Twisted Ties of Love

Chapter 359

Whether you call her cold-blooded or heartless, think about it. If she hadn't had the foresight to set up a camera and microphone, she'd be the one getting dragged through the mud by the netizens by now.

Plus, she's got more than one enemy, and Graham was just one of them. When the time comes and she's under attack from all sides, they'll crush her like an ant.

She didn’t feel sorry for Ariana and Harper at all. They did all this; they’ve gotta be ready to face the music and pay the piper. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

She didn't have a lot of luggage from R City and tidied up easily. Her flight was at 4 p.m. and it was still five hours away.

Izabella checked her phone and clicked on the news notification. It was still the press conference called by Ariana, but now it was a one-man show.

Harper was apologizing to the camera. "I sincerely apologize to Izabella. I changed the script. It was all me, nobody else."

Journalists were all over him. "Harper, by 'nobody else' do you mean Ariana?"

Harper nodded. "Ariana is innocent. I led her into all this, including this press conference."

"Why did you tamper with the script and set Izabella up?"

"I wanted to bring her down. She's in Ariana's way. Plus, her acting threatened me. I was afraid I'd lose to her in the eyes of the audience."

"So, you admit you're not as good as Izabella?"

Harper admitted, "Yes, I'm not as good as her. She's a great actress. She could keep acting perfectly even without knowing the changes. I believe she's the only one who could pull this off among the whole crew. I admit defeat wholeheartedly. And I know how low my actions were. I'll leave the show 'Here Comes the Superstars' which has been doing a great job. I'll pay the penalty for my breach of contract."

"Harper, what's the relationship between you and Ariana?"

"I'm pursuing her. But I've dragged her into this mess and I'm not worthy of any relationship with her anymore."

Izabella put down her phone at this point. She noticed something was off between Ariana and Harper when they were discussing the script. Harper was completely under Ariana's thumb.

If anything happened to Ariana, he would definitely be the first one to take the fall.

Ariana managed to cut her losses just in time, but Harper's image as a nice guy was shattered. His future in showbiz might not be so smooth. But he never cared about that. His fans loved his acting.

Ariana finally breathed a sigh of relief after watching the live stream and seeing Harper state his position.

She checked the trending comments on her phone. Although many netizens were still skeptical, her fans believed her. They were organizing to control the comments.

The strategy was to deflect attention and shift the focus to Harper. She felt a bit guilty watching her fans hurl insults at Harper, but that was it. It was better than her being the one getting slammed, right?

Ariana logged into a burner account and started leaving comments.

"Izabella is such a slut. She flirts with every guy she sees. She even seduced Casey on set. On the day of the performance, Casey went to the makeup room just to see her. On the day of the script scandal, paparazzi camped out all night outside the hotel but didn't see Izabella return. She was shacking up with Casey!" As soon as she posted this, people started liking and commenting, pushing it to the top. This topic will probably be seen by more people soon.

Casey's fans were very aggressive, trying to report and block her post. But the topic was too hot, and it got so many likes that it couldn't be blocked. Plus, Ariana even paid to promote it.

Casey was very popular; anything related to him got a lot of views. The post from Ariana's burner account became a hot topic in less than half an hour.

"Stop spreading rumors about Mr. Dempsey, okay? There's no way he would fall for a piece of trash like Izabella!"

"Where did you get the idea that Mr. Dempsey likes Izabella? When Izabella was performing on stage, he was obviously looking down, clearly not interested in her."

"Spreading rumors is illegal; please think before you speak."

"It's so easy to spread rumors by just spitting out bullshit."

"If Mr. Dempsey likes Izabella, I'll eat shit live. He'd fall for anyone but Izabella."

Most fans and bystanders didn't believe Casey would be interested in Izabella.

But Ariana's burner account was usually used to share insider gossip, and everything she's posted before had been 100% true.

"I don't care if you believe it or not; I believe it. Don't forget, there's never been a false word from this account."

"This account holder is obviously someone from inside the industry, if not a crew member, then a guest invited by the production team."

"My world is shattered."