Chapter 131 – My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel

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After not being in the office for a few days, the first thing Eric did was release a statement to clear all the rumors. The movie ‘Deadly’ was going to continue shooting and the actors would not be replaced. The crew would film the parts of the secondary characters until Kaleidoscope’s actors were fully recovered. With Kaleidoscope handling the matter, fans were given a sense of relief. As for Kaleidoscope’s speed in dealing with the matter, everyone was left speechless.

After everything was resolved, Eric immediately sent Emma a message, “Did the audition go well?”

“No,” Emma replied frustratedly, “Ariadne used a dirty scheme again…Plus, she was with Ariel. It seems she wants to bounce back and use Ariel to obstruct me.”

Seeing the lines of text sent by Emma, Eric’s eyes fired up.

“Luke…”

“Yes, President?” after receiving Eric’s call over the intercom, Luke immediately entered the office.

“Why haven’t you released the information about Ariel being violent at school yet?” Eric asked. “I already instructed you to do this before Kaleidoscope even got in trouble…”

“Sorry, president. Because of Kaleidoscope’s incident, I wasn’t able to follow up,” Luke apologized regretfully. “I will make arrangements now!”

“No…” Eric stopped him, “Go and investigate what Ariadne wants to do first. If she dares to stir up trouble again, then take her down with Ariel…to hell.” Since Ariadne liked getting involved with Ariel’s business, then she deserved to be implicated. Otherwise, her ‘good intention’ would go to waste.

Luke understood Eric had other plans, so he calmed down, “Yes, president…”

“Also, research the background of ‘Her Vision’ for me…”

Luke reacted to the name; it sounded familiar. Afterwards, he remembered, that was the name of one of the country’s top-tier magazines, “President, if you do this, aren’t you afraid madam will find out?”

“Go do it immediately…”

Ariadne’s most notable skill, was the ability to use the contacts she had schemingly gathered over the years. Amongst these contacts, many of them existed in the gray social circles[1]. If Emma went up against them, she could possibly…attract bad news; this happened often in the entertainment industry. Even if Eric’s aim wasn’t to deal with Ariadne, he still needed to be wary of Xanthe. Many agencies used dirty tricks to force their models into making a mistake. After gaining evidence against them, they would blackmail them into staying.

He wasn’t certain whether Xanthe had ever done something like this before.

Since they were playing with their backgrounds, he couldn’t let Emma lose. Or else, he might as well give up being her husband…

However, Ariadne needed to have the guts to play!

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Inside Her Vision’s headquarters, Emma and Zephaniah were still sitting outside the editor’s office; 3 hours had passed.

By guarding the door, Her Vision’s editor couldn’t go to the bathroom nor come out to eat.

Zephaniah suddenly felt, the embarrassment from the rejection he received earlier, had completely disappeared. Thinking about how hard the woman in the office was trying to endure her need to go to the bathroom, Zephaniah couldn’t help but laugh. Especially after seeing Emma’s sincere expression, he felt this woman really had a darkness hiding inside of her.

“We can’t continue to wait like this, let’s go for a toilet break,” Emma suggested.

Zephaniah stood up and followed Emma out the door. After seeing the two had left, the secretary immediately reported to the editor. However, as the editor stepped out of her room, she ran into the two people returning from the bathroom.

Her Vision’s editor was a 30-something-year-old woman who was quite thin-skinned. So, by running face-to-face with the two people standing before her, she couldn’t contain her humiliation.

At this time, Zephaniah immediately gave her a chance to save her pride, “Editor Benedict, I know I have made things difficult for you, but could you just spare us 10 minutes? All I need is 10 minutes of your time…”

The woman glanced at Zephaniah and then at Emma. She was surprised, “You and Emma…come in first.”

In reality, Editor Benedict had already noticed Emma before; she was the model that revived the unpopular magazine, TQ. She just never expected, she would be even more beautiful in the flesh.

“I…”

“I know you avoided seeing us because of Ariadne, but we are very sincere about coming here,” Zephaniah said honestly. “Editor Benedict, we have known each other for many years. With my sudden return and request for your November cover, it is understandable that you would have your doubts.”

“At the time, I decided not to tell you I was bringing Emma, because I wanted to show you our sincerity.”

“I’m sorry to say that I’ve already signed a contract with Ariadne though,” Editor Benedict responded regretfully. “If you had told me earlier that you were bringing Emma and that you weren’t just making a personal request, I wouldn’t have refused.”

“I know that over the past few years, you and Ariadne have gotten closer. But, during my time in the industry, when I have I ever done something that I don’t have faith in?” Zephaniah smiled.

“How about this then, let’s put Emma on the December cover.”

“Editor Benedict. What I want is November. You promised it to me earlier and you’ve already seen the results Emma can produce. In regards to professionalism and influence, do you think Ariadne’s model is comparable to Emma? If you want us to shoot the December cover, then we’d rather not shoot at all.”

Zephaniah was firm but polite, making it hard for the editor to refuse.

“Of course, but Editor Benedict, let me remind you of Emma’s charisma. If she was to shoot the front cover of another magazine, I wonder how many sales you’ll get from your November issue. After all, the numbers from the Oriental Trend and TQ are solid proof. In comparison, what can Ariadne’s model bring to the table?”

“Also, Editor Benedict, I hope your company can keep my relationship with Emma a secret. H World has not officially announced that Emma has already signed a contract. Once everyone finds out, the cost to hire her…would be a much larger amount.”

With this, Editor Benedict’s expression turned sour…

She thought, even if she was to reject Emma, all she would be sacrificing was someone that was favored. As for Ariadne, she had her methods and couldn’t possibly have a negative effect on sales; if she was to cancel their contract, it wouldn’t look very good.

So, in the end, the editor still insisted on going with Ariadne as she gave her a phone call, “Ariadne, Zephaniah just came to look for me.” 

Of course, she was clever enough not to mention Emma. After all, anything H World wanted to keep a secret, she did not dare to reveal.

“He also wants the November front cover…”

“Did you agree?” Ariadne was a little nervous because she knew Zephaniah couldn’t be underestimated.

“Of course not, I’m giving it to you. We’ve already signed a contract,” Editor Benedict replied.

Ariadne laughed proudly with the expression of a winner, however…

…would Eric really allow her to take the upper hand?

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