Meg left with the others.
Helios heaved a sigh of relief and rubbed his forehead. “Thanks for helping me get out of this.”
Barbara looked around. “Aren’t you afraid that you’ll be recognized? Coming here alone?”
“I’m here with my cousin.”
Francisco rushed over right after Helios said that. “Hels, didn’t I tell you not to walk around?” Francisco
finally found him, then looked over to Barbara. “Who are you?”
Barbara was silent.
Helios explained, “She’s Barbara Chase from the Chase family.”
“Ms. Chase, Oh, are you…” Francisco pointed at her but didn’t know how to say it. He didn’t know
Barbara, but he had heard of Ms. Chase.
Barbara smiled but didn’t say anything. She then reminded, “Mr. Boucher is a celebrity. If he were seen in
Glitz, the rumors would explode in Bassburgh tomorrow. You need to be careful.”
Helios smiled. “Yes, ma’am.”
Barbara left with her bodyguards.
Francisco was confused, so he turned to look at Helios, “How did you bump into her?”
“It was nothing. She helped me just now.” Helios put on his cap, and they left the club. Francisco walked
behind him and got into the same car. He unbuttoned his shirt collar and suddenly looked out the
window. “Isn’t that Ms. Chase?”
Helios looked out and saw Barbara standing in front of two men, talking about something.
“By the way, how did you get to know her? I heard some bad rumors about her. She killed-” Helios wasn’t
listening to Francisco. He saw her bodyguards moving forward and taking away one of the men’s
cameras.
Helios started sweating. The two men were paparazzi? Had they taken pictures of that incident?
Barbara took the camera, deleted everything, and returned it to them smiling. “You’ve put in a lot of effort
to get some dirt on Mr. Boucher.”
The two paparazzi were angry but didn’t say anything. Helios had been working for more than 10 years
but had never had any dating rumors. When they had finally gotten a chance to make some money, the
chance was gone. How could they not be angry?
“We’re just trying to make some money. You need to mind-”
One of the men looked at her and mumbled, “Your own business.”
Barbara looked calm. “I know it’s hard, but you’re bending the truth for money and ruining his career.
Could you sleep well knowing that?
The men’s expressions changed.
Barbara crossed her arms and sneered, “You made it look like Mr. Boucher bought alcohol so he could
hit on women and harass them. You’re going to get attention with that and blow it out of proportion, but
you know how it’ll be if the photos leaked.”
The two men were exposed and looked at each other. They really were trying to get attention from this
tempting piece of news. All celebrities had dirt, and when they had enough money, someone would come
along and clear the air. They didn’t need to care too much about it.
But once they were exposed, they wouldn’t get another chance and might even offend their peers.
No matter what they had to accept it.” We’ve learned our lesson, ma’am. Please let us go.”
Barbara didn’t say anything and gestured to the bodyguards to let them go. They zoomed off without
even looking back, afraid that she would change her mind.
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