Mr. CEO, You're Just A Substitute novel Chapter 38

Iris' post made another splash which made Edward furious. If it weren't for Catherine, he had already declared a "war" on Twitter.

Starry didn't respond to any of Iris' posts and they had found out about the marriage between her and Filip.

And that led to the relationship between Lucia and Filip.

In the end, some "genius" concluded that Filip cheated on Lucia with Starry. They then naturally thought that Starry was a depraved woman with no morality.

It was so huge that even Edward's fans tried to distance Edward from her.

And some anti-fans of Edward were throwing mud at him at this time.

They posted that they could imagine what kind of person Edward was when he was on good terms with Starry.

A growing number of people had got implicated and some evil people had started to ask Starry to die as an apology.

Iris posted again at past eleven.

This time she posted a rather tricky one that she wanted people not to confuse other scandals with Starry's plagiarism, she just wanted an apology about plagiarism instead of others, she hoped they would treat it reasonably and give Starry a little time without harsh comments.

This post tricked people to think that Iris was a kind and generous person and the comments below were all about cursing Starry and standing up for Iris.

Izabella couldn't help to contact Starry as things got more serious, "Starry, you really aren't gonna reply?"

Izabella couldn't go online and help Starry without her words no matter how mad Izabella was.

Starry logged out of Twitter and replied, "I have an appointment with Bentley tomorrow."

"Who's Bentley?"

Izabella couldn't remember who Bentley was for a second but she then realized after she sent the message.

"Since you have a plan, then I'll wait."

In that case, Izabella could just wait and see.

After chatting with Izabella, Starry set an alarm and turned off the light to sleep.

The alarm rang at 7:00 am the next morning and Starry woke up.

She got up and had breakfast after turning off the alarm on the phone.

It was still raining and the sky looked blurry through the large floor-to-ceiling window.

Starry put another pair of gloves on and she needed to see someone else before she went to see Bentley.

Starry wouldn't go out to handle this on a rainy and cold day if weren't for the fact that someone had crossed her line over and over again.

Aiden Kelly was already at the coffee shop when she arrived.

"Ms. Bradley."

Starry nodded, took her gloves off, and then ordered a cup of coffee, "Hi, Mr. Kelly."

It was the second time Aiden met Starry but he was still amazed by her beauty.

He was not a freak. It was just that she was so breathtaking. Aiden stared at her for several seconds and then looked away. He passed the envelope to her, "That's what you wanted. All here."

Starry took a stack of cash from her purse, "Fifty grand. That's the rest of it."

They passed their money and envelop both directly.

Aiden got the money and then made an excuse to leave.

Her hot coffee was ready when he left.

"Miss, your cappuccino.

"Thanks"

Starry smiled slightly, took over the envelope on the table, unstuck the sealing wax, and then untangled the string around it.

She opened it in the end and took out the photos and files.

Starry wasn't foolish. No one else would be against her like this so many times except Lucia.

She could bear with it the last two times but this time Lucia really crossed the line. She was no saint. She wouldn't just swallow the grievance and forgive the foe.

There were photos of Lucia meeting with Iris, transfer records between them, and proof that Iris had been paying people to say bad things about Starry online.

Of course, these couldn't all be used as proof but Starry didn't intend to.

She could fix this with Iris but she knew she had nothing to do with Lucia.

Filip was the only one she could think of to fix this with Lucia.

Starry then put those back into the envelope and tangled the string around it. Then she paid for the coffee.

It was ten o'clock when she got out of the coffee shop.

Starry drove to the Eternal Group. The receptionist wasn't surprised as last time when she saw Starry, "Ms. Bradley, are you here for Mr. Pearson? Do you have an appointment with him?"

Starry replied, "No, I do not. Could you please make an internal call? I have something important."

After all, Starry was ex-Mrs. Pearson so the receptionist didn't dare to mess with her.

"Sure, please wait."

Soon the receptionist got off the phone and ushered Starry to the special elevator.

"Thanks."

Starry walked into the elevator and watched the floor number change until the last one.

The elevator door opened and Austin was already waiting for her.

"Ms. Bradley, Mr. Pearson is in a meeting."

"That's okay, I'll wait."

Starry nodded and followed Austin to the guest area.

"Ms. Bradley, here's some snack."

Austin brought her tea and snacks. But Starry just smiled at him, said thanks, and didn't intend to drink or eat even without taking off her gloves.

Austin came over in ten minutes and said, "Ms. Bradley, Mr. Pearson has finished his meeting. You can come to his office now."

"Thanks."

Starry took the envelope aside and followed Austin to Filip's office.

Austin pushed the door open, "Ms. Bradley, Mr. Pearson is waiting for you."

Starry walked in after saying thanks. She turned around and saw Filip behind the desk.

Filip was in a dark blue suit today with coldness in his eyes and he frowned when he saw her, "You wanted to see me?"

Filip looked at Starry in front of him with coldness in his brown eyes.

Starry nodded a little and put the envelope on the desk, "This is the third time she set me up. Filip, please keep your eye on your girlfriend."