NovelOnlineBen attempted to get close enough to eavesdrop, but Avery and Professor Greens were whispering to one another. Even when
Avery appeared to be frustrated and miserable, her voice remained contained out of fear that she would disturb others in the
bookstore.
Failing terribly at eavesdropping, Ben returned to his original position and took out his phone to take a picture of Avery and
Professor Greens, before sending it to Mike.
[Guess I'm the third wheel here.]
Mike replied. [Hahahaha!]
[Judging from the look on Avery's face, things are quite bad.]
[Can Elliot be dead?]
[You shut your mouth!]
[You are the one who said it looks bad...]
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[She just seems a bit frustrated.]
[You just haven't spent enough twith her lately. She is always frustrated.]
[Oh! I guess | am overthinking then.]
[Something fun is about to happen later today.]
[Fun? Where?]
[You are so nosy! Focus on keeping Avery company instead of trying to have fun!]
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[Letknow what Avery and that professor talked about later, and | will tell you what's coming up.]
In the Jennings’ mansion's master bedroom, Dean woke up and pressed the service bell next to his bed.
Shortly after, the servants headed inside the bedroom to help Dean out of bed.
Dean took his glasses from the servant's hands and put them on. Instantly, the world becclear before his eyes.
"Where's Angela?" He asked.
"Ms. Hills is in the backyard, strolling," the servant said. "Master Sebastian is here, and he has been waiting for over an hour in the
living room."
Dean stood up right away. "Why is he here?"
"He didn't say, but it's probably something important, or he wouldn't be waiting for so long." The servant helped Dean to the door
and Dean strode into the living room.
Sebastian stood up from the couch when he saw his father. "Dad, have you seen the video?"
"What video? | was taking a nap so | haven't seen anything." Dean instantly realized that something was wrong when he saw the
expression on Sebastian's
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face.
Sebastian took out his phone to show Dean the video,: e" at the stime, Dean switched on his phone and noticed a few missed
calls.
He scowled and called back one of the numbers. The call was answered right away and Dean paled when the person on the other
side of the line said something.
"Sendthe video!"
"Of course. | will send it to you right away," the person said. "By the way, as far as | was informed, other reporters have also
received this video. We've been friends, so | decided to inform you about this in private. | won't publish this, but the others will...
Sof them already made announcements on social media that they have explosive news to be reported at eight tonight."
"F*ck!" Dean roared. "Doa favor and check who has the video. Givetheir contact numbers and I'll reach out to them to
settle this!"
"Sure. I'll get to it right away."
Dean hung up furiously.
"Dad, just take a look at the video!" Sebastian opened the video and handed his phone to Dean. "Il received this from a friend who
works in a media firm. He toldthat a lot of people in the industry received this at the stime."
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