Chapter288
While getting ready in the morning, Haley pondered her next move.
After washing up, she sat on the balcony with a cup of coffee and dialed a number.
The phone rang several times before it was answered.
"Good morning, Mr. Jeremy."
Upon hearing her voice, the other end instantly erupted. "Haley! It's you! You leaked it, didn't you? You're so cruel! You'd even drag our children into this mess to get back at me! You're not fit to be their mother!"
Haley's expression turned stern. "Mr. Jeremy, you really think I would exposed us?"
"Who else would it be?" Jeremy enunciated each word with palpable anger.
Since the media broke the story at 3 a.m., the share price of Chase Group had tumbled three points.
Now reporters besieged the company, and the situation had spiraled out of control.
Meanwhile, he was in Cuenca, helplessly watching the crisis worsen from afar, unable to douse the flames licking at his legacy.
"You have some clout in the capital. After the scandal with the kid hits the headlines, your father will definitely insist on recognition and returning to your family. That is going to be a real headache for me, and I can't afford the scandal," Haley said casually, sipping her coffee. "But, for the kid's sake, since you're his father, I can help quiet things down online."
Jeremy fell silent.
An hour earlier, his father had called, demanding he do whatever it took to ensure the child was formally acknowledged.
Even against the backdrop of the company's plummeting stocks, his father's priority was his grandchild.
However, if he really brought the child back into the family, Chase Group would be finished.
The rich having affairs and illegitimate children was hardly news, but he had spent years cultivating an image as a good man in the media. As a good father and husband, the company's positive social image had garnered government support. Now, with his public persona crumbling and negative press hounding him, the backlash would be exponential.
He couldn't let Chase Group, his creation, be destroyed like this.
The issue with his child could wait.
The most pressing matter was to squash the news online.
Jeremy finally asked, "How do you plan to help me?"
"Mr. Jeremy, I am willing to help because you're the children's father, but—" Haley chuckled lightly. "Unless you show me some real commitment, I'm not interested in helping. Chase Group's troubles only benefit me."
Jeremy's eyes darkened: "What do you want?"
"I want the evidence of Emily framing me five years ago," Haley stated coldly. "You give me that evidence, and I'll hold a press conference to clear up the mess about the child right away."
Jeremy clenched his fists. "You know it was five years ago. It's been five years. How could I still have that evidence?"
Besides, he had been cheating on his wife; any evidence had long been deleted cleanly. There was no way it would have been kept for five years.
"That's not my problem. Without the evidence, I can only stand by and watch the fire burn," Haley said with a slight smile. "I'm planning to get into showbiz anyway. The bigger this news gets, the more it boosts my profile. Notoriety is just another shade of fame. I can always rehabilitate my image later. But if your company goes under, it'll be much harder to make a comeback."
After dropping that bombshell, Haley hung up the phone.
She changed clothes and went to wake up her two kids.
A new day was beginning.
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