NovelTrueChapter 658
"Abby, go ahead with it. I know what I'm doing," Stella said, her tone calm and reassuring.
Abby hesitated for a moment, then decided to trust her. "With the concert coming up, raising your profile isn't a
bad idea. But you know how things are online- speople will believe anything they see, no matter how
baseless.
Besides, your violin competition moves into the main round tomorrow. It's a big deal. | heard from Antoney
Watson that scontestants will do whatever it takes to make it to the finals.
Star, I'm a little worried about you..."
Before Stella could respond, Joshua spoke up first. "For the tbeing, | can act as Ms. Cameron's bodyguard. I'll
make sure she's safe."
Abby looked to Stella. "Star, what do you think?"
Stella thought it over, then nodded lightly. "Alright, let's do it that way for now."
Meanwhile, Haynes received a call from Sherman.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Mr. O'Brien, this is Sherman."
Haynes paused, his hand hovering over the stack of documents in front of him. "Mr. Burton, it's unusual for you
to calldirectly. Is something wrong?"
Sherman's voice was steady. "Your good friend Jasper has been spreading snasty rumors about my uncle,
Sellers, online.
My uncle and Jasper have never had any real conflict. Even though Jasper has been disrespectful to my father on
several occasions, Dad's always let it slide because he's younger.
And my uncle has never held it against him. But now Jasper's stirring up trouble, slandering my uncle all over the
internet."
As Haynes listened, his first thought was of that day when Jasper had been making up stories about Sellers now
it had blown up online and made the news.
While Haynes was still piecing
things together, Sherman continued, "My uncle doesn't want to go too far-he's willing to give The Wilkinson
Group another chance. | know you and Jasper are close, and our families have a long-standing connection. My
uncle doesn't want to make things ugly, so he's willing to let this go.
But only if Jasper removes the trending posts and publicly apologizes to my uncle.
If he does that, my uncle will drop the matter."
It was a perfectly reasonable request-not excessive in the least.
Although there had been tension between Sellers and Stella before, Stella was her own person, and Jasper was
Jasper. Besides,
Jasper's lies about Sellers had gone way out of line.
All they wanted was a retraction and an apology. Haynes could hardly argue with that.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling the fatigue settle in. "Letlook into it and get back to you."
Sherman replied, "Please make it quick, Mr. O'Brien. The longer this drags on, the more damage it will do to my
uncle's reputation.”
After ending the call, Haynes dialed Benson.
"In the next ten minutes, | need you to put together all the news about Sellers and bring it to me."
Haynes rarely paid attention to gossip columns, so he genuinely had no idea what had happened.
About seven or eight minutes later, Benson walked in, looking uneasy.
Seeing Benson's face, Haynes felt a pang of anxiety. "What's happened?"
Benson opened his mouth, searching for the right words, but couldn't seem to find them. In the end, he simply
handed over the file he'd compiled.
"Mr. O'Brien, you'll understand once you see this."
Haynes flipped open the file. At first, he managed to keep his composure. But as soon as he saw the insider's
claim that Sellers’ mistress was none other than Stella, his expression darkened instantly.
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