Chapter 415 Treating Danielle as His Own Daughter
After Insta went down for like five minutes, the top trending hashtag was #Gabriel And Jessica#, with a big ol' "explosive" tag next to it.
Harriman Group Official Insta:
Lately, some folks online have been spreading straight-up lies, seriously messing with Ms. Jessica's rep.
To clear things up, here's the deal:
1. All that talk about "Jessica's marriage drama" and "The real deal about Jessica's kid" is total BS, seriously messing with her rights and rep.
2. Ms. Jessica is legit married to our big boss, Mr. Gabriel. Their kid is their love child, and it's their right to keep her outta the gossip. We're telling all the paparazzi and creeps to delete all pics of Jessica and her kid, and stop spreading lies about her, like, right now.
3. Our legal team is on it, watching everything, gathering proof, and ready to go after anyone spreading serious lies and defamation.
The internet isn't lawless. Spreading rumors is wrong. Stay rational, avoid misinformation, and protect the innocent to foster a positive online environment.
Gabriel himself never touches Insta, never even made an account. All official stuff from Harriman Group comes through this one channel, usually about money stuff, never personal drama.
But outta nowhere, Harriman Group's official Insta reposted Jessica's message and dropped a statement, making it clear Jessica and Gabriel are legally hitched.
First, it told the rumor-spreaders to cut it out and cleared up all the lies about Jessica. Then, it made their relationship public through an official channel, no media needed.
Insta's server crashed twice in minutes and started lagging again, looking like it was gonna crash a third time.
Everyone in the car was glued to their phones, even the driver, who had pulled over after Zoey's scream. He was sneaking peeks at his phone too.
Everyone in the car was shocked, and Jessica was totally confused.
'Their kid is their love child?
Is Gabriel really saying Danielle is his daughter?
But will people buy it, and how's Michael gonna deal with it?' she thought.
Jessica suddenly opened the car door to get out; she needed to go back and talk to Gabriel ASAP.
This morning, she was so shocked she didn't know how to handle things with him. Now, even more shocked, she had to go back and ask him.
"Jessica! Where are you going?" Lynn reached out to stop her. "Insta's blowing up right now. If you run out alone, anyone could recognize you! You can't get photographed right now! Stay in the car!"
Jessica knew Lynn was right, so she tried to chill and looked at the still-stunned driver. "Take me back to Blue Bay Apartments, oh wait, Harriman Group please!"
The driver looked at Lynn, totally confused.
Lynn checked the time. With all this craziness, the magazine shoot was probably gonna get pushed back, or the media who knew Jessica's schedule would swarm the place.
Seeing Lynn nod, the driver quickly ditched his phone, found a spot to turn around, and started heading back to the city center.
The car was dead quiet. Jessica was staring out the window, phone in hand, lost in her own thoughts.
Lynn was still reeling, "Is it really Mr. Harriman? Such a bombshell, and you didn't give us a heads-up? When did this even happen? We're with you every day, and we just found out today that you're married to Mr. Harriman?!"
Jessica replied, "Honestly, I just found out today too."
Lynn was stunned, "Wait, what?"
Zoey cut in, "Seriously?"
Jessica glanced at them, thinking for a moment.
Should she say she only found out two hours ago that she was married?
"Just tell me if the Harriman Group's statement is legit or not." Lynn's phone was buzzing like crazy in her pocket, probably from partners and collaborators blowing up her phone. Without a straight answer from Jessica, she couldn't respond to any of them.
Zoey jumped in, "It's the official Insta of Harriman Group; it can't be fake."
Jessica said, "It's true."
Lynn closed her eyes, rubbed her temples, and said, "Great, looks like I'll be on the phone all day, no sleep for me."
She then started replying to urgent messages, muttering, "I knew there was something between you two. The gossip I heard seems pretty spot-on after all."
Unlike Lynn and Zoey freaking out, Mackenzie, who was still in the studio, was pretty chill.
Sure, it was sudden.
But considering he was almost the middleman for a multi-million dollar investment from Mr. Harriman back then, it wasn't too shocking.
Mackenzie stayed calm and even logged into Jessica's studio's Insta, reposted Harriman Group's statement, and added: [Our studio will also keep an eye on this. We urge everyone not to believe or spread rumors.]
Nicholas, being in the know, couldn't miss such big news spreading through the entertainment world in half an hour.
Not to mention, when Gabriel started messing around with that cold-hearted woman again, just knowing Gabriel, if he wanted to marry Jessica into the Harriman family to help her clear things up, or even give her daughter a home, any method would be on the table, but he wouldn't make such a rash and false statement.
This statement was too well-organized and purposeful.
What does this mean?
Feeling incredulous, Nicholas called Gabriel, but no answer. He then called Gabriel's assistant and found out he had just arrived at the company and was in a meeting.
After hanging up, Nicholas played with his phone, thinking about the photos of the kid he had seen before, then looked at the statement again.
Moments later, Nicholas suddenly laughed, and whether Gabriel had time to check messages or not, he sent a WhatsApp message: [You're impressive!]
Instagram was still blowing up, and Harriman Entertainment's official Insta suddenly reposted Harriman Group's statement.
[Harriman Entertainment sends congrats.]
The whole internet was going nuts, and Insta kept crashing.
