Chapter 70
"Oren's sex scandal?" Diana had a facial mask on her face when she saw the news. She took off the facial mask in a hurry and ran out of the bathroom without washing her face. "Did you do this?"
Josh was leaning against the head of the bed and reading a book. He raised his eyes and said in a warm voice, "I'm not a mafia boss."
Diana was speechless.
Josh turned the pages slowly, and his gold-rimmed glasses reflected some light. "I couldn't force him to do these things."
Diana understood what he meant. He meant that although he couldn't force Oren to do these things, he could get something on Oren and ruin his career.
She didn't expect Josh to be so well-informed.
She walked to the bed slowly and glanced at the book in Josh's hand. Sure enough, as a president, Josh was well-educated. He was reading a book in a foreign language.
She pressed the book, leaned over, and kissed him all of a sudden. Then she quickly sat up straight and said in a lofty tone, "Well done. It's your reward."
Josh smiled gently and continued to read with his eyes slightly lowered.
Diana took the initiative to kiss him at night because she knew he couldn't have sex with her when she had a period. She said it was a reward, but it was more like torture.
Diana was sensible. After kissing him, she got up in a good mood with her hands behind her back and bounced into the bathroom. Her singing got out of tune, but she was delighted.
Josh looked at her back. His usually cold face seemed to soften a lot in the glow of the floor lamp. He chuckled.
......
In fact, Josh wouldn't do something so quickly if Mandy didn't stir up so much trouble.
If it was the scandal of an unknown actor, his agent could suppress the news or let him lie low before the dust has settled. Then the problem would be solved, and it wouldn't affect the movie. However, it was said that Oren had raped someone, and he was quite famous these days. His image had been ruined after the news was released.
Most importantly, all the relevant news was that the police took Oren away for interrogation in Mandy's crew.
Mandy's film was shot at an international high school in P Country. When the police came, they were shooting a scene about the hero staying alone in the classroom and the heroine peeping at him at the back door. The police suddenly took Oren away.
It happened so suddenly that the shooting was stopped immediately. The one who called the police was an actress in the crew, so all the staff was asked to make a confession. It was said that the female lead was confused and refused to go with the police, and something unpleasant happened in the end.
For a time, the movie and Oren's sex scandal became hot topics.
In the beginning, Mandy chose Oren as the male lead in person after taking funds, popularity, and acting skills into consideration. She knew what kind of person Oren was, but Oren's agency tried to make him popular. Mandy thought people would never know the terrible things Oren had done, so she post on Twitter to support Oren after the official announcement of the male lead.
However, things changed all of a sudden.
After Mandy came out of the police station, she kept calling people because she tried to solve the problem.
At first, she thought she could turn back. After all, she had just started shooting. Since the male lead was in trouble, she could replace him.
But the female lead, the supporting actor and actress seemed to have reached an agreement. They didn't inform Mandy and posted on Twitter together, saying they wouldn't play in the film anymore.
In this case, who else would dare to play in the film? Actresses were most afraid of getting involved in sex scandals! It would be hard for them to whitewash themselves once they got involved. Even if they couldn't become popular in their lives, they didn't want to have anything to do with Mandy's crew!
The investors were more realistic than these actors. Due to the popularity of the early publicity of the film, Mandy had got several product placements, but all the investors called her to cancel the cooperation.
The Taylor family was more realistic. They no longer contacted Mandy personally but asked the assistant to inform her coldly that they would not get the invested funds back, but they wouldn't invest a penny in the film in the future.
When the assistant called Mandy, Mandy finally came down to earth. Perhaps no one could really appreciate her in the world.
When Rose introduced the weak son of the Taylor family to her, she looked down on him, but she treated him mildly because she'd like to have a good friend.
As expected, he appreciated her so much. He often asked her out to watch movies and visit art exhibitions. They talked about classical literature, art, and film history...
Gradually, she started to look at him with quite different eyes. She felt that he was knowledgeable and he had an art appreciation for art.
Therefore, she played some little tricks to make him believe that she didn't shoot the film for Josh. She convinced him that she shot the film because she wanted to make the most attractive work, and it was her artistic creation.
She was not overly confident, and she knew how attractive she was to this kind of man. The best proof was that she got the investment from the film company owned by the Taylor family.
However, she did not know that the so-called attraction and appreciation would be ruined by a scandal that caused his investment to fail.
The last one who called her was Rose.
Rose didn't comfort or mock her. She found the last solution for Mandy. "I have nothing to say now. Go aboard after dealing with the mess here. Don't come back anymore."
Mandy closes her eyes.
At that moment, many past things came to her mind.
When she was a child, she saw Diana acting like a spoiled child in front of her uncles and aunts in beautiful dresses.
When she was in junior high school, the boys in her class talked about how beautiful Diana was.
She invited her classmates to a meal and a karaoke bar on her birthday. She finally had a birthday party, but everyone was talking about Diana because Diana went to a celebrity ball on her birthday...
In the past, she stood at the nearest place to Diana, but the distance between them was the furthest in the world.
Only during the three months when she was with Josh did she feel that she was on the same level as Diana.
That was the time she missed most.
......
Mandy left. After issuing an apology announcement and saying that she would stop shooting, she left indefinitely.
But as Betty said, all scheming girls were b*tches. Mandy even wrote something meaningful in her announcement.
"It's a pity that I can't write a book or shoot a film about it. But anyway, it's the time I miss most."
Originally, Mandy's fans felt she was too unlucky and felt sorry for her, but she suddenly linked the shelving of her book publication with the shooting, which made people doubt if she had been targeted. The more people thought, the more confused they became. How could there be such a coincidence? Mandy couldn't write the book and soon she couldn't shoot the film, either.
People could search for Josh's information on the Internet, but it was some unimportant information like his age, education background, and working experience. They couldn't find his photos.
Therefore, people became more and more curious to know what he looked like.
Because in Mandy's article, her first love was a dashing and charming man. He was like a handsome main character in a romance novel.
After growing up, her first love became a president who attracted so many girls. Moreover, Josh was protective of his wife and posted on Twitter several times to defend her.
The two novels were both about Josh, Diana, and Mandy, which made people really curious!
......
After Mandy posted on Twitter, people got so curious, but Diana was almost pissed off.
Countless of Mandy's fans sent her private messages overnight, asking her if she had broken the relationship between Mandy and Josh, if she would feel guilty, and if she married Josh for her family's interest. They even questioned her why she had to live with someone who didn't love her...
Moreover, Josh was sleeping soundly beside her! He held her hand tightly! She wanted to sit up and kick him, but she couldn't move!
Diana was a little annoyed because she woke up early. At this time, she didn't bother to think much and typed.
"Since I was a child, I have learned a lot of etiquette. Teachers tell me that there are many things I can't do. I can't scold someone, or I will be ill-bred. I can't have a face-to-face conflict with someone, or I will be rude. I can't be narrow-minded, and I have to be tolerant and open-minded."
"I always think that we should solve our private conflict face-to-face instead of posting it online and making people judge it. However, Miss Lee, it seems that you think I won't quarrel with you online. That's why you challenge me again and again though I forgive you every time."
"I'd like to ask you something. You repeatedly stress that your first love is married and you don't want to disturb him. He told you many times that you couldn't distort the facts and make a movie or write a book about him, but you acted stubbornly, and you were determined to attract attention by using this matter. Don't you think you are hypocritical?"
"I hope you can behave yourself. Don't disturb my life anymore and stop pretending you're being abused. I also hope that other men won't have such a disgusting ex-girlfriend who writes 'My Ex-boyfriend Got Married' and wants to make a movie to commemorate your love when you get married happily. @Mandy."