Chapter 325: Chapter 325

After instructing Mary to "entertain" the reporters, Anna Thornton went to check on Wyatt Jagger.

Wyatt Jagger had already been dragged to the bathroom by Mason King and stood under the shower for half an hour in cold water.

He was calm now, but somewhat dazed.

Anna Thornton saw him like a drenched chicken and tossed back to him the clothes Wyatt had previously taken off.

Wyatt Jagger didn’t have time to put them on and casually wrapped them around himself as he asked Anna Thornton, "What’s going on?"

"You drugged that glass of wine you toasted me with, didn’t you?"

"But while arm-wrestling with you, I had Mary swap our wine glasses."

That means Wyatt Jagger drank the wine he had drugged himself—serves him right.

However, Anna Thornton saw the look of disbelief on his face.

"Is the effect of this drug not quite what you expected?" Anna Thornton asked him.

Previously, Anna had feigned being affected and slept, without arousing Wyatt’s suspicion.

He probably believed he had merely put a regular sedative in Anna Thornton’s wine.

But he never imagined it was an aphrodisiac!

Wyatt Jagger was now questioning life!

Or rather, he was questioning the morality of the person who advised him!

Nevertheless, he himself was no saint, already decided to set up Anna Thornton.

But keeping to the principle of honesty being the best policy, Anna Thornton still kindly advised him, giving him a chance: "Who exactly told you to do this to me? Planning to let the media catch us in a room to slander me—how vicious!"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about."

Seeing Wyatt Jagger remain stubborn, Anna Thornton couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows: "Don’t you see? This person not only set me up but also dragged you into it. They gave you an aphrodisiac without telling you, clearly planning to make the rice cooked and then let those reporters ambushed outside rush in at the right moment."

"By then, once the photos spread online, you, as the top idol drama star, would have scandalous photos everywhere, and hence lose the market among innocent girls. Might even get banned! Plus, I just asked those reporters; they said the person who notified them to shoot was also you. The whole incident would make you the sole culprit!"

Hearing Anna Thornton say this, Wyatt Jagger had surprise and loss in his eyes but still did not confess.

"Those media were indeed called by me! I had a momentary lapse in judgment, wanting to stir up rumors with you; no one instructed me."

"You drugged my wine with an aphrodisiac; I could sue you for attempted rape."

Wyatt Jagger was almost shocked by these words from Anna Thornton: "Didn’t you also not drink it? In the end, I was the one who drank it."

Fortunately, Anna Thornton didn’t drink it; otherwise, with his resolve... thinking about it, Wyatt still felt quite frightened.

But Wyatt Jagger was not stupid, seeing Anna Thornton’s appearance: "Since you asked your manager to change the wine and had your bodyguards waiting outside, you obviously came prepared, didn’t you?"

"That’s right! Offering unwarranted kindness signals either a traitor or thief. From the moment you started pestering me incessantly, I’ve been on guard against you." Anna Thornton was very frank as well.

The other day, when Wyatt Jagger clashed with Leo King, Anna Thornton getting Leo King to leave angrily was just for show. In fact, Mason King and Leo were still protecting her behind the scenes, aiming to see what they were plotting.

"You’re holding back on revealing the accomplice, but I guess... you did this for Marilyn Ford, didn’t you?"

At the mention of Marilyn Ford’s name, Wyatt Jagger’s complexion changed: "What does Marilyn have to do with it? Didn’t I say? It was because I wanted to stir up rumors with you. It’s normal in this circle to create a CP after filming a new drama!"

Wyatt Jagger clearly had no desire to create scandals; he emphasized this to Anna Thornton from the start.

Yet recently, he suddenly changed his tune. Wyatt Jagger has always thought highly of himself; the only one who could manipulate him was Marilyn Ford. Anna Thornton couldn’t think of anyone else.

"Alright! If you don’t want to talk, then forget it, I’ll find a way to investigate myself." Anna Thornton saw Wyatt Jagger wrapping his clothes tightly, trembling all over, not knowing whether from cold or emotional chill.

Anna Thornton raised her eyelids: "Let him go."

"Just like that, let him go?" Mason King and Leo King were somewhat unwilling.

Wyatt Jagger dared to plot against Anna Thornton and almost touched President Sterling’s woman.

If he had actually touched Anna Thornton’s hair, Mason King and Leo King would consider skinning him alive a light punishment, the consequences they didn’t dare imagine.

With President Sterling’s temperament, even the usually stern-faced iron bodyguards would feel chilled.

None of them wanted to let Wyatt Jagger off easily, at least giving him a severe lesson to frighten him from ever considering targeting Anna Thornton again.

Only Mary understood Anna Thornton’s concerns; what good would letting Wyatt Jagger go accomplish?

The film hadn’t finished shooting yet, and Wyatt Jagger was a pivotal male lead.

Beating him to death or injury, even leaving him cold and sick, would ultimately trouble Anna.

The film had been shooting for almost two months, with Anna Thornton and the crew putting in substantial effort, and she couldn’t let one "rat dropping" ruin it.

Otherwise, they’d fall right into the scheme of those plotting behind the scenes; even if they couldn’t taint Anna Thornton’s reputation with scandalous rumors, at least they could destroy her new film, suppressing her from making headway for a while.

Truly malicious intentions!

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He no longer dared to look Anna Thornton in the eye, except when acting!

Few knew Wyatt Jagger had drugged Anna Thornton, but he couldn’t get past his mental barrier.

Every place with Anna Thornton and Mary, Wyatt Jagger couldn’t lift his head.

Once they left, Wyatt Jagger couldn’t help but stare blankly at Anna Thornton’s silhouette.

The crew could clearly feel this change in atmosphere; Wyatt Jagger showed less presence in front of Anna Thornton, but they didn’t know why.

Angela Thornton was practically clawing with curiosity. On the day of the winter solstice, she brazenly joined the crew for dinner, and midway, witnessed Wyatt Jagger taking Anna Thornton away, even stealthily followed them.

But she only followed to the hotel entrance, unable to enter. She saw one of Anna Thornton’s bodyguards driving out a group of reporters, followed soon by the other bodyguard throwing Wyatt Jagger out, drenched and embarrassed.

Wyatt Jagger was utterly lost, just like he lost his soul that night.

After, Anna Thornton could confidently stride around with her two bodyguards on set again.

She called Leo King into the dressing room, handing him a shopping bag she had just brought back from the mall.

Leo King looked at her puzzled.

"Take it; it’s for you."

Leo King accepted and glanced at it; it was a brand-new pair of sports shoes. Leo King, being a rough person, never cared about brands, but he felt the shoes might be expensive, holding them seemed quite heavy.

"I don’t have OCD, my bodyguards don’t have to wear formal suits and sunglasses all the time. I think as martial artists, you’d find sports shoes more convenient, right?"

Leo King handed the shopping bag back to her, but Anna Thornton didn’t take it: "Last time, Wyatt Jagger messed up your shoes over nothing because of me; this is compensation for you."

"I can’t take it!" Leo King repeated the phrase.

"Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, every day following me around as bodyguards, feeling inadequate, right? Regretting only fighting off reporters, wasting your skills." Anna Thornton knew Leo King’s anger was genuine, even though she acted mad in front of Wyatt Jagger to show him.

His stubbornness was as hard as a rock, making him admit defeat wasn’t easy: "If you don’t accept these shoes today, it means you’re thinking this way inside."

Leo King indeed thought that way, intending to return the shoes.

But Mason King stopped him, firmly placing them back in his arms: "No, no, he absolutely doesn’t think so, I can testify."

"Take what Miss Thornton gives you!"