Chapter 25

She cleared her throat. "Hey, you okay?" you useless lesbian! You had one job!

Scarlett blinked in surprise. "Huh? Oh, I'm fine."

"You don't look fine, you were quiet the entire ride. You would keep talking about the anime movie with the blond Russian guy from the anime series you keep pressuring me to watch and I should stop talking."

"Uhhhhhhh no, it's okay."

"Okay." and then the awkward silence. A ding sound was heard, and the doors slid open. Both of them stepped outside. They approached the door of the penthouse. Anastasia was about to insert the key, but it was already open. The door wasn't closed.

Eh? A robbery? Or did someone forget to lock the door?

Scarlett was about to open the door, but Anastasia pushed her back. "Just in case."

She opened the door, and they heard the annoying squeaky sound. The lamps were switched on and something was moving on the couch. Both of them couldn't make out what was moving on the couch. Scarlett switched on the nearest light near the couch and bam!

They found the weird couple making out on the couch. Ugh! These two!

"Can these two not go by a day without kissing each other, doing weird shit together, or going animal fight club at each other for god's sake?" Scarlett muttered.

"Meh, let's ignore them and quietly pass by them."

"Good point." and so they did. They removed their shoes, locked the door, bumped into the other couch to irritate the couple, switched off all the lights, and took the stairs.

They took the stairs and found Avery looking outside with Lumos in their arms. They seemed like they're thinking about something. Why are they carrying him like that? "Why are you carrying Lumos like that?"

They broke out of their daydream. "Oh, you both are here! I was waiting for you two to come back and I couldn't sleep so I was looking outside. Lumos had been playful the entire time outside and Nox. For a puppy, he gets sleepy easily. But both of them are cute."

Scarlett said with adoration. "Yup, they are very cute. Fluffy boys. Anyway, I'll be going to sleep right now. Good night."

"Night."

"Night."

When Scarlett had closed the door, Avery turned towards Anastasia. "Did something happen?"

"Yup, a lot happened."

"I know, I can see that on her face. Are you going to erase her memories about that incident?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. If it gets leaked out to the public. She would find the article about what happened to her yesterday. But I can lie to her she passed out that time then everything else happened. If that doesn't get leaked that she didn't pass out, then that would be legit, right? What do you think about it?"

As Avery and Anastasia were discussing what to do, Scarlett herself was preparing for something else. She had the tub filled with ice-cold water, had placed the towel and a pair of new pajamas.

If the drug is taking too long to take effect on her, then she better be prepared for it. She removed her clothes and jumped into the tub. She hissed, the water was freezing!

After a few minutes, she got used to it. She waited for an hour, nothing happened. She waited for fifteen minutes more, yet nothing happened.

She got pissed and stood up. That guy was bluffing to make her feel scared! Motherfucker! There was no drug!

What Scarlett didn't know, two other people had got drugged instead. The waiter was a dumbass; he thought he had to put the drug in two glasses since that's what the guy told.

If she took another glass instead, put it in that too. How would he know which one she'll take? So he put the drug in what he thought she'll pick. He saw her taking one of the glasses which he didn't drug but whatever; he thought. Not his problem. That guy was disgusting and crazy, anyway.

Those two people who got drugged instead and one of their asses would hurt like heck when they wake up. And his husband would take good care of him that time.

She dried herself, wore the clothes, and jumped into bed. When her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep. She didn't know how sleepy she was. Whatever, let her sleep.

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Eight in the morning

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A telephone in an office rang. Octavia had a rough morning, and the best thing she could get was a call? Her brother had nearly burnt the kitchen down. And then she contributed more to the fire by accident.

Good thing that idiot had bought out the fire extinguisher or it would look like they tried to kill the spiders.

She picked it up and tried to sound not mad. "Hello?"

"Uhh is this the AM media company?" no bitch, this is the bakery!

"Yes, may I know who I'm talking to?"

"Uhh, you don't need to know about me, I'm just a random citizen. Have you looked into the latest arrests? Particularly from last night?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Please do it, it's very important. Can you please make it an article? Thank you for your time." and the guy on the other side cut the call. He turned towards the guy in the corner smoking. "I've done it, young master Wang."

He smirked. "Good, now go bring one of my concubines. Preferably, the girl who slightly looks like Ming Yue."

"Umm, young master, all of them nearly look like her? Which one?"

He glared at the guy. "All of them, idiot! Go run!"

The servant bowed. "Sorry, young master! I'll go bring them!"

Octavia stared at the phone. Rude, she thought. She tried to call the person back, but it said out of network, that's weird. Meh, she rolled her eyes.

She called her brother. "What now Octavia?"

"Did something happen last night? Like a recent arrest?"

"Oh about that, yeah. The details are shocking, though. Why do you ask?"

"I just wanted to make that a story for today. Ya know, there's nothing good nowadays."

"Okay, so here it goes." her brother told everything about the case. How the man had nearly raped his classmate, how he was escorted to the police car naked and bloody mouthed, the questioning, and everything else.

Octavia was shocked and interested in it. She asked questions to him and wrote everything about it. When he was done, she asked him. "Hey, can I come there? Ya know, along with a few people for a story?"

"Sure, I'll tell them."

By afternoon, they published the story: 'Man nearly raped classmate because she rejected him.' The contents shocked everyone.

The man was called Jasper Channing and was going to get married in a few months because his girlfriend was pregnant. All that time, he was faking it and the relationship was one-sided. He liked this other girl from his highschool.

His classmates from high school had a reunion at the famous restaurant to see how everyone's doing. He got alone with the girl and confessed to her. But she rejected him. In anger, he tried to do that to her. Her friend had nearly broken his ribs when she found them.

His ex-fiancee had slapped him and yelled at him. She called the cops herself and when he was being escorted to the car, his classmates were following them and ridiculing him.

What the guy didn't tell who was the girl, and who was her friend. He said if he says her name, she'll appear in front of him. People didn't feel pity for him, it's a good thing he had got traumatized at last.

If he didn't even think of doing it, he could've gone along with his life being a father. Some people even went as far as digging his history and personal life. He was from a rich family and was about to be the next heir, but they had disowned him.

It was because of the girl he was going to marry; she was disrespectful to everyone and felt off to everyone. They had a huge argument and in anger; they had announced they were disowning him. He agreed to it and left. He then started his own company, and it was growing. But now, meh.

Soon it had become the talk. People threw shade on him and bashed him on the internet like hell. The investors backed off and everyone close to him cut off connections with him for not having humiliation for themselves.

People tried to even dig up information on the fiancee, but they kept hitting dead ends. They tried to dig up the CCTV tape on the incident, but nothing! It was gone!

Even if Skylar was a bully before, that didn't mean she wasn't smart. She had studied code and one of the major reasons the company had grown. That's why nobody found out about her, Scarlett, or anyone else.