pulling Jared Sullivan out.

"Dad, what are you doing at the auction too? How come I didn’t see you earlier?"

"I just arrived..."

The father and daughter walked away, hand in hand, while Julian stood at the sink for a while before turning to face the mirror.

No nasolabial folds, no crow’s feet, no dark circles, fair and tight skin, in no way associated with the word ’old’.

...

Next to the auction today, another event was also being held, and Melody Mercer was invited by the organizers to attend.

After the event, she was about to return to her car when she saw Paige Sterling holding hands with Jared Sullivan, coming out from the auction.

The two were acting intimately, definitely something fishy there.

So, Paige was so brazenly announcing her departure from the circle because she had hooked up with the boss of VastReach Group?

If she remembered correctly, Jared Sullivan had a wife, right?

Melody Mercer quickly took out her phone to take pictures. Now she had concrete evidence of Paige hooking up with a sugar daddy as a mistress.

Meanwhile, in the car, Jared Sullivan asked Paige, "Beau, weren’t you dating a young guy called Seth Shaw?"

As long as his daughter liked someone, Jared Sullivan would never interfere with her relationships.

"We broke up, Dad, don’t mention him, he doesn’t matter anymore."

Jared Sullivan nodded, sneaking a glance at his daughter. Just a few days ago, she announced she was leaving the circle for that Seth Shaw, so how come he didn’t matter now?

But asking such a question would be like stabbing a knife into his daughter’s heart, so Jared Sullivan chose not to ask.

"Then with Julian Hawthorne, even though it was a misunderstanding just now, you still have to be wary of him,"

Jared Sullivan spoke earnestly, "As a man, I can tell in one glance that the way he looks at you is with ulterior motives and perversion."

Paige was taken aback. Jared had often praised Julian Hawthorne in front of her as a talented and promising young man.

How had he become a man with ulterior motives and perversion?

Sure enough, the mind of an old man is like a needle at the bottom of the sea.

"I know, Dad, don’t worry, I will be wary of him."

At a time like this, it wasn’t wise to argue with the old man.

That night, Paige returned to Silverstream Bay, where the house was spotless, thanks to the robot’s cleaning.

Paige took a hot bath, and when she came out, the robot used Julian Hawthorne’s sexy voice, saying, "Master, someone online is editing negative news about you. Please take a look."

The robot threw up a big screen, and after Paige finished watching, she sneered.

Someone had taken photos of her and Jared Sullivan at the auction today, exposing a scandal that she’d been kept by Jared since her debut.

In addition to these photos, various evidence was listed.

For example, a mysterious bigwig once spent tens of millions buying skyscraper projection ads for Paige.

For another example, during one of Paige’s live streams, a generous bigwig once tipped five million at one go.

Such incidents were numerous, and in Paige’s acting career, the shadow of this mysterious bigwig was everywhere.

And now, Jared Sullivan was being implicated as this bigwig.

One could imagine, once this article was published, not only would Paige be engulfed in scandal, but Jared Sullivan wouldn’t be able to distance himself either.

"Check the ID."

"ID has been found, the photo was sent to the media by Melody Mercer."

Paige rubbed her chin, initially thinking that distancing herself from this trash would bring peace in the future.

It seems she was too naive; without putting an end to her grievances with Seth Shaw and Melody Mercer, these trash folks would continue to pester her life unceasingly.

"Master, do you want me to enable the blocking feature?"

"Enable it."

Thus, when the gossip company finished editing the article and tried to publish it, they found a notification that said the article contained sensitive content and could not be published.

After modifying it several times, replacing Paige’s name with a C-list actress, it still didn’t work.

The gossip company was baffled. Of course, they wouldn’t have thought it was the robot’s doing; they only knew someone must have intervened in this matter.

Perhaps it was Jared Sullivan who caught wind of this and was warning them.

The gossip company immediately gave up the idea of breaking top news.

So Melody Mercer waited a whole day, but the anticipated big scoop never came.

She sent the photos to several other gossip companies, but there was still no response.

Angry, Melody Mercer herself used a smaller account to spill the beans, only to find the related articles couldn’t be sent out at all.

The whole internet suddenly seemed to have grown sensitive about Paige and anything related to Paige.

The next day, the robot reported to Paige again.

"Intercepted a text from Melody Mercer, inviting the master to The Brivet Hotel to meet, saying there’s important news for you."

The Brivet Hotel?

In her dream, Melody Mercer had also sent her the same message, asking her to meet at The Brivet Hotel.

She went, only to see Melody Mercer and Seth Shaw rolling together, leading to her car accident death.

Now reborn, it seems things have moved forward.

Paige laughed, "Call 110, I want to report prostitution and whoring at The Brivet Hotel."

After calling 110, Paige let the robot hack into the hotel surveillance, watching the police break in, dragging the half-clothed Seth Shaw and Melody Mercer away, as she chuckled over a cup of instant noodles.

And when Seth Shaw and Melody Mercer got out of the police station, Paige immediately packaged the photos of them being caught and sent them anonymously as a paparazzo to the two.

Anyway, if they don’t pay hush money, these photos will hit the headlines tomorrow.

Seth Shaw and Melody Mercer panicked and transferred the money to Paige immediately.