Chapter 159 – My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel

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H World Entertainment, CEO’s office.

This was the first time Zephaniah experienced such an atmosphere. Xanthe was using her CEO identity to interrogate her ‘irresponsible’ manager, “If they wanted to replace Ferdinand, what did it have to do with you? Why were you the one to recommend a replacement? Zephaniah, you better give me an explanation.”

“Emma was put in a difficult position in Moscow. This time she was humiliated by Ferdinand. I also have a question for you President Lopez: as the CEO of Emma’s management agency, don’t you think you haven’t put in enough effort to protect your artist?”

“Zephaniah, watch your attitude!” Xanthe slammed her hands on the table and growled angrily. “I am H World’s CEO, in this building, you do not have the right to point fi**gers.”

“It must be because Emma isn’t obedient!” Zephaniah continued to speak the truth,”For our President Lopez, signing a disobedient model must be difficult for you to stomach.”

Zephaniah seemed to have seen through Xanthe; her exp**ssion suddenly became a bit uneasy.

“You guys created this mess, why should the agency clean up after you? Does Emma have any brains? She is dealing with a famous actor who has a strong family background. Doesn’t she know what the consequences are for offending him?”

After hearing Xanthe’s words, Zephaniah laughed helplessly, “You were the one that signed her…and used her to deal with Ariadne. Are you just going to cast her aside now that she’s served her purpose?”

“Zephaniah, don’t think there’s no limit to my tolerance for you!” Xanthe suddenly warned with a dangerous and dark exp**ssion.

However, all Zephaniah did was stand up from the sofa and shove one hand in his pocket, “What? Are you getting ready to destroy me or Emma?”

Xanthe looked at Zephaniah furiously.

“In regards to Emma’s incident, I will provide the agency with a satisfactory explanation. But, Xanthe, the way you’ve acted has forced me to make a decision you should be afraid of.” After speaking, Zephaniah turned around to leave Xanthe’s office. However, Xanthe tried to hold him back.

“What do you mean by this?”

Zephaniah did not turn around as he said calmly, “From now on, I am no longer on your side.”

Xanthe’s exp**ssion changed. She tried to hold Zephaniah back again, but he had already wandered far off into the distance.

Because of one Emma, he had actually discarded their 10 years of friendship just like that. However, Xanthe had never considered, Zephaniah didn’t make this decision because of Emma, but because of how much she had changed.

It was hard to understand why, when a person gained more power, they would become extra heartless.

No wonder in the past few years, H World had not made any advancements. If one was to compare Xanthe with Eric…they would be able to see, the difference was dramatic…

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The replacement incident continued to escalate. Meanwhile, Ferdinand did not target the financially stable LM, nor did he pick on the famed director; he focused all his energy on Emma. He assumed she had no backing and wanted to get back at her for both the old and new grudges he had against her. Coupled with H World’s negative handling, rumors started spreading about Emma; people claimed that even though her contract signing was grand, Xanthe did not actually care about her.

At this time, Emma handled the matter the way she always did: remaining quiet. The truth always prevailed.

However, she did do something wrong this time…

In fact, it wasn’t just a simple mistake…

At least, she shouldn’t have interfered with the director’s decision to replace Ferdinand. Even if the decision was already set! So, Emma had another reason why she couldn’t speak up about the issue: she was representing LM. If she was to admit her fault, it would be a huge slap to LM’s face.

In reality, Ferdinand was wrong to begin with.

But, online, Ferdinand’s fans were going crazy bringing up old news about Emma, attacking her from all sides and flooding her feed with insults. Even after all this, they didn’t feel it was enough. They even wrote up a fake article about Emma getting into an accident and cursing that her whole family was being sent to the crematorium.

Previously, she had always gone up against women. Fans of female celebrities had always been relatively reasonable. Fans of male celebrities, however, were a lot different…

Seeing these extreme discussions, Emma was too afraid to show them to Eric; she didn’t want him to worry. So, she acted like nothing was wrong in front of him. She even secretly contacted Luke and told him not to tell everything to Eric. But, Eric already knew everything.

Meanwhile, Eric also did not mention anything in front of Emma. He even contacted Lisa to tell her not to let Emma see the comments online because he was afraid she would see them.

The husband and wife both knew what was going on, but neither of them exposed themselves to the other.

The attacks against Emma online did not cease, making Ferdinand extremely satisfied.

He wanted to see, with his public fight against Emma, whether anyone would have the guts to invite her to events and give her jobs.

“Ferdinand is my bottom line. I don’t care what Emma does, as long as she doesn’t touch my bottom line, I have no comment.”

“Emma are you being a coward again? Why aren’t you stepping out to give Ferdinand an apology…are you trying to hide for the rest of your life?”

“B*tch, you’re too scared to make an appearance, aren’t you? You finally know that you shouldn’t mess with us ‘Lawson fans’.”

Netizens were completely stirred up and Ferdinand gained a large number of sympathizers. However, at this time, LM decided to do a live broadcast to explain the entire situation.

“The whole incident started on the day of the shoot when Ferdinand did not make an appearance even though we waited for a long time. We also did not receive any prior notifications of him taking leave.”

“Hence, LM’s representative called Ferdinand’s manager to confirm they were aware of the schedule. However, Ferdinand’s manager exp**ssed that Ferdinand wanted to take revenge on Emma for rejecting his invite to have dinner and made ridiculous requests. He even wanted Emma to bow down to him before he’d agree to come for the shoot.”

“Ferdinand’s actions have severely impacted LM, the director and Emma. He has no professionalism whatsoever.”

“So, after the unanimous consent of the entire photography crew, the director decided to replace Ferdinand and selected a suitable replacement. The person Emma’s manager recommended wasn’t the only person being considered, we also had many other alternatives. But, because he suited our criteria, the director ended up picking him. It had nothing to do with Emma.”

“The actor Ferdinand should stop manipulating the public and stop using business to seek his personal revenge. He also shouldn’t palm his faults onto someone else. I hope he can reflect on himself first.”

“The replacement incident caused a huge disturbance resulting in a misunderstanding amongst netizens. We are deeply apologetic. At the same time, Ferdinand’s fans have made us understand one thing: retreating a step may not necessarily provide a broader picture. In the entertainment industry, we must grab our weapons and protect our own rights and interests.”

“Here, I would like to wish Mr. Ferdinand, all the best!”

LM temporarily decided not to reveal any evidence because Emma had suggested for them not to reveal their winning card just yet; she had a feeling, Ferdinand was going to retaliate. As for LM’s courage to speak out and act, this courage came from a phone call they received earlier in the day from the office of Kaleidoscope’s CEO…

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