Chapter 129 Publicize Their Relationship
One call was from Miranda, and the other was from Helen, the producer of "Post-Nuptial Passion."
They were talking about the same thing, a heated argument online about her and Douglas.
To be precise, it was about Regina and Dougal.
Because "Post-Nuptial Passion" had recently become very popular, Regina and Dougal naturally gained more attention and were thrust into the broader public eye.
A particular sex scene in the show had especially excited the netizens.
The intensity and passion of the scene made it sound incredibly real.
As a result, some netizens posted various comments online, all urging them to get together!
But here was the problem. Dougal had once admitted at an activity at Dubbing Club that he was married. To others, he and Regina were just colleagues. How could Dougal cheat?
Thus, two sides of people started arguing.
Some supported them, while others criticized them.
Seeing the online uproar, Regina found it both amusing and a bit helpless.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault," Helen apologized to Regina nervously. "When you were recording that day, I did edit a video of you two working together and posted it online. I didn't expect it to cause such a stir."
Helen quickly deleted the video, but it had already been widely shared, making the retraction ineffective.
"I absolutely didn't fan the flames of today's incident," Helen quickly assured Regina, saying that after the radio drama was released, they had been quite 'well-behaved' and hadn't tried to use marketing to boost the show's popularity.
Regina just smiled calmly. "I know."
"So how should we resolve this? Should I immediately clarify your relationship with Dougal?"
Helen still didn't know that Regina and Douglas were actually married.
Regina's mind was a bit chaotic.
She told Helen to wait twenty minutes for a response.
After hanging up, Regina looked at the online comments and the audio clip that netizens had dug up.
The woman's broken, suppressed moans intertwined with the man's heavy, restrained breathing, full of sexual tension and indeed quite explicit.
Regina remembered that when she and Douglas were recording that scene in the studio, she had a hard time getting into character.
It wasn't until all the staff members left that she finally got into the role.
Just as Regina was engrossed in listening, Douglas came out of the bathroom after his shower, and Regina awkwardly turned off her phone immediately.
After a moment of composure, she said, "I just got calls from Miranda and the producer..."
She explained the whole situation to him in detail.
After finishing, she cautiously observed Douglas's expression.
Douglas didn't say much; he just took her phone and clicked on one of the trending news articles about them, scrolling through some comments.
The internet was a place full of disputes, with all kinds of people and all kinds of comments.
The negative comments about Regina felt like needles pricking Douglas's eyes.
Seeing his increasingly cold and stern expression, Regina felt a bit anxious, unable to fathom what he was thinking.
While she was lost in her thoughts, Douglas walked to the couch, picked up his phone, and logged into a long-unused Twitter account.
This account wasn't verified and had no followers.
Douglas sent a message to someone, and shortly after, the account got a verification badge—voice actor, Dougal.
Then, he nonchalantly found a photo of their marriage license in his phone's album and posted it online.
The caption was simple: [My wife @Regina.]
His actions were so smooth and swift that Regina didn't even have time to react.
He didn't even tell Regina after posting the tweet; she found out a few minutes later from a call from Miranda.
The situation escalated quickly. As soon as his tweet was posted, it was widely shared and commented on.
Regina looked in disbelief at Douglas's back as he stood on the balcony, seemingly talking to Jason about something.
Regina belatedly picked up her phone to check the tweet he had just posted.
She saw the marriage license and the caption tagging her.
Regina's heart was racing.
With trembling fingers, she checked the comments under the tweet and found that the top comment was from Douglas himself.
[Due to some reasons, we didn't go public before. It's my fault for making my wife suffer. She has been my love for seven years and my only bottom line. If you have any issues, come at me, but don't disturb my wife.]
Regina stared at those lines on the screen, her heart surging like waves.
She tightly gripped her phone.
As she grew older, her personality had become increasingly aloof. Most of the time, she had little emotion in her heart and few expressions on her face.
It was Douglas's presence that gradually warmed her heart, making her understand the happiness of being loved, cherished, and protected.
Her eyes suddenly reddened, and a teardrop fell onto the phone screen. As she hurriedly wiped it away, Douglas, who had been on the phone with his back to her, suddenly turned around and saw this scene.
He could always sense when something was wrong with her.
It was as if he had eyes all around him.
He hung up the phone and took a few long strides to her side, sitting down on the bed.
His gaze moved from her reddened eyes to the phone screen she was holding, naturally seeing the content.
He wondered if his impulsive decision to publicly announce their relationship without her consent had made her uncomfortable.
He was about to say something to apologize when Regina hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.
Douglas was momentarily stunned, and the tension in his heart finally eased a bit.
Then, he saw Regina retweet his post announcing their relationship.
Her captioned: [My husband @Dougal.]
The sudden public announcement left many netizens shocked!
[Indeed, real couples are the sweetest!]
[OMG, I feel like his love for her is overflowing from the screen.]
[Oh no, I've been watching their videos and listening to their voices a lot lately, and now I really want to be in a relationship too!]
