Mia’s gaze was piercing as she held her phone.


    After a while, Shelly screamed furiously from the other end of the phone.


    “Mia, who’d expect you to be such a bitch? I asked you multiple times before if you had deleted all the


    videos, and you said you did! But in the end, you still have a trick up your sleeve.”


    “Yeah, I did. If only you and your mother respected me and didn’t order me around like a ve, I


    wouldn’t have


    kept this video with me. After all, it’s super disgusting.”


    Shelly shrieked frantically, “You bitch! Who are you calling disgusting?”


    “You, obviously. Did you forget how you shimmied out of your clothes in the blink of an eye and fucked


    with


    the guys once you got high?”


    Mia had meant to provoke Shelly. She could hear her hysterical screams on the other end of the


    phone. She


    might even be hurling things at the ground at this moment.


    Mia smirked and quipped, “Why don’t you get yourself a better publicity team to get yourself out of this


    mess


    instead of looking for my trouble?”


    She hung up right away and blocked her. Shelly was nothing more than a dumbass who couldn’t


    control her


    temper. Thest thing she wanted was to be harassed by her.


    Just then, she received a new notification from Timothy. Her gaze wavered when she saw his


    message.


    He merely replied, “?”


    What did he mean by that?


    In response, Mia texted, “I expect you to bepletely capable of epting the payment, right?”


    Timothy exited his bedroom and made his way to the living room.


    Heath hurried toward him as he said, “Mr. Barrett, there’s an emergency. The stock prices are


    deting.”


    As he said so, he handed him the iPad which showed Shelly’s news topping the entertainment


    headlines.


    Timothy’s expression darkened as he cursed, “Damn it! Get someone to lock Shelly up, and don’t let


    anyone


    out there take her pictures.”


    “I’ve contacted Ms. Lane, and she said Shelly wouldn’t go out at all.”


    As Timothy tugged on his tie, he recalled Mia mentioning that she was going to teach them a lesson.


    Was this


    her doing?


    He looked at Heath as he ordered, “Make publicity tend to this now. Make them do whatever they can


    to reduce the impact on ourpany.”


    “Noted. The publicity team will be at thepany for an emergency meeting, and they’lle up with


    a n


    +15 BONOS


    Timothy leaned back on the couch as he massaged his temples. He called Mia, and she answered the


    call in a


    hushed tone.


    “Hello? What is it?”


    “Do you think a hundred thousand dors is enough?”


    “Shouldn’t that be all?” Mia retorted, slightly bewildered.


    This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    She turned back to her bedroom from the living room again. Was Timothy trying to scam her?


    “The video you released caused our stock prices to dete, and we lost millions. So, do you think a


    hundred thousand dors will suffice?”


    After a brief pause, Mia sneered.


    “What does that have anything to do with me? Haven’t you heard of a chain reaction? In fact, you


    should be ming Shelly instead of me.”


    “The video was probably taken a year ago. You kept it with you for so long, and you showed your cards


    at the most critical moment. Mia, I’ve really underestimated you.”


    Mia inhaled sharply when she sensed the coldness in his voice.


    “Indeed. And there’s more I have to tell you–the video isn’tplete. I have more of it, and it’s even


    more explicit.”


    Timothy gritted his teeth as he ordered, “Give me the video.”


    Although he didn’t really care about Shelly, he wouldn’t let her ruin hispany image.


    “Why would I do that? This is my leverage to keep Shelly from doing crazy things to me. If she


    behaves, the video won’t ever be released.”


    “Mia, I’m sure you’re aware that exposing the video vites thew as well. Do you think you can hide


    your traces on the inte?”