It was Peter who answered him.
"What is really going on in your head right now? If you are the CEO of an entertainment agency you should know these things.""Ciara is probably going to have a hard time because of this. We need to talk to her and come up with a plan for this" Peter said.Turning to Raymond he said."Contact Ciara's Manager and tell her to come to the company right now" Petter said..Marcus did not say anything more. Instead he just watched as his father and Raymond tried to deal with the situation.They kept answering calls and saying that they were going to deal with the situation soon. Marcus was not bothered with this though. Instead, he kept thinking about what his father said.Something like this could be fatal for an actress like that has never had any scandals before. Ciara is going to have a hard time because of this scandal. His lips curled up in a devilish smile. So she is going to have a hard time? It won't hurt to teach that arrogant woman a lesson with this.Emelda and Ciara was still in Ciara's house. Ciara had gotten her mother to leave. She did not want her to stay and continue to hassle her about all of this. She was already having a hard time as it was already. Emelda's phone kept ringing. Reporters wanted to interview her and hear what she had to say. Whether the rumour was true or not. Ciara had her fists cletched tightly. Once she gets a hold of that idiot CEO, she definitely won't let him go at all!Emelda's phone rang again and she went away to answer it. When she came back, she had a timid look on her face. One look at her and Ciara knew that she wanted to ask her something. "What is it Emelda? I'm already stressed enough as it is. Just tell me what is going on" Ciara asked. She did not want her to keep going around and around in circles. She was already stressed out enough."Well, the PR director just called me. He said that he wants you to come to the company because they want to talk about how they are going to deal with this" Emelda said. Emelda was scared to tell Ciara this because she knew that she did not like dealing with the management of the company. But the situation was already like this. Emelda thought that it was only right that they went.Ciara turned to look at Emelda. "Why should I go there? What do they need for me? PR director? If Helain Entertainment still has a PR management then they should know what to do about this right? Just tell them that it's not true. I don't have a relationship with that stupid CEO! I'm not going to go so they should just release a statement and say that it's not true!" Ciara said. She was already pissed enough. Does she have to go there and see that idoit's face.Emelda sighed. She knew that Ciara was going to say this. However she still has to convince her to go. "Ciara, it's very important that you go. They can't just release a statement, there are pictures and those pictures are true. We can't risk anything. You should know that something like this is very serious for you. And besides, the awards ceremony is around the corner. We have to deal with this as soon as possible" Emelda reminded her.Ciara cletched her fists. Her career is something that she won't play with no matter what happens. She knew that she has to go. For her career. As for that stupid CEO, she is just going to find a way to deal with him! She is definitely going to make him pay for making things this difficult for her! "Alright. Let's go. It's not like there's something that we can do" Ciara said.She went inside to get changed and soon the both of them left the house. They had to use the back exit because the front was surrounded with reporters.Meanwhile, back in the company, Marcus was still in his office. He wanted to see Ciara's face when she came in. Her manager already called and said that she was coming. She doubted him when he said that he is the CEO right? Well they are going to see! Marcus knew that he was really petty tight now but he did not care. As long as he got his revenge! And besides, he was going to become even more petty very soon. A smile appeared on his face when he thought about the plan that he had to deal with Ciara.Soon enough, two women entered the office. Marcus saw the first woman wasn't Ciara so she must be the secretary that they were talking about. He rested his eyes on the second woman. It was her. Ciara Kingston. He had a mocking smile on his face as if he was telling her, "I told ya"But to Marcus's disappointment, the woman did not even spare him a single glance. She pretended as if no one was there! She completely ignored him! It was the first time that he Marcus Brian had been ignored!Ciara could see that Marcus was trying to get her attention probably because he wanted to make fun of her as soon as she came in but she did not even spare him a glance. She had no time to play with this idioit. Instead she went straight to Raymond and Peter."Chairman, Director, what are we going to do about this?" Ciara went straight to the point. It was already annoying enough for her that she was here. She did not want to waste any time.Peter cleared his throat. "Ciara, you already saw the rumours right? About you and Marcus...." Peter did not get the chance to finish."Do you really still need to ask me this? There is nothing at all! I just want to know how the PR is going to handle this!" Ciara yelled. What are these people thinking?However, Marcus was not going to let her be. After she ignored him, he only got more determined to make things more difficult for her. If this scandal continues, she is going to he put in a difficult position right?Marcus got up and walked to Ciara. Then all of a sudden, he wrapped his hands around her waist! Marcus did not even give Ciara the chance to react. He had his hands wrapped tightly around her waist!"Baby, since it's already like this there is no need for us to continue to hide it. Let's just tell them the truth. I don't want to hide anymore" Marcus said. Then he suddenly pouted his face, like he was begging her.###Chapter SixYou want to act? Fine let's act!(2)Ciara was shocked. She tried to free herself but his hands were so strong. She could only struggle. "Do you really have some kind of mental condition? Ba...Baby? Let go of me this instant!" Ciara demanded.However, Marcus pretended not to hear her. He removed his hand from his waist and put it around her shoulders, then he pulled her closer. "Dad, Matt, I really did not want to tell you before because Ciara baby wanted to hide it but I can't keep it a secret anymore! I really want to tell the truth. That's right, Ciara and I are a couple!" Marcus saidCiara felt like she was going to choke on her spit. What?! Ciara Baby?! What is going on with this person? She had come here because she wanted to talk about how they were going to resolve this crazy story of her being a couple with this idioit and now what is this idiot saying? That it's true? Ciara continued to struggle but his grip was just too firm. What does he want from her?!"What do you think that you are doing? Let go of me this instant! What nonsense are you talking about?!" Ciara yelled. She was yet to figure out what was going on.But Marcus was persistent. He continued to smile sweetly at her and it freaked Ciara out! What is he doing right now? Marcus was having a great time. Thinking about it now this scandal doesn't affect him in any way. Even if it did affect him in some way, as long as if was going to make Ciara suffer he was ready to do it."I really don't want to hide our relationship any longer. We have already been hiding it for so long. Since they have found out about it, there's no need for us to continue to hide like this. Let's just tell them the truth baby" Marcus said.Ciara felt like she was going to faint! Baby?! Why does this word sound so creepy coming from this fool? "Hey, let go of me this instant! Who is in a relationship with you? I don't have anything to do with you so let go of me this instant!" Ciara said. But it was as if he could not hear any of the things that she was saying to him. He just continued to hold on to her like she is his property.On the other hand Peter, Raymond and Emelda were looking at the both of them in shock. What is going on right now? In a relationship? Tell the truth? Baby Ciara?! The three of them were short of words. How did something like this happen? Just a few minutes, weren't the both of them swearing that they don't have anything to do with each other? How is this even possible?Raymond was the one who spoke up. "Wait, Marcus, what is going on right now? Didn't you just say that you don't have anything to do with Ciara? How is that you are in a relationship with her now?" Raymond asked. He could almost guess what Marcus was trying to do but he did not want to believe it. He did not want to think that Marcus was going to be this petty just because he got into a little argument with her."When did I tell you that? Let me tell yousomething. Ciara and I are really going out. It's really difficult to meet her in secret. I really must thank who took the pictures. Because of him, we don't have to hide anymore. Isn't that right baby?" Marcus asked. He turned and gave her a sweet....and sick smile.Ciara was so angry. "Are you crazy?! What nonsense are you talking about? You and who met in secret? You really are a mental patient? Don't be ashamed to seek help you really should get your brain checked!" Ciara yelled.Emelda moved closer to Ciara. She too was surprised. Ciara was almost swearing at Marcus when they were coming but now what? They have been seeing each other in secret?! How is that possible?"Ciara, you and Marcus didn't you sat that there is nothing going on between the both of you? What is he talking about how? Did you...." Emelda did not complete her sentence."What nonsense are you talking about? Of course we are not in a relationship! I don't even know this idiot!" Ciara said."There is no need for you to be shy. If you don't want the public to know about our relationship, you can still continue to hide it. You know that I love you and I respect your decisions. It's just that we should let them people that are close to us know about it right? Besides, you are the one who wanted to let them know. You've been pestering me about it for some time now. Don't you think that it turned out perfectly?" Marcus asked.All this time, he did not stop holding her to himself .Ciara felt like she was going to cough out some blood. "How can you lie with such a straight face? You and I don't have anything to do with each other and you know that! What nonsense are you talking about?" Ciara asked. She was so angry.Marcus did not say anything to this.He just smiled at her.Maybe Marcus thought that his smile was charming but Ciara thought that it was scary!Peter felt that he had enough. He did not want to put up with this anymore. Marcus clearly said just now that he doesn't have anything to do with Ciara but now he is suddenly in a relationship with her? What is going on here? What is Marcus trying to do? He did not want to listen to the both of them arguing back and forth anymore. He just wanted to get to the bottom of this so that he could know how to deal with this situation."Really what is going on with the both of you? Are you going out or not? Stop arguing here!" Peter said. He was starting to get frustrated just listening to the both of them go back and forth on this.It was so annoying!Marcus smiled. He got Ciara now. Little by little he is going to get his revenge on her does she can think that she can do whatever she wants to him?"Of course it's true. The both of us are really going out. But it's just that Ciara is flustered right now. I have something to say to her. I hope that you guys don't mind" Marcus said. The
"Why did you do that to Ciara?""Do you even know that she is the biggest actress of our company right now? Most of our resources are because of her!""Even if you want to start messing with actresses right now can you please not pick someone like Ciara? Plus, she has an award ceremony coming up soon! If she wins it, its going to help our company a lot!" Raymond said. He was especially upset about all of this. After all, he is the one who will have the clean up after Marcus anyway. As a PR director, why does he have to do both his job and that of a CEO at the same time?Marcus scoffed. He wasn't even in the least bothered. All he wanted was to make that woman acknowledge that she was wrong and apologize to him! That is what he wanted to know. She is the most popular actress in the company? How can she not know him when she is so popular? How can she not know the CEO of her agency? "I don't care! I want to teach her a lesson so she knows not to mess with me ever again! Who does she
The award started and the actress who were nominated were all called out one by one.including Ciara. When she was called, the cheers from the fans backstage was deafening.It seems like the scandal did not do anything to her popularity. Ciara had already decided that if she gets the award, she is going to just ignore Marcus. After all, the entertainment circle has always been like this. As long as something now comes up, people are going to forget all about it.The MC took the mic. The moment that everyone had been waiting for has arrived. "And the winner for this year Best actress award is..... Ciara Kingston!" He announced.There was a loud cheer from the crowd. Ciara got up and started to walk to the stage. She was really happy. She had really gotten the award in the end.Ciara walked to the stage to collect her award. Finally, after so much hard work, she was finally to achieve her dream. She got the best actress award that she so much wanted.... nothing could make her more happ
"She's my girlfriend.""Got a problem with it?"Ciara was really angry now. But even more than that, she was red from embarrassment. She had never cared about her marital life anyway. She wasn't bothered about that. She had a lot of money, why did she need someone else in her life? But still, hearing someone else taunt her like this, she was really embarrassed"I don't see how that is any of your business!""Really? Just admit it. There's no one else who wants you because of your attitude! As long as you apologise to me for your previous attitude, I'll forgive you and consider going out with you! Don't forget Ciara. I'm doing your a favour here!" Raymond said.Ciara felt like this man was completely unreasonable. Doing her a favour? What a joke!"I don't need you to do me favours! I don't want to be with someone like you!" Ciara said."You won't find someone like me anywhere. Just accept the fact she come to me now!" Raymond said."Who told you that? Why the hell are you harrasing
Marcus grinned. Because of the situation with Julia, he has almost forgotten that he came here because of Ciara. How could he forgotten something that was so important?"What do you think I want?" He asked her."Let's not play these games with each other seriously. I don't want to and I'm sure that you don't want to either" Ciara said. She was already tired enough.""It was bad enough that she had to deal with two idoits at once. Now she just wanted this damn event to be over so that she could go home and rest."How are you sure that I don't want to play? I really enjoy playing around with you like this" Marcus said. For some reason, seeing that angry look on her face whenever he messed around with her really put him in a good mood.Ciara decided that it was useless to talk to someone like this. She turned to walk away but he grabbed her hand and pulled her back."Hey, what do you think that you are doing right now?!" Ciara asked. He is even taking advantage of her now? He really is
Emelda began to think."Of course you are tired. You are the celebrity. You are not the one who has to deal with the aftermath of you causing trouble."Still, even though she was worried, she knew that there was nothing that she could do now. She could only agree to drive Ciara home. She was sure that they would be asked to go to the company first thing tommorow morning. They would think about what they were going to do then. She too was tired! She too wanted to rest!Ciara wasn't surprised when she entered her house and saw her mother waiting for her. She knew that this woman certainly won't let something like this. She had let Emelda go home immediately she got home because she knew that it had been a long day for her.Thinking about it now, she should have let her stay a bit more. Then she would have been able to deal with her mother for her.As expected, as soon as Ciara sat on the sofa, her mother came onto her."Is it true Ciara? Are you really getting married?" Vanessa asked he
"Of course we have to go Ciara.""You have a lot of work into your career. Are you really just going to everything go down the drain like this? You've worked hard for five years for your career. You can't let it go now." Emelda advised her.Even though Ciara wasn't good with her words and she was always making people angry whenever she opened her mouth, Emelda actually knew that she had worked hard.And besides, she made her the artist that she was today. She too had put in a lot of effort into Ciara's career. She could not watch as her hard work of five years went down the drain like that.They had to think of what to deal with this."I swear when all of this is over I'm going to find a way to skin that damned Marcus alive!" Ciara said.Emelda did not say anything. They had to see if they will be able to contain the news before they would start thinking about skinning anyone alive."Let's go" Emelda said.Because of the scandal about her getting married, they were lots of reporters g
"Dad...what is going on here?""he both of you just made a decision without asking me about my opinion. What the hell is the meaning of this? I don't want to get married to her! No matter what, I'm not going to accept it!" Marcus said. He had to protest and made sure that at least his voice was heard." "What did they mean by this? Did they mean that he wasn't important at all and that they could do whatever they want without asking him about what he thinks? He would not accept it!"Do you really think that your opinion is important here? You are the one who caused this! Do you really have to mess with Ciara? Do you even know...." Peter wanted to say did he knew how much she earned for the company, but he held himself back because Ciara was Still there. He did not want to make her feel bad since it seems that she already agreed to it.Peter continued, "Anyway, you are going to get married to Ciara. It's just for six months. She's really giving up a lot here so I hope that you won't ma
Ciara looked at the women.One of them was her mom?"Mom what are you doing here?" Ciara asked.Everything was happening so soon and her mind was a mess.Does her mother know Cole?She could tell that the crying woman was Cole's mother but how is her mom involved?Ciara took a second look at the woman and she realized that she was the one whom she saw with her mom that day at the cafê. What is going on?When Marcus received Matt's call, his mother and Mira were still chatting he was starting to get worried. Why isn't Ciara here yet?He wanted to put and end to everything today.He has tried calling Ciara again but her phone was turned off. He was starting to get scared. He immediately excused himself from his mom and Mira and he went to answer the call."What is going on Matt?" Marcus asked. He knew that Matt and call him at this time if it wasn't for something important."Marcus... there's been an accident at the set where Ciara is filming" Matt said."What?!" Marcus yelled. He was s
Since she messed up and wasn't even able to get Ciara, she wasn't sure that that person was going to care about her now.Jenna saw that she had scared Sonia enough now."Let me ask you one question Sonia. This had something to do with you right? But you aren't workings alone. Who did you do it with?" Jenna asked. She needed to know what was going on if she was going to clear this mess.She knew that Ciara was smart. Her mind was a mess now because of the incident but she knew that once she calmed down, she would be able to think about how weird all of this was and she would be able to trace it back to Sonia.Of course, if it was something that she could not deal it, she could just abándon Sonia and let her desk with her mess alone."Jenna....what am I going to do? Someone contacted me...they told me that they wanted to get rid of Ciara...I thought that we didn't need to go the long way anymore...we could just use someone's hand to get rid of her...." Sonia said. She was trying hard no
But Sonia did not know that she was the only one that thought that she was on the same level with Ciara. No one else thought the same thing!Anyway her manager wasn't here to stop her so she kept shooting her mouth off and saying whatever she wants.Ciara rolled her eyes. She could tell why she was angry. She wanted to compete with her for everything, without forgetting the fact that the both of them weren't on the same level to begin with. Sonia really likes to think big of herself.What an idoit!"Who is the person who is going to take my place? You? I'm sorry but you are not worthy Sonia!" Ciara said. She was never one to hold her temper. She wasn't afraid of anything.Anyway, people inside and outside the entertainment industry already knew what she was like. As long as you don't come looking for her, nothing would go wrong. But if you decide to look for then you would only have yourself to blame because she was going to make sure that she gave you a really hard timeSonia on her
He could see now that for the first time, that Marcus had finally done something right!"Don't worry Rose, I'll never let you down!" Matt said.Matt was leaving work when he saw his mother walk up to him. It seemed that she just got here.After he found out what his mother's goal was , he was really angry. Previously, he did not have any hopes from this mother.It wasn't like he was a child who was going to miss his mother accompanying him, so he did not rest care.But when he thought about how she had come back because she wanted to use him, he was angry. To think that she was even ready to use the marriage of a son that he had never cared about before to get her goal, he was angry.But he held it back. They were some things that he still needed to do."Mom...why are you here again?" Marcus asked. No matter how much he wanted to pretend, he could not help but be cold to this woman who only thought about him when she wanted to use him.Kate frowned when she heard that. She felt that t
But it seems that he was wrong. It was because she thinks him as only a colleague and a superior. There was no reason for her to reject his help if he was only her superior.Matt really thought that it would have been better if she refused the ride. It would mean that she was still thinking about him and what happened between them.Matt really thought that it would have been better if she refused the ride. It would mean that she was still thinking about him and what happened between them.He wanted to say something but he did not know what he was supposed to say.In the end, he shut his mouth and drove started driving.Rose suddenly thought of something really important. He doesn't know where she lives right? It won't be too much of trouble for him right?"You don't know where I live right? Why don't you just drop me off at the bus stop if it's too much trouble for you?" Rose asked.Matt turned to look at her face. she was staring at him with the same indifference. She wasn't bothere
He could still find a way to stop Mira from going after her husband so that she could have a good life!"Your mother was someone who had a completive streak. She always wanted to have everything that she set her eyes on.""She tried to go after me but I already have Vanessa so I did not even consider her so she came up with schemes, planning for five years to get it. I'm telling you that she only had you because she did not want to lack in anything that Vanessa has. Vanessa had her husband so she stole her away.""Vanessa had her own daughter so she had you. You were her last bargaining chip so she had to rest you well. That woman Brenda wasn't someone who cared about anyone else. She cared about herself only. As long as she was satisfied, nothing else mattered. That was why she was okay with pretending that I loved her when she knew very well that I did not love her at a. What do you think of that? That's your good mother!" Ethan said.Mira had to know all of this. So she knows bette
Just a few days ago, he had talked about it with Ciara. But that did not mean that he wanted to talk about it with Mira.Mira saw that her father was hesitating. No, he wasn't hesitation, he did not want to talk to her about it at all.She gritted her teeth together in anger."Why dad? Why can't you tell me about it? What are you trying to keep from me? Do you think that I'm a kid who won't be able to deal with this? I can see that you really hated mom . Even now that she's gone, you still can't let go of your hatred for her. Why is that? What exactly did she do to you?" Mira asked.Ethan could not longer stand her constant questioning. Since she wants to know what her mother did so badly, he is going to tell her!"Your mother was a shameless btch! A woman like her who only knows how to use underhanded methods to break up a happy family, do you think that I'll ever love her? You are right! I hate her! I hate that woman Brenda a lot! It doesn't matter whether she dies or not! Her pathe
"Do you think that this is going to work? Won't Marcus find out that something is wrong from all of this? What if he figures out something? He has an entertainment Company after all" Mira said. She did not want to make Marcus angry."Of course it's going to work. Remember, our goal right now is to make Marcus's wife think that there is something going on between the both of you. It'll be easier to break them up this way" Kate said. Once she planted doubts in thier mind, it will be a piece of cake.His so called wife is probably suspecting him because of the pictures today. And if he goes back to confront her, the both of them are probably going to get into an argument.The more the both of them fight, the easier it will be to break them up.The truth was that, Kate did not even care about her son's marriage at all. She did not care who he was married to. If she did not need to us Mira, she would not have gotten involved. She had never cared about him before, how will she start caring
She could not help but feel sad for him."Are you okay?" Ciara asked. She did not know why she asked that.She just felt that he must be going through a hard time right now.It's never easy for anyone to be abandoned by a parent. And now that parent was trying to use him...No one would be okay at all!Marcus looked up at Ciara. Is she worrying about him now?Marcus could not help but smile brightly. See?! He knew that as long as he persisted, she would be able to reciprocate the feelings that he has for her! It finally did happen. He knew that she wasn't completely indifferent to him. She does care about him.She even feels sorry for him.Ciara was alarmed. She asked him if he was okay and he is smiling? What is wrong with this person?"Hey, what is wrong with you? I asked you if you are okay and you are smiling? Is it funny?" Ciara asked."No...it's not funny at all... sorry...I'm just really happy right now. You do care about me. You even feel sorry for me...I'm so happy right now.