Jasper was taken aback, his arms still in midair. He had wanted tofort Alyssa with a hug.
“I only wanted to…”
“I said, stay out of this!” Alyssa had no patience to deal with him further. She stormed away from him,
still
on her phone, and mmed the door as she walked out.
The warmth and tenderness Jasper had so achingly wished for disappeared just like that. Their shared
moment from earlier burst, just like a short-lived bubble floating up into the sky.
Alyssa didn’t take the antique Jasper had given her. To her, family was the most important thing right
now.
Sadness filled Jasper’s chest, making his heart twinge in pain.
But now wasn’t the time to be depressed. He quickly recovered and left the room.
“Mr. Beckett, I just saw Madam leave looking absolutely pissed. Did you upset her?” Xavier asked
worriedly, a sliver of me in his eyes. After all, his boss had always been known to get on Alyssa’s
wrong
side.
“Something’s happened to Madam L,” Jasper said, his gaze dark.
“Huh. No wonder there was somemotion downstairs!” Xavier quickly took out his phone and
looked
up the news online.
He suddenly frowned, showing Jasper the screen. “Look at this, sir!”
Jasper focused on the video that yed on Xavier’s phone. Narrowing his eyes, he snatched the
phone
away to take a closer look.
It was a video from decades ago, and the resolution was blurry. Yet it was still clear enough to
recognize
L standing onstage while she shakily covered her legs. A clear liquid was flowing down between
them.
Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org.
The audience erupted in shrieks and gasps of shock, followed by countless snapshots from cameras
as if
they were starving wolves jumping upon fallen prey.
“My … my mother was L Nelson’s biggest fan. She told me about how L’s reputation got ruined
because of the rumors that she was on drugs and how she even pissed herself onstage during TS
Network’s celebratory live broadcast,” Xavier exined.
He couldn’t bring himself to watch the video. “The inte wasn’t as powerful back then as it is today,
nor
were the phones back then capable of taking videos, so the news didn’t spread as rampantly as it is
today.
“But my mother had attended the broadcast in person, being a fan and all, so she had seen the incident
firsthand.”
Jasper was getting more and more upset by the second.
An incident like urinary incontinence in public was worse than a death sentence for someone like L,
who had been the number one celebrity actress loved and adored by countless people nationwide.
Xavier went on to say, “My mother also said that the incident was all over the news and magazine
headlines the next day. You could get it anywhere!
“But only a couple hourster, every single shred of news about the incident suddenly ceased to exist
in
public. She had no idea who had bought all the papers, but they couldn’t find a single report on it
anymore.
Jasper knew just exactly who had done that for L-Winston Taylor.
Only a man of his power and influence could force the entire country’s media outlets to go silent on
L’s
incident.
“It looks like whoever leaked that incident today has been keeping it in the works for a long time.
Seeing
how they were able to acquire videos that Mr. Taylor had destroyed, they mustn’t be an ordinary
person,”
Jasper analyzed calmly.
He was able to maintain aposed demeanor even though Alyssa had basically backhanded him just
a
moment ago.
“Whoever it was must either be someone from TS Network itself, or they were directly involved with
what
happened to L all those years ago.”
“Good analysis, sir!” Xavier eximed.
Jasper’s expression was frosty. “Look into this immediately. I want you to get me every single person
who
was involved in this incident, including any reporters, social media ounts, and whoever recorded
that
video in the first ce.”
“Right away, sir!”
Jasper then hurriedly left, leaving/Xavier behind.