Semua Bab Love in the dark: Bab 411 - Bab 420

With some editing, the video ended up being even more suggestive. Although it didn’t show the actual deed, the rest of the video would be enough to mislead everyone else. A scandalous video like this would be even more harmful to a regular person than a celebrity. For one, they weren’t as mentally equipped to handle the scandal as celebrities, who were more familiar with public scandals. A regular person wouldn’t be able to handle the onslaught of mean comments and disgusted gazes. Then there was the Scott family—so what if they were fond of Zoey? Would they be able to accept a stain on their name? Elite families were all the same. They would never allow any hint of a scandal mar their reputation.Sarah stared at her folder for a while before her lips finally lifted into a smile. She then pocketed the memory card and went downstairs to get the chauffeur to drive her to a distant suburb. She looked around for an internet cafe, and once she had ascertained that there were no cameras

There was a troubled look in Zoey’s eyes as well, other than hatred. “You must be pleased now that my name has gone down the drain, right?” she asked steadily.Shawn slowly straightened up and took a deep breath. His face was blank. “It really wasn’t me. I never had anyone spread them.”Zoey nodded, believing him. However, her actions seemed to be for show. She smiled, her lips pale as she asked him, “Tell me then—who else could it have been other than you?”Who else hated her this much to the point that they wanted to see her destroyed?Zoey’s body trembled at the memory of those awful comments online. The humiliating commentators had torn her down until she had no self-worth left.Bitch. Used goods. Slut. Whore. Cheater. Loose morals. These words were hurtful enough on their own, but when used together in a coordinated attack, they knocked Zoey over, leaving her battered and bloodied.Zoey watched as Shawn remained silent, as though he couldn’t answer her.“Do you remember how

News spread online far faster than one could imagine. Although Laurence had clamped down on the spread at lightning speed, it was already too late.Laurence pressed his lips together at Zoey’s question, his expression icy. “And?”And what? Were there any changes to their relationship? No.An eerie calmness clouded Zoey’s eyes. They looked like a calm lake, completely without ripples, as though it didn’t matter that he treated this major incident with disregard. She slowly lowered her head to look at the rug.“Your friends and relatives have probably already seen them,” she said.News could spread quickly, reaching tens of thousands in a matter of seconds. There was no way to keep secrets hidden online once they got out.Laurence’s expression stayed frosty. He turned away, his icy gaze drifting elsewhere as he listened to her wordlessly. Just as Zoey said, everyone knew.Zoey looked up again, her neck sore from staring at the rug for too long. Her mind wandered as she regarded La

Zoey had no recollection of what she had said in her sleep. She drew a complete blank. The only thing she could remember was Laurence pushing her down that cliff and into the abyss in her dream.“Sorry for bothering you while you were sleeping. Why don’t we sleep in separate rooms for the time being? You’ll get a better night’s sleep. It’ll be better than this.”And besides, she couldn’t control her nightmares.Laurence was a light sleeper in the first place; it was no surprise he had been awoken so easily. He pressed his lips together. “No need,” he said calmly. He scanned her face for a few moments before continuing, “I was just curious about what I did in your dream.”“I don’t remember,” Zoey answered, making up an excuse.“Never mind then. It’s still night. Just go to sleep.”“Right.”…Zoey only woke up at noon the next day. Laurence had already gone to work by then. Her phone had switched off due to low power, so when she turned it back on, hundreds of unread notification

The next morning, the footage from the security cameras near the offending internet cafe was delivered to Laurence’s office. All the irrelevant footage had been edited out, leaving only the important moments.Laurence didn’t play the footage. He sat as his mind wandered elsewhere. Zoey had been asleep when he left for work. She hadn’t spoken much the last few days, immediately going back to sleep after waking up and waking up shortly after falling asleep.“Miss Jenner entered the internet cafe sometime past six that day. She arrived by taxi. The cameras show that she went in, but illegal internet cafes don’t require guests to use their real name or show their ID, so there are no official records of her.”It didn’t matter whether Sarah’s name was on the internet cafe’s records—the important thing was that she was there.Hearing the report, Laurence wasn’t surprised. Instead, an odd feeling filled him, but it wasn’t disappointment. He wasn’t even interested in playing the footage f