Chapter 228 The Offended Person Is Him
Winona leaned over and saw Fiona handing the medicine to Matthew. The video was directly facing her face, and the lip-reading was translated.
It clearly indicated that Fiona had instigated Matthew to drug Winona.
There was also the part where she bribed the waiter to inform the short and fat man that there was a room upstairs in the hotel where a princess had accidentally eaten something wrong.
This was breaking the law.
After all, the princess's job was to accompany with drinks and singing, not to accompany with sleep.
The person writing the article was very skilled, blending the events of the past two days together, directly turning it into Fiona's own doing, drugging someone, and it turned out that Fiona accidentally drank it.
The netizens who were just cursing Winona a moment ago were stunned and shifted their focus, now cursing Fiona.
"Oh my, the truth is actually like this. How can she still have the face to cry online?"
"People are just spreading rumors, but she actually wanted to make it a reality, actually doing such a despicable thing as drugging and finding a man. If she wanted to find someone, she should find someone good-looking. What does that short and fat one count as?"
"Such a person actually has the nerve to be a public figure. She should get out of the dance circle, get out of the entertainment industry."
"Fiona, this stupid and malicious ugly monster, get lost."
At this moment, Fiona was staring at the screen with bloodshot eyes. The situation, which was in her favor just a moment ago, had suddenly changed. The target of public criticism had shifted from Winona to her.
"Didn't we already contact people to suppress the news? How can it still be seen? Those people took the money and can't even handle such a small matter?" She shouted at her manager.
She habitually attached a pinhole camera to her clothes, a habit she developed after a previous setback, but she didn't expect it to come in handy yesterday.
The manager angrily said, "What's the use of putting it up? You were the one who schemed against others first, and she was just fighting back. When the netizens see this scene, they will only applaud."
Now he understood why Emily terminated the contract with Fiona without considering their friendship. Fiona was just being foolish.
The manager continued venting, "It's obvious that someone is manipulating behind the scenes, otherwise the heat wouldn't be so difficult to suppress. Didn't you have a relationship with Mr. Bailey from the Bailey Group? Give him a call and ask for his help."
Fiona asked, "Is there no other way? I can pay."
"Pay? How much money do you have? Can you compete with capital?" He felt like taking a hammer and cracking open her head to see if it was filled with brains or shit. "You have offended someone, and now the other party is deliberately targeting you. Do you really think you're a top-tier celebrity? A news about drugging can cause such a huge uproar."
Under the manager's intimidating gaze, Fiona dialed Zachary's private phone number, hoping for a lifeline, but was met only with the system's auto-response, "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."
She didn't need to say anything. The manager had already heard it. "If you can't get through, try again."
Fiona attempted a few more times, but still couldn't get through. The manager took her phone, entered the number into his own phone, and dialed it.
The call successfully connected now that they tried it with a different number.
His face darkened, and without waiting for Zachary to answer, he abruptly hung up the phone. "It's not that he can't be reached, it's that you've been put on a blacklist."
Zachary's attitude was unmistakable. The manager didn't dare to broach Fiona's matters with him anymore, wary of overstepping boundaries.
Fiona's face paled even further than the paper in her hand. "It's impossible. He wouldn't do this to me."
She reached out and seized the manager's phone, dialing the same number as before.
To her surprise, it went through.
Her heart pounded like a drum. She prayed fervently that Zachary wouldn't answer, to spare her from embarrassment. But simultaneously, she also prayed that he would, knowing he was her only hope.
In this tug-of-war between two extreme emotions, Zachary's low and cold voice came through the receiver, "Who is this?"
"Zachary, my phone broke just now, so I'm using my manager's phone. Have you seen the news online? Those people are spreading rumors for traffic. I offended someone before, and that person somehow prevented me from suppressing the news. Can you... help me take down the news?" It was difficult for her to speak, especially under the manager's piercing gaze.
Zachary remained silent.
Both Fiona and her manager held their breath, instinctively stopping their breathing.
Just when they were about to pass out from lack of oxygen, Zachary finally spoke, "Have you ever thought that the person you offended was me?"
Compared to Fiona's gloomy and bleak situation, Winona seemed much more relaxed, after all, she didn't have to face that group of crazy fans.
Rebecca leaned over and noticed that Winona had a different phone. "Did you change your phone?"
"Sort of," Winona responded.
Her original phone had been thrown in the trash, and this one was bought by the manager the next day. The SIM card was already inserted, but she hadn't paid for it yet.
She opened Zachary's WhatsApp and transferred the money according to the market price, with the note "phone payment."
A few seconds later, the money was refunded.
Zachary: [You came in person to return it.].
Winona: [Forget it then. Consider it as alimony for the divorce. So that when others ask me how much property I got in the divorce, I won't have to say that I left with nothing and lost face for Mr. Bailey.].
The other party was probably speechless and didn't reply.
Lydia played with her grandson, her heart full of sorrow as she wondered when she would be able to hold her own grandchild. Her sister-in-law approached, holding up her phone. "Lydia, Winona has started a new relationship. Shouldn't Zachary hurry up too?"
Lydia replied, "Who are you listening to? Winona is now fully focused on her work, juggling multiple roles. When does she have time for a relationship?"
Her sister-in-law opened a video. "It's all over the news. The next step should be meeting the parents and discussing marriage, right?"
Lydia's heart twitched. She leaned over to take a look, her attention still on the intimate posture of the two. The more she listened, the more uneasy she felt, her face turning as if water was about to seep out.
She knew that Fiona's trouble wouldn't stop, and it turned out to be true.
Her sister-in-law thought that Lydia was angry that Winona had just divorced and was already involved with another man, making such a high-profile announcement. Wasn't it obvious that she had her eyes on someone while still in her marriage?
"I mentioned my niece to Lydia before. She is beautiful, with a great figure, and she works in a state-owned enterprise. How about arranging for her to meet Zachary one day? I guarantee she is incomparable to those people. If it really works out, it will be a joyous occasion for both families."
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