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Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Joe, Help Me
Wendy’s face turned pale, and she hurriedly stepped forward, “I…”
Facing Joe’s eyes as if seeing through everything, Wendy felt uncomfortable and dodged them, only stammering after a long time, “That day she came back, and your eyes were always on her, I was confused and just…”
Joe’s eyes fell on the birthmark on Wendy’s arm, and he remained silent for a long time before saying, “This is the last time.”
Wendy nodded hastily, her eyes flickering.
Some things she didn’t have to face, others could do it for her.
Joe called Jack and asked him to remove today’s trending news about her.
“Just removing the trending news?” Wendy was anxious,
“People online are calling me a homewrecker, and several clients are demanding compensation from me!”
Seeing Joe unmoved, Wendy added, “Do you want our unborn child to be branded illegitimate?”
But Joe just looked at her deeply without saying a word.
Wendy bit her lip tightly, knowing there was no room for negotiation, and reluctantly left.
As soon as she stepped out the door, her face darkened completely.
Mia White!
“The trending news is gone.”
In Mia’s apartment, David frowned at her.
At this point, the news disappearing could only mean Joe had intervened.
“He is willing to spend money for that woman,” David sneered, about to call and have the news pushed back to the top, but Mia stopped him.
Her expression was indifferent. “There’s no need. Continuing this now will only hurt her reputation, why waste money?”
Having spent so many years with the Clinton family, what she had learned best was patience.
Even if Joe protected Wendy, there would come a time when he could not protect her anymore.
David looked closely at Mia’s expression, then leaned back and said, “Fine! When you decide to take action, just let me know. I don’t care whether I can help you or not; I just can’t stand the audacity of a homewrecker like her.”
Mia glanced at him and laughed.
Both thought this would be the end of it, but that night the White family suddenly posted online, searching for Mia, saying she had been missing for five years and that the family missed her dearly. They begged her to come home.
The emotional post touched many netizens, who began sharing and tagging Mia as if it were a love- seeking story.
Mia looked at the words on the screen, not touched in the least, but filled with anger instead.
The White family, still daring to make noise.
“The White family never does anything in vain. This post is just the beginning; there must be more to come,” Mia said, calling Frank and instructing her PR Department to monitor the online situation.
Sure enough, not long after the White family’s post, a journalist rushed to interview.
He interviewed Mr. White, Mia’s father, looking haggard as if truly concerned for his daughter.
Remembering the last time she saw him and his smug face, Mia scoffed, “The White family is really wasting their talent by not being actors.”
On the screen, Mr. White spoke to the journalist, recounting the
hardships of raising a child and the family’s longing for Mia, even claiming that her grandmother had fallen ill from missing her and that he had been so distraught that his business had suffered.
Netizens began to turn against Mia, “For the sake of a man, she’s made her family suffer. Mia White is no good.”
“No wonder Mr. Smith divorced her.”
Mia saw the shift in public opinion and laughed indifferently.
“The White family has been losing money for the past three years; even their latest project is facing financial issues…” David sneered, “It seems my family’s Johnson Group isn’t prestigious enough for them to think twice before spouting nonsense.”
As he was speaking, the journalist turned to the subject of Mia’s previous marriage to Joe, and Mr. White spoke ambiguously, making people doubt the reason behind their union.
Some comments read, “I heard that Miss White used methods to marry into the Smith Family, and Wendy is Joe’s true love.”
“So, Miss White is the real homewrecker?”
After the broadcast, the PR Department called, discussing the impact on Mia.
“Online rumors and speculation are starting to turn against you…” the PR Manager, Manager Moore, said worriedly.
Mia’s eyes grew colder, realizing who was behind the White family’s actions.
Wendy Swan.
She just didn’t know what Wendy had paid to get the White family to act so vigorously.
“Someone will surely leak more information soon; once you find it, suppress it, and later I’ll send you some information…”
Mia hadn’t finished speaking when the PR Manager exclaimed in surprise, something unexpected had happened.
“Miss Clinton, someone leaked your relationship with Mr. Johnson, and now the Johnson family is being dragged into this!”
Immediately after, David’s phone rang, and his father’s angry voice could be heard…
The other party said something unknown, and David impatiently said, “Stop talking to me about those useless things. If the Johnson Group can’t handle even this piece of news, then we might as well pack up and leave.”
He hung up the phone in anger, and Mia furrowed her brow, saying, “You should go back first; I can handle the affairs of the White family.”
David was reluctant, saying, “The Johnson family will be fine without me. Do you really believe that the Johnson Group can’t
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handle even this crisis?”
Mia gave a slight smile, “You should know that for the Horizon Group, dealing with this problem is a piece of cake.”
David finally understood. Mia today was not the fragile girl she once was. With the Horizon Group in her hands, she would never be wronged.
He could only sigh softly and stood up, “Alright, I still need to keep the Johnson Group to deal with Joe.”
Mia neither agreed nor disagreed.
After David left, Mia’s phone began to ring urgently, and the anxious voice of Tom River, the butler, came from the other end, “Miss Clinton! Ben and Anna are missing!”
With a crash, Mia’s phone fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.