CHAPTER IV

The media were in a frenzy. What does Calleb mean by this? Does he have the intention to sign Andrea? Is this some kind of joke?

Whatever the explanation, the reporters no longer dared to latch on to Andrea. Instead, they shifted all blame to Alcantara’s Entertainment.

Like this, Alcantara’s Entertainment's troubles began and Maggie’s assistant had unintentionally been the one that started it. "If you can't even handle such a small matter, what else can you do? Let's wait and see how Mr. Alcantara will punish you!"

Andrea was unfazed, her expression was one of unexpected calmness. She changed her clothes and casually left the scene. Just as she stepped out of the side door, she spotted Calleb’s sports car parked outside.

"Get in."

Andrea obediently boarded the car. She was exceptionally grateful for what Calleb had done, "Thank you for today."

Calleb’s eyes slightly twitched as he let out a smirk, "Did you think I would allow someone to bully my newly wedded wife in front of everyone?"

"Actually, I'm not worthy of your help. I intentionally allowed everyone to figure out who I really was," Andrea explained apologetically.

Calleb looked straight into the eyes of the person sitting across from him, "I know."

"It's just that, if you couldn't have thought of a better way to scheme against someone, you should have asked me. Sacrificing yourself to get back at someone, is a bit of a stupid move, don't you think?

"Where should I drop you off?"

"Your home. Aren't we a married couple now?" Andrea replied undoubtedly. Since she had already made the decision, she was not going to take it back, nor regret.

"Are you sure? Not only are we married...but tonight is also our wedding night!"

Andrea blushed, but nodded in certainty, "I've already prepared myself and I am very thankful that you did not reveal our relationship. However, from now on, I insist you remain neutral. I want to rely on myself to retrieve what is rightfully mine."

Calleb did not insist. After all, it was rare to see a woman that did not use him as a stepping stone to benefit themselves. He decided to sit back and watch Andrea show off her skills.

The couple set off. Not long after, Andrea received a phone call from her manager, Beth, "Andrea, I have already found evidence of Maggie’s pregnancy. What do you want me to do with it? Also, the scene you caused at the jewelry show today has gone viral. People are condemning you all over the internet. What do you plan to do?"

"Beth, are you willing to stay by my side?"

"Why are you asking such nonsense?" Beth mumbled, "Did you expect me to continue following that cheating couple?"

"Then release the statement I asked you to prepare earlier. But be warned, by doing this, you will be going up against Alcantara’s Entertainment!"

"I'm not afraid!” Beth exclaimed excitedly. "We should have done this sooner. I will go prepare the evidence now and release it before George has the chance to respond."

Andrea hung up and the car returned to its original peacefulness. Deep down, she was actually quite nervous. What did Calleb think of her...

"I..."

"No need to explain. Your conversation just now, I heard it all. However, I have one question…have you always been this honest?" the car had stopped at a red light and Calleb took this opportunity to grab hold of Andrea’s jaw, examining her with his eagle-like gaze.

"I am only honest in front of you and I intend for it to stay this way…" - Andrea revealed her loyalty - "…because I am afraid you may misunderstand and think badly of me."

Calleb was surprised for a moment, before he continued speaking, "If I were you, I would be even more extreme!"

Calleb must have guessed by now what was going on between Andrea, Mo Yurou and George. Because of his reaction, Andrea developed an appreciation for her new husband. She vowed to herself, no matter what was to happen she was going to remember this day and the promises she made to Calleb forever.

Meanwhile, George was in disbelief as he received news of Andrea’s exposure on stage. Not only that, at that moment, he also received a phone call from hf, notifying him of their intention to take Alcantara’s Entertainment to court for breaching their contract. In an instant, Alcantara’s Entertainment had gotten themselves into a heap of trouble while rumors were spreading all over the internet like wildfire.

Maggie was focused on the recording of Andrea’s performance on stage as she pulled George towards her, "Look, Andrea wanted to be recognized. She knew the biggest difference between her and I are our legs. She did it on purpose!"

"Maggie, Andrea isn’t like that. It’s not like it’s the first time she’s substituted for you," deep down George still trusted Andrea.

"So what you’re saying is that you trust Andrea more? Don’t be stupid George! Now this incident has happened, someone has to take the blame. Do you really want to lose this contract? Do you want to tell everyone that you were the one that asked Tangning to substitute me? If that’s the case, then we are doomed!"

"What are you suggesting?"

"Since you and Andrea are getting married soon, she will no longer be a part of the industry. For the sake of Alcantara’s Entertainment, you need to make an announcement. You need to tell everyone that you were unaware of this entire incident and everything was just Andrea’s attempt at creating hype; that’s why she went behind our backs and pretended to be me." Maggie was completely throwing the blame onto Andrea.

"I guess, under these circumstances, that is all we can do" George nodded in agreement. However, just as he was trying to contact the head of PR, he received a call from his assistant.

"Quick, Mr. Alcantara , check the entertainment news headlines! Andrea’s manager has just revealed some big news!"

George quickly jumped online to search the headlines. To his disbelief, Andrea’s manager was already a step ahead of them. She revealed that George had forced Andrea to substitute Maggie multiple times in the past with comparison pictures of the two models as proof. She also complained that small companies tend to bully people and revealed that Andrea had been bullied for many years.

In anger, George quickly contacted Andrea’s manager.

"Beth, are you crazy?"

On the other side of the phone, Beth’s laughter resounded. Calmly she responded, "I’ve wanted to leave this lousy company of yours for a long time."

"George, this is definitely Andrea’s doing. Quick, let’s cover it up by posting news of her creating hype!"

Without hesitation, George. immediately contacted his connections in the media and got Beth’s news taken down. He quickly replaced it with the news he had prepared earlier of Andrea’s attempts at creating hype.

In an instant, ‘Andrea’ and ‘Alcantara’s Entertainment’ became the most searched terms online with mixed responses.

No one was aware of the relationship between Andrea and Calleb. So, compared to Andrea, no one was brave enough to offend George.

Andrea definitely received the shorter end of the stick, attracting an unbelievable amount of insults online.

Just as everyone thought the tables had turned, the term ‘Andrea’s substitute’ suddenly jumped to the top of search rankings. Search results all led to the news Beth had released earlier – revealing that Andrea was the real victim…

Of course, Beth’s story had got out first and the netizens had already made their decision. On top of everything, the fact that Andrea had substituted Maggie so many times without causing any trouble and was continually being used became the hot topic online. The online community all agreed Tangning was indeed the victim.

In disbelief, George picked up his phone and contacted his PR, ordering them to use more money to take down Andrea’s news.

Meanwhile, Calleb was on the phone with the main news sources, "If the news of Andrea’s disappears from search rankings, then be prepared for your companies to close down."