Laura’s POV 115
Cameron has been taking care of me in the hospital.
After Gina gave me a detailed examination, she told me that I was lucky this time, it was a bruise but not so bad that I would have to recuperate for a hundred days.
Cameron rubbed his thumb against my face and laughed, “The luckiest thing is that you didn’t hurt your face, how would you break into acting if you broke your face?”
Any way I look at it, there’s a hint of gloating in his smile.
“Come on, eat.” He opened his lunch box, “The Lynch Group private dining!”
“It’s not going to be the Crab Roasted Wheat again, is it?” I screamed, “Can you change the menu?”
“Why are you so picky when you can eat?”
“It’s too oily, I can’t eat it!”
“It’s a new recipe.” He came over with a smile, “It’s oily but not greasy, try it!”
I swore I’d never eat anything like Crab Roasted Wheat again after I was discharged from the hospital!
Cameron was very considerate of me, the only inconvenience was wiping and going to the bathroom.
Before, when I was lying in bed, it was the nurses who took care of me whenever it was time to wipe my body and go to the toilet. However, when I became a little bit more mobile and was able to get out of bed on crutches, Cameron drove the nurses away for some reason!
I can’t go on crutches alone because my hands are still injured.
Cameron looked at me with a smirk and carried me into the restroom by the waist.
“Come on Cameron, please just get out!” I’m sweating with impatience, “I can do it myself.”
“How can you do it on your own?” He had an evil look in his eyes, “I’ll take your pants off for you.”
“No need …”
Before I could finish, he quickly unbuckled my pants, moved to take them off, and pinned me to the toilet.
I was rolling from my cheeks to the base of my ears, my heart pounding too hard to look up into his eyes.
“Can you … get out?” I mumbled.
“What’s wrong?”
“I can’t conveniently get out when you’re staring at me …”
Cameron’s laugh had a touch of evil in it that was almost hateful.
He turned around and went out, not forgetting to close the door for me. But this guy’s timing is precise, I just finished rushing and he pushed the door in as soon as I was done, I was startled and screamed, the soles of my feet slipped, and I fell right into his arms.
He was staring at me.
I was so embarrassed I wanted to find a crack in the ground … pants were still up!
“I’ll help you.” He said softly.
His movements were as gentle as his voice.
At that moment it was as if my body was suddenly on fire, and a restlessness hit my heart like a ferocious little beast. My breath began to catch and I deliberately tried not to look at him, but I could feel his eyes stay locked on my face.
His warm nostrils moved closer to my lips.
The movements of his hands gradually slowed down …
“No!” I slammed down on his hand.
A quick touch to the wound sends a cold sweat down my spine in pain.
Cameron quickly straightened out my clothes and scooped me up in a cross body hug and set me down on the bed.
“The wound’s split? I’ll go get the nurse.”
“No need.” I called out to him, looking down, “It’s nothing, and there’s no blood on the gauze.”
“It’s better to call someone to look at it for peace of mind. I’ll go find Gina.”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t!”
“But …”
“Cameron!” I was suddenly attached to the time I spent with him, not wanting to part for a moment.
I signaled him with my eyes to sit down, “Don’t you … go anywhere.”
Cameron looked at me and his expression changed to one of gentleness. He smiled and sat down next to me, his fingers gently scratching my nose.
“What were you nervous about just now?” He asked in a low voice.
I glare at him.
He smiles even more cockily and leans in close to my ear, “Where on your body haven’t I seen you before?”
“Cameron, you …”
He wrapped an arm around my waist, and a different kind of affection flowed through the air.
The fiery temperature that had just returned.
But at this time, someone pushed open the door with a bang, Cameron and I were startled at the same time, and I turned my head to see George standing in front of me with an embarrassed face.
He was holding a lot of gifts in his hand.
Cameron’s face instantly changed, blowing his beard and eyes, George smiled but did not smile and opened the exquisite box in his hand, “I just came back from France to visit, this kind of snacks in the local sales especially hot!”
My cravings were aroused, the color of the gorgeous macarons made me unable to take my eyes off. “The boss personally visited the class?”
“That’s for sure, I’m the kindest boss ever!”
“Heh,” Cameron sneers, “Then would the benevolent boss please explain how Laura got into a car accident?”
George tightened his smile and patted Cameron on the shoulder, apologies written all over his face.
“George I’m telling you, if you don’t give me an explanation for this matter, I’m not done with you!”
“Okay, okay, I can’t afford to piss you off, okay?” George raises his hands in surrender, then shakes his head helplessly and lets out a long sigh.
“What are you guys playing dumb?” I looked confused.
George bristles and gives me a wink, then pulls out his cell phone to show me.
A news item popped into my eyes: popular star Fryday had been taken in for questioning by the police after allegedly framing members of an acting class.
Underneath, there was even a picture of me and my resume!
I was shocked, “What’s going on here?”
I didn’t realize that after staying in the hospital for the past few days, it’s like “one day in the mountains and a thousand years in the world”, and I didn’t know about all the breaking news that happened!
“Cameron investigated the car accident like crazy a few days ago,” George explained, “and he really found … Laura, your car accident is not an accident, your car has been tampered with, and the tires have been punctured. The tires were punctured. The car blew a tire while driving, and that’s what caused your injuries.”
I looked at him incredulously, cold sweat all down my spine.
“And the person who started it …” he licked his lips and said the name with difficulty, “was Fryday.”
“How is this … possible?”
“It’s a thousand times true.” Cameron quietly held my hand, “This matter you do not care, first rest assured to recuperate. George will definitely have to give us an explanation anyway.”
George smiles helplessly, spreading his palms and shrugging.
I continued to read down that news, the comments were filled with more cursing than concern for the event itself. The ones cursing were basically Fryday fans, and there were all kinds of ugly words, saying that I had a bad heart, that I was framing Fryday in order to become famous, and that I was a despicable and shameless woman for even coming up with such a vicious trick.
There are even people from Fryday’s fan club who claimed that they want to block me.
I was saddened in my heart, the one who was victimized was clearly me, yet there were so many people who couldn’t distinguish between right and wrong.
“I don’t have the face to meet people even after I get out of the hospital.” I whispered, “I’m afraid I won’t have a chance in the future after things get this big.”
“That’s not necessarily true.” George was unimpressed, “Laura, it’s actually a good thing.”
“Good thing?”
“It seems you don’t understand the rules of the game in this circle. In this circle, no matter what news comes up, if you have exposure, you have value.”
I looked at the two of them half-heartedly.
Cameron looked bland and icy, while George had a few moments of excitement.
“You see, you weren’t supposed to be famous, just an average student in an acting class.” George explained to me with a smile, “But now? You’re famous!”
My eyes widened, “You call that ‘fame’?”
“There’s nothing good or bad in this circle, just exposure!”
My heart sinks and I subconsciously look over at Cameron. he’s still holding my hand, his thumb gently rubbing over the back of my hand, reassuring me slightly.
“Cameron, you don’t care too much.” George looks over at him, “If you really want what’s best for Laura, you should let go.”
Cameron gives him a cold look.
George clears his throat twice, “Ms. Laura, let me run you through this. Before you graduated from college, you had been living in The Lynch Family, even though you were a parasite at that time, The Lynch Family is a well-off family after all, so you don’t need to come out and throw your weight around to make a living, right?”
I nodded sullenly.
“Later on in your body happened a lot of things … I know, you went into the TV station, worked as a war correspondent, co-founded a magazine with a friend, studied abroad … and then later on, you returned to The Lynch Family and owned your own media company.”
“That’s right.”
He frowned, “So have you thought carefully about the fact that you’ve been on your own all this way?”
That was a wake up call, and I froze at his question.
It was true that I hadn’t relied entirely on myself this entire journey.
Whenever there was a critical moment, Cameron would always pop up and play an important role.
Even without Cameron, it was Patrick who took good care of me when I lived in Hallstatt for the majority of the time I lost my memory.
“Missy,” George patted me on the shoulder, “so you don’t really understand the suffering of the world!”
“I …”
“You live in a relatively innocent environment.” He continued, “At this point you lose to Fryday. Fryday doesn’t have any background, a child from a poor family, nothing but a pretty face. She crawled from the bottom and worked her way up to where she is today, her experience is definitely much richer than yours.”
“Therefore, she also knows the rules of the game of the circle better than you do.”
“Laura, there are a lot of things that Cameron has held back for you, either Cameron or someone else, but I don’t think that’s good for you.”
“Have you said enough?” Cameron chortled in a cold, low voice.
“George, I told you I didn’t want Laura out in the open, but you had to let her into that circle of yours!”
“What’s wrong with this circle? It can teach her a lot of things about being a human being!” George exclaimed innocently, “Take this news for example, Laura doesn’t have to be upset at all, she’s equal to doing publicity that doesn’t cost anything and rubbing off on Fryday. How many people try to rub off on Fryday nowadays and can’t!”
“Strong words.” Cameron blanked him.
George didn’t mind, laughing softly, “It’s just a shame about Fryday …”
“Hey,” he nudged Cameron, “you’re not really going to pursue this to the end, are you? Can’t you cut the police some slack? I’ve dropped a lot of money on Fryday, how hard it is to train someone! Besides … don’t you have to be considerate of Rafael too?”
“Heh,” Cameron sneered, “is he worth my concern?”
“Then you’ll have to compensate me. Fryday just became popular and hasn’t made me much money yet …”
“What are you guys talking about?” I interrupted them, shocked.
I looked at Cameron blankly, “What did President … George mean by what he just said?”
“It means nothing.” Cameron replies blandly, shoving a snack into my mouth.
George looked at him, grinned in a different way, turned around, and walked out.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
My suspicions were confirmed step by step.
“It’s you?” I looked at Cameron, “Did you really put Fryday in the police station?”
“I just thoroughly investigated your car accident.” He was expressionless, “It is every citizen’s duty to find out the real culprit and bring her to justice.”
“Cameron, you …”
“This matter ends here, no more thoughts are allowed.” He looked serious, “As for what you want to do in the future, think it over yourself. If you really don’t mind being on a hot search every three days, then you can continue to stay in The Curry Group. Otherwise, it’s better to go home with me!”
I lay silently on the hospital bed after he left, the painkillers wearing off and half of my body starting to ache fiercely again. I sighed softly and struggled to sit up, even taking a sip of water tore at my flesh, I really hated Fryday at that moment.
But more than that I wondered why Fryday was doing this to me, was it really for Rafael?
After nearly a night of pain, I fell asleep early the next morning in a daze, having one weird dream after another, when I suddenly heard someone calling out to me.
Jerking awake, I found Willow standing next to the bed.
“Ms. Laura, how are you feeling?” She looked at me anxiously, her big eyes hot with tears.
I forced a smile at her, “It’s not a problem.”
“I know all about it, it’s that bitch Fryday!”
“Forget it, don’t say it.” I’m afraid she’ll cause more trouble, “It’s over anyway.”
“Ms. Laura, you mustn’t be afraid. Although those fans of Fryday are spraying you online, there are still quite a few people who are on your side. Don’t take the words of the spammers to heart, think of it as free publicity this time.”
“Heh,” I laughed lightly, “That sounds familiar. You and George see eye to eye!”
Willow lowered her head and inadvertently blushed, rubbing the corners of her coat with her two small hands.
“Oh yes, Ms. Laura!” She raised her head again, her face glowing, “My dad compromised with me … hehehe, he promised not to get married so soon, wait and see first.”
“My dad is my dad, how could he be confused by a little bitch?”
I shook my head helplessly, “Your dad has the right to pursue happiness.”
“Didn’t stop him from pursuing happiness, but that person don’t be Fryday, the sight of her bothers me!” Willow was childish, “Ms. Laura, if a man like my dad pursued you, would you say yes?”
“What?” I had just taken a sip of water and choked violently.
She seemed to be talking to herself, “Ms. Laura, I think you’re a good match for a handsome uncle … but I’m kind of in a bind, I should be towards my dad …”
“What are you talking about?”
Willow laughed softly, a little bit of anticipation in her eyes and a little bit of apology. I looked at her blankly and she shook her head vigorously, saying “nothing, nothing” repeatedly.
“Teacher Laura, I am especially happy these days … You don t know, Fryday’s popularity has plummeted since she was questioned by the police, and many endorsements have terminated their contracts with her!”
I was dumbfounded, children are children, love and hate.
I also remembered George’s remark, he spent a lot of money to cultivate Fryday, Cameron doing this is equal to tearing George down, will it affect their friendship?