In the apartment, Eris leaned against her sofa and looked through the comment section of her Weibo
page.
When she noticed how most of them had turned supportive of her, the tension in her body ebbed away.
‘It worked!’ she thought in victory.
During the past two days, she had lost too many things and had to find a way to break out of her
downward spiral.
After careful planning and thought, she decided to hold the press conference.
And just as she expected, she was able to win a lot of sympathy from her fans thanks to that press
conference.
As she continued looking through the comments, the smile on Eris’ face grew colder and colder.
‘Me? Repent? Ha! I didn't even do anything wrong! Why should I repent? The only thing I regret is that I
wasn't discreet enough when I did it! If I were, I would've never been found and exposed"
The phone started to ring.
When Eris saw the caller ID, she answered the phone.
"Hello!"
"Congratulations, Eris!"
Eris leaned against the sofa and began playing with her nails.
"Thank you for your advice."
The woman on the other end of the line smiled gently.
"Why did you help me?" Eris asked.
It was never her idea to hold a press conference in the first place.
The night before that press conference, this woman called her and offered her help.
At that time, Eris didn't trust this woman's intention.
However, she was able to assure Eris that she didn't mean to bring any harm.
That was when she first brought up the idea of holding a press conference.
"This press conference would lead to a very unexpected result," she had said to her.
Using the money she got from selling her car, she began arranging the press conference.
And just like the woman had told her, it was successful at rehabilitating her image to the public.
Now, she no longer had to worry about people recognizing her and throwing rotten eggs at her.
Moreover, even though she told everyone that she was willingly quitting the show business, the reality
was she had no other choice.
Her contract was under Starlight Media.
Since the company had decided to banish her from the entertainment industry even though she still
had two years left in her contract, it would be more strategic for her to withdraw from the contract
herself.
That move made her look more decent.
But she wasn't planning on leaving the show business forever.
When her contract with Starlight Media expired, she would naturally find a way to make her comeback.
The purpose of this press conference was to change her fans' impression of her.
She was laying the foundation of her eventual comeback a couple of years ahead.
"Eris, are you still there?"
"Yes?"
Eris snapped out of her own thoughts as soon as she heard the woman's voice.She crossed her legs
and repeated her question.
"Why did you help me?"
"Simple.We have a common enemy!" Eris frowned.
After a short pause, she asked, "Wendy?"
When she didn't hear anything on the other line, she assumed she was correct and laughed.
"How did Wendy offend you?" Eris asked.
"That's none of your business."
Eris shrugged and ignored the way this woman was talking to her.
‘It's really true what they say.The enemy of your enemy is your friend! As long as she remains Wendy's
enemy, then I'll play nice with her.
After all, everything that has happened to me is all Wendy's fault! After what had happened, Wendy
would have a bright future in the showbiz.
This made Eris angry.
However, thinking of the woman on the other end of the line, Eris realized that Wendy's miserable life
was yet to end.
"Anyway, I owe you a favor.If you need help in dealing with Wendy in the future, you can come at me
any time!"
"If that's the case, then let's work together."
"Exactly!"
After Eris’ press conference, the one who was most negatively impacted was Brian.He had been in a
relationship with Wendy, while at the same time having an affair with Eris.He had hurt the feelings of
two women.
Even though Eris was pitiful and hateful, the only reason she did all those things was because of him.
As for Brian, he had been in a relation with Eris for three years.
During that time, they had shown off their love in front of the media numerous times.
But as soon as the scandals came out, he broke up with Eris.
To make things worse, he even pretended to be a victim right after.
This made him look like a total douchebag.
The negative publicity for Brian was so bad that it even started affecting his company.
On the other hand, Nellie's face turned ghastly pale as she watched on her laptop the price of the
company's stock continuously go down.
She couldn't believe what was happening.
Recently, the company was awash with troubles.
After returning home from abroad, Jaylen only attended one meeting in the company because he
needed to rest.
Since then, Nellie was in charge of the company.
Nellie was a strong, independent woman with a better work ethic than Jaylen.
As soon as she came back, she apologized in public as the official representative of the company.
That fixed the previous incident where a customer discovered a dead mouse in the hotel room.
However, things didn't go smoothly.She had just apologized, and yet something happened in the hotel
again.
It was much more severe than the last incident.
This incident involved a young girl.
She was traveling alone and booked a room at their hotel.
One evening, when she swiped the card into the elevator and was about to go back to her room, a
strange man began following her.
He then proceeded to seize her, forcefully trying to drag her out of the exit passageway.
The woman struggled and fought back desperately but to no avail.
During the confrontation, a cleaner appeared but only watched and did nothing.
The woman was almost dragged away several times.
Finally, another customer living in the hotel saw what was happening and immediately called for help.
The strange man let go of the woman and ran away.
As soon as the man bolted, the woman called the police.
After that incident, the woman demanded the surveillance video of the hotel and uploaded it online.
One storm had just subsided.
And then this video went viral, putting them under the spotlight once again.
This situation was a lot worse.
Before, it was just a sanitary problem.
But now, it was a matter of life and death! Understandably, the people who watched that video were
terrified and angry with the hotel.
As the video circulated, more and more people started to put forward their concerns and suspicions.
"If the girl hadn't struggled desperately and hadn't run into a customer who just happened to see her,
she would've been dragged away by that strange man.Who knew what terrible thing would've
happened to her next?"
"How could the strange man go upstairs without a room card?"
"The cleaner of the hotel saw everything that happened but did nothing.Why did she just ignore it?"
"Maybe the hotel is in cahoots with that strange man!"
"How could such a terrible thing happen in a five-star hotel?"
"This is such a creepy hotel."
As soon as that video went viral, the names of the many hotels owned by Brian's family were posted on
the Internet.
There were many comments that expressed how they would never choose to book a room in any of the
mentioned hotels.
As this scandal raged on, the hotel involved had been suspended while the police were investigating
the whereabouts of the strange man.
That incident gained so much traction on the internet.
Various female stars started to repost the video, reminding women to pay attention to their
surroundings whenever they were outside.
It was only a matter of time before the company's stock plummeted.
The occupancy rate of their hotels was the lowest they had ever been.
Nellie gritted her teeth and balled her hands into fists.
This was the biggest crisis the company had ever faced since its conception.
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