My Three Darlings

Chapter 33

“Then ask Madeleine to beg me for forgiveness too.”

Eliza pursed her lips and continued, “And all the directors, scriptwriters, and producers who have turned their noses up at me in the past.” Beau was slightly taken aback by her words. He narrowed his eyes momentarily, and then he smiled. “Okay.” Eliza turned to look at him. “Should I provide you with a list of names, then?” He smirked. “It would be best if you could.”

“But even without a name list, I will still be able to find every one of them just the same.” Eliza had no words.

“Does he really mean it?” She pondered. Eliza sighed and said, “I was just kidding.” After saying that, she rolled down the window to catch some fresh air.

The cool breeze cleared her head. “I was really cool back there when I turned Tom’s offer down. I told him that I’ll take care of my problems by myself and that I will not rely on my ties with you.”

“If I still end up having to depend on you to be acknowledged by others, I’d be really ashamed of myself.”

Beau looked at her in silence.

Eliza met his eyes resolutely.

A moment later, he turned to look forward. “I’ll be here whenever you need me.”

“Does this mean that he’s agreed?” Eliza mused.

She quickly nodded in response. “Okay.”

She looked at him and smiled sweetly. “I’ll come straight to you if I ever need your help.”

As Beau turned to look at her, their gaze met. Her eyes seemed to hold an entire galaxy of stars.

Almost instinctively, Beau reached out and gently stroked her head. “I’ll be waiting.”

Eliza froze at the overly intimate move.

Beau, on the other hand, did not seem to sense anything amiss. He stroked her head a couple more times before he withdrew his hand and leaned back into his seat for a doze.

Eliza was left absolutely flustered.

Her face flushed and her heart raced.

She subconsciously eyed the man beside her out of the corner of her eye.

As he dozed, his eyes were shut, and his profile was so elegant that it was simply captivating.

Eliza wondered if a man like Beau would ever marry her if Braint and Demarion had not taken a liking to her.

They arrived at the villa half an hour later.

Demarion had not returned from playing chess with his grandfather and Braint was nowhere to be seen. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Eliza wondered if a man like Beau would ever marry her if Braint and Demarion had not taken a liking to her. They arrived at the villa half an hour later. Demarion had not returned from playing chess with his grandfather and Braint was nowhere to be seen. On her way upstairs to change out of her attire, Eliza turned on the computer. The bashing directed at her online had increased by many folds. Her information and photos, which had the word “B*tch” pasted over her face, had already been disclosed and circulated all over the internet. The abusive comments were really disturbing. Eliza found herself affected by them. Her grip on the mouse tightened as she trembled. She had always thought that she was a tough person,

but in the face of such insults, she realized that she might not be as strong as she had thought. She could not find it in her to stay calm and ignore them completely. All of a sudden, her cell phone rang. When she saw Madeleine’s name flashing on the screen, Eliza drew a deep breath and answered the call, but not before pressing on a button to record the conversation. “The director just told me that Tom has agreed to drive you out of Parson Media.” Madeleine spoke haughtily and sounded pleased. “Eliza Lawson, haven’t I told you from the very beginning that you won’t be getting the best of me?” “Do you remember the first time we met? You were an uppity young lady from the Lawson family, and I was just a poor girl out on the streets.” “Back then, you self-righteously drove away a wealthy tycoon who had the intention of making me his mistress. You gave me 500 dollars and told me to carry myself with dignity and to live a good life in the future.” “But look at you now…” “You’re not some respected lady from the Lawson family, you’re nothing but an illegitimate child.” “Not only have you been abandoned by your boyfriend and shunned by your newly-wed husband, but you have also lost your job now!” “Oh, how the tables have turned.” Eliza clutched her phone tightly. “So you were the one behind all this?” “You went to the dressing room while I was changing yesterday just to confirm the exact location of my wound.” “And Jay suddenly switched to grab my right shoulder when he was actually supposed to grab my left shoulder…” Fuarter “You’re right!” Before Eliza could even finish her sentence, Madeleine interrupted her rudely. “I was also the one who trapped you in the lounge last night.” “I know just how terrified of the dark you are ever since that night five years ago, so I devised it on purpose. ” “You will never be able to defeat me.” Eliza took a deep breath and glanced at her phone to make sure that it was recording. She gritted her teeth and continued, “Madeleine, I had coached you on every scene you had ever acted on and analyzed the character development for every one of your roles.” “You didn’t have to take things so far just because I didn’t do the analysis of this production for you, did you?” Madeleine scoffed. “I don’t need a reason to screw you up.” “Don’t think so highly of yourself. I’ve found a new person to analyze my characters for me.” “I just felt like messing with you recently. Do you have a problem with that?” “Of course not.” Eliza snorted. “But we’ll see how this plays out.” With that, she ended the call without another word. “How dare she hang up on me?!” Madeleine fumed. She was so furious that her knuckles had turned white from grabbing the corner of the table tightly. She roared at her assistant who was

beside her, “Continue hiring more netizens to bash her! Make sure that their comments are as nasty as they can get!” “Madeleine, you don’t have to go that far, do you?” Jay came over and held her in his arms. One could see from his eyes that he still had some pity for Eliza. “If this goes on, I’m afraid that she might not be able to take it. It might put us in trouble if she decides to take her own life.” Madeleine buried her head in Jay’s chest and said in a sickly sweet voice, “Don’t worry, she won’t die so easily! She would have died in that accident back then if she were meant to die so soon.” At the mention of the past, Jay sighed lightly. “That’s true.” “But…”

He leaned down and kissed Madeleine on the forehead. “If you’re out to destroy her for good, then why don’t you expose her past of being a surrogate mother?”

Eliza had once been a surrogate mother. News like that was much more detrimental to Eliza than news of her shamelessly seducing him.

“We can’t just go around telling people that she was a surrogate mother.” Madeleine rolled her eyes and said, “Only the wealthy can afford to hire a surrogate mother. Krine is not such a big place after all. If someone puts their heart to it, they will easily be able to find out who hired her.” “Furthermore, her child didn’t really die. If this gets out of hand and the family of the child happens to find her, they might protect her for the sake of the child. I don’t want to risk it.”

Eliza received a call from Gilbert after lunch.

“There are paparazzi hounding Roseane because of you. She’d like you to come over.” “Since they want footage of you, then we’ll give them all the footage they need.” “Roseane will be bringing you to the hospital for an injury assessment.” “Madeleine’s not the only one who can manipulate the public opinion. Two can play the game.