Chapter Twenty–Seven
“What?” Diego and Lana cuted out is unison.
Lana grabbed Clarissa’s phone from her hands, her brows furrowed as she scrolled down reading the comments that were on the various posts.
They were bashing her online, calling her a homewrecker and a troublemaker, as well as an attention whore.
“I bet she slept her way to wearing that finale gown!”
“She’s not even that pretty. Rina is better than her.”
“Poor Rina. She’s so strong. I hope she overcomes this.
**I detest girls like this. I bet they are not even that interested in her, she’s the one throwing herself at them!
“She’d better not come between our power couple. All homewreckers should be falled”
Lana’s teeth gritted in anger as she read those comments. She was being bashed online while the real homewrecker was being pitied and praised.
Tronically, nothing was said about the men who had actually been involved in the scuttle, Lana realised as a bitter taste crept into her mouth
She continued scrolling on comments on post after post. The most searched words were SERENE’S finale dress model, CEOs fight over model….
Soddenly, she could not see the posts anymore. They could not read the comments anymore.
“Heh? What’s going on?” Clarissa muttered, as she watched over Lana’s shoulder.
They searched for the videos and posts once more and when they tried clicking on it, the cellphone screen flashed with a message that read
Sorry, the post you’re trying to read is no longer available)
“Huh, what happened?” Lana asked, her brows furrowed in surprise.
“I think someone took down the posts.” Clarissa shrugged. “Maybe, your dad or even Zaire.”
Lana grimaced at the thought of her Dad knowing about this. He was definitely going to raise hell about it and remind her that she was not safe out here in the world
Like she was a kid and not a grown ass woman of Twenty–Eight years old
She’d not even realised that their photos and videos were being taken.
She was definitely going to be getting more bodyguards now and that thought made her groan out loud.
the perhaps, it was Zaize?
Was this what he had meant when he had told her not to worry about anything?
she sighed and leaned back against the leather seat, her eyes closed once more. And the images of those comments popped up on her head again.
Can you believe what those idiots were saying online?” Clarissa asked, as though reading Lana’s mind.
She scoffed, her eyes ad id as she but her lips in anger. She was breathing hard as the punched the seat with her bunched fists “I wish I could crawl into the phone and break each and every one of their lagers, one by onel”
She lifted her hands and made the gesture, as though she was beraking off the fingers. Lana looked at her, her lips twitching in amusement. Clarissa looked mad, even though Lana had been the our attacked online.
“Tut’s the way it
Finternet.” She uttered, nonchalantly “Peuple take pleasure in saying evil things about others, without checking out the facts tiest “
she reached out and patted Clarissa’s bare shoulder, in a bid to calm ber down
“Relax, it will pass. Something more exciting than this will happen and people will forget about this just
it some time.
“No, we air not going to just let it pass to, what if men are Lighting over you?” Clarissa said in a determined tone. This is all that Juna’s fault. She called you a liva and drew attention to you! We love to get back at liei!”
Lana’s jaw clenched as she turned away “I’m so over in like yesterday’s news. I won’t be bothered with her.”
“Cilineally? How very kind of you Clarissa replied, sarcastically “Don’t you know what this situation is going to do to you? Or to Pierre? or Zaise?”
Lana looked straight ahead of her, with a stubbens look in her eyes but Clarissa was as stubborn as well.
*Thank goodness, no one knows you as the CEO of ALLURE, because its going to take a bit too.” She went on “Your dad already took down the photos and posts but we are not poling to just let it slide.”
“Just forget it, Clarissa and stop sounding like a broken record.” Lana snapped, her lips curved into a slight snarl as she looked at her friend.
a’re going to be like this? Even atter everything she did to you?” Clarissa uttered, her eyes filled with pain for her friend. “she stole your husband!”
“He chose to be seduced! He never loved me in the first place!
“She painted you as a manipulative bitch and a homewrecker online, whereas she’s the homewrecker!”
{“Well, prople will always talk and I will be a fool if I listen to them!TM
“They killed your baby!!
The car jolted as Diego accidentally baked. He continued driving, muttering apologies to the ladies behind who glared at him “Sorry miss, I don’t know what happened.”
Lana was breathing hard. She turned her glare on Clarissa, and spat out bitterly “Thanks a lot!”
“Listen girl, 1.I’m so sorry, I never meant to bring that up.” Clarissa apologized, her voice soft but still firm “it just hurts so much seeing you relaxed about everything that’s happening.”
want to be bothered with them! Lana growled “We have separate lives and they are my past now. Besides, I’m never coming back to Oakcrest
“I’m not 1 just don’t want City again!”
“Uhm._Miss, il Imay? Diego said tentatively from the front, slowing down as he approached the airport.
What?! The two ladies snarled at him in unison. Diego jumped in fright, and swallowed hard at an invisible lump in his throat.
He stared at them through the mirror, his mouth slightly open as he wondered if he should actually say what he wanted to say.
Lans cocked an eyebrow at him “Well?
Diego cleared his throat as he manuevered his car to a reserved spot in the parking lot of the airport, “Well, it’s something that happened about six years ago, when the Young Miss was still married to the bo..I mean, the Chairman of Romero Empire.”
“What was it?” Cana asked, a slight frown on her face.
This was when the Madam Laura was Il alive. She asked me to pick up a parrel and deliver it ahead to you.” Diego sighed and his voice lowered “And then she died and I forgot all about it until I returned to the city today.”
Lana’s heart skipped a beat as she listened to Diego, “Lana left a parcel for me? she whispered, then her voice went up an octave as she added “And you forgot
“I’m really sorry,
y, Miss Femandez Diego said apologetically,!
his bead lowered in shame.
Lana had already opened the car door, and sprang out of the car and he did the same. She walked round the car towards him and he fell to his knees as she approached, “Please, forgive me, Miss. I’m so sorry. It’s my fault for forgetting
was breathing hard as she stated down at him. Her eyes watered and she blinked back tears.
Ever since Lauradied five years ago, Lana had tried not to think too much about her due to the the excruciating pain she always felt. And now, her heart felt like it was been squeezed inside her chest,
Lane gasped sodily and painfully as she leaned forward and placed her hands on her lusees, she placed an hand over her chest and slightly rubbed it but it did nothing to rase the burn inside her chest.
Clarissa approached her slowly and gently patted her back, caressing It gently downwards “It’s okay. Everything will be fine.”
Her own voice was thick with emotion, and she but her lips to keep tears from slipping out.
“The parcel.lete’s the parcel Lasked, her breath ragged.
