Chapter 133
This matter was nothing to James, but he didn't like people whispering to him, especially when men did it, which made him quite uncomfortable.
Rubbing his ears hard, he glanced at his friend beside him and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Are you planning to stay here all night? Not leaving yet? Still want to keep watching?"
James's friend quickly stepped in to calm James down.
The next morning, James received a call from David before he was fully awake.
David asked irritably, "Did you tell those reporters about my engagement to Alice?"
"What?" James mumbled, "Why would I tell them that? Did something happen?"
David pursed his lips and glanced at Alice beside him, his tone more serious, "Check today's headlines first, then we'll talk."
He hung up the phone and began to comfort Alice beside him.
"Actually, this might be a good thing," David said. "We've never had the right moment to announce our relationship. Even though James didn't handle it well, at least now everyone knows about us."
Alice sighed and said, "Do you know what those headlines might say? Like #Shocking! The second son of the Tudor family is engaged? By the afternoon, it might turn into #Exclusive: The second son of the Tudor family is dating the youngest daughter of the Bailey family! or #A detailed look at how the Bailey family has been cozying up to the Tudor family over the years."
David was silent for a moment.
By the afternoon, although it wasn't exactly as Alice had said, it was close enough.
The two were genuinely in love, but in the news reports, it turned into Alice clinging to David for benefits.
At this moment, James, who was lying on the couch reading the news on his phone, was very curious about who had leaked the secret.
As he pondered, a scene suddenly flashed in his mind. James sat up abruptly, realizing he had indeed accidentally let it slip that David had a fiancée. "Damn! I really did let it slip!"
But on second thought, it didn't seem wrong to let it slip. Their relationship would be announced sooner or later anyway! He'd actually helped them! With this in mind, James confidently messaged David: [I accidentally let the news slip, but I did nothing wrong!]
On the other side, Lila was calmly watching the news. Then she received a mysterious document, and its contents shocked her.
Undoubtedly, she had a chance to take down Alice. But the cost might be angering David and never being able to return to his side. But if she didn't do it, she might not have any chance at all.
After much consideration, Lila finally decided to take the risk because she was so eager to return to David's side.
"James, for once, did something right." Gavin, wearing glasses and holding a tablet, looked at today's news with joy.
"What's so good about it?" Seraphina happened to pass by and, hearing this, pouted. "Gavin, haven't you seen the comments below the news? They say Alice isn't good enough for David, that she's clinging to our Tudor family!"
Seraphina was visibly angry. "Those people are really meddlesome!"
Gavin, however, remained calm. "There's a saying, 'sour grapes.' These people can say whatever they want. No matter how much they talk, it can't change the facts."
As Gavin said, no matter how intense the online discussions were, since he had already decided on Alice, he wouldn't change his mind because of a few idle comments. That would make him seem too indecisive.
In the days that followed, the headlines were still all about David and Alice. On top of that, someone had unearthed stories about Alice from her kindergarten days all the way through college and posted them online.
At the entrance of Ivywood University, you could occasionally see people with cameras and recorders intercepting students, asking about Alice.
Once, a reporter happened to stop Esme.
The reporter asked, "Hello, do you know Alice? There are a lot of stories about her and David now. I believe you must know quite a bit, right?"
Some students, to avoid trouble, would shake their heads and claim they didn't know her when approached by reporters, then quickly leave. After encountering this response several times, the reporters changed their strategy, confronting the students before they could deny it.
Esme looked at the reporter, smiled, and answered, "Of course I know her. Alice is quite famous at Ivywood University."
The reporter's eyes lit up, nearly shoving the recorder in Esme's face. "Does she really bully the weak, force students like Clara to leave, and play cruel pranks like locking others in the bathroom or blocking them on the rooftop?"
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