“It’s my house, so I can do whatever I want here. Why should I listen to you?” Without even turning around, Matthew replied with hostility. He then opened the refrigerator door, took a packet of ice from it, and placed it on his forehead as Alicia just hit his forehead with the plunger. He thought, That lunatic almost poked me in the eye! Even if she doesn’t call the police, I will!
“Wait a minute! I’m calling them right now.” Alicia held the phone in her left hand and clutched the bath towel she was wearing with her right hand. She couldn’t find a place to put the toilet plunger, so she threw it on the floor. In a panic, she dialed 911.
“Why don’t you stay in the bedroom?” Matthew asked impatiently.
“Why?” Alicia asked, her gaze fixed on him.
“The police will be here in a few minutes. Do you want them to see you dressed like this?”
“I’m free to wear whatever I want because I’m at my boss’s house! It’s none of your business!”
“Fine,” Matthew said, “I don’t care.” He sat on the couch and applied an ice pack to the bruise on his head. At that moment, he already had a rough guess as to why Alicia got into the house.
“Who is this girl in your apartment?” he texted Tammy while waiting for the police. At the time, Tammy was walking the runway. So, she didn’t have time to check her phone.
Then Alicia gripped the bath towel tightly. After that, she was surprised to find that she couldn’t tie the towel after the water dried on her body. She panicked, and she could only move slowly towards the bedroom.
Meanwhile, Matthew appeared much calmer and relaxed in comparison to her. He was bored, so he grabbed his phone and began playing Tetris.
Seeing that, Alicia thought to herself, What the hell are you thinking? Why are you still in the mood for playing games when you broke into someone else’s house?
Alicia was enraged, but she needed to change her clothes desperately. After entering the bedroom, she quickly locked the door. Hearing the door closing, Matthew cast a cold glance at the bedroom door.
***
Meanwhile, Lemon was in the second half of his show. And Wayne, Anna, and their friends were chatting in the front row of the audience.
Peace displayed the news on her phone to Anna. She said, “Mona is amazing! She immediately bought rumors from the press about those celebrities.”
Anna said, “She’s been here for a long time, so she has plenty of experience. She’s not the same little girl who just graduated from college.”
“Seems like you’re very proud of her.”
“Why shouldn’t I be? I’m kind of her mentor. And she learns from the best mentor.”
“Wow! Professor Wright! You’re really good at bragging!”
While Anna and Peace were still bickering, Mona’s secretary ran out of the backstage area and rushed to them, calling Anna in a panic, “Mrs. Wright!”
“What’s the matter?” Anna put her smile away, looked at the secretary seriously and asked.
After the secretary whispered to her and told her what happened in a low voice, Anna widened her eyes in shock. Wayne was close to her, so he heard everything the secretary said. And then, he frowned.
Peace couldn’t hear anything because she was separated from Anna by a small table. She put down the bag of nachos in her hand and asked, “What’s the problem? Why are you so surprised?”
Anna did not respond to her. “I need to go backstage,” she said calmly as she stood up and straightened her dress.
“Go ahead,” Wayne said with a nod.
Peace became even more intrigued as she watched Anna leave. She set the bag of nachos down and asked Wayne, “What’s wrong? What were you two muttering about?”
“She’s my wife. I can mutter with her all I want,” Wayne said, looking at her.
“Cut the crap! Just tell me why Anna is leaving,” Peace said.
“Mona is in labor,” Wayne said calmly.
Peace’s eyes widened in surprise. She turned back and saw that Anna had just left the audience.
“If you want to go, you’d better keep calm. Don’t let anyone notice you,” Wayne warned Peace in a low voice.
At the same time, Mona was moaning in pain on the couch in the backstage lounge.
Anna was preparing to take Mona to the hospital when Peace arrived backstage. At the sight of Peace, Anna said to her, “Peace, please stay here. Tell Andrew to go straight to the hospital after the show.”
“No, I’m going to tell him right now. He needs to know about this.”
Mona yelled once more. “Don’t tell him yet, please! Just wait until the show is over,” she said, grabbing Peace’s arm.
“Why? No!”
“Don’t tell him. We’ve been preparing for this show for months, and Daydream is competing with us. Andrew has to be here. If both of us leave, something will definitely happen,” Mona said.
Peace wasn’t convinced, but she had no choice but to agree. “OK, I’m not going to tell him. Don’t worry, I’ll be here. By the way, Wayne is still here, too. Anna, hurry up and take Mona to the hospital,” she said.
“Ah! Mona, your water has broken!” In the chaos, Mona’s secretary exclaimed.
Anna fixed her gaze on Peace and said, “Don’t make a fuss, Peace. It’s not a big deal. I’m going to drive Mona to the hospital. We don’t have time to wait for the ambulance.”
While helping Mona walk out, Anna said to her softly, “Don’t be afraid, Mona. Everything will be fine. Can you start timing now? Then tell me how many contractions a minute you’re having later. Please tell me how many times a minute you feel hurt, okay?”
“Um, okay,” Mona said, biting her lip and nodding.
At the same time, a large show was also taking place in another luxury hotel in Birmingham. After reading the news, Beatrice became enraged. She growled, “These journalists are completely untrustworthy! They sold the gossip to others that I had bought from them!”
“The reporters didn’t dare to offend you, and Lemon isn’t powerful enough for them to do so.”
Hearing her assistant’s words, Beatrice frowned and asked, “Do you mean the Carousel Group did this? Does it have anything to do with Wayne Wright?”
“No, I don’t believe so. Look, here’s the call log. Mona, one of Lemon’s executive directors, called Matthew an hour ago,” The assistant said as she handed Beatrice her iPad.
“Did that kid tell the press to do that?”
The assistant said with a nod, “Lemon has a strong connection to the Carousel Group, as its founder is the wife of Wayne Wright. And their son Matthew has a close relationship with Lemon’s executive directors, Andrew and his wife.”
Clenching her fists, Beatrice said, “They’re more united than I expected. Why does this brat have to get involved in our business?”
Beatrice’s assistant said cautiously, “We probably underestimated Matthew Wright. Although he is still a teenager, he behaves exactly like his father. He completed that difficult project in the south by himself.”
“He completed it? I don’t think so,” Beatrice sneered, “Prepare a gift for the president of Azul Group.”
“Yes,” said the assistant.
***
Right after they arrived at the hospital, Anna sent Mona into the operating room. On the way, she kept comforting Mona, “Take a deep breath, Mona. The best doctor will deliver your baby. And, I’ll be right beside you.”
“Ah!!!” Mona continued to scream in agony.
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