Chapter 273: Chapter 273

Paige Sterling encouraging Chloe Hughes to stir up trouble made Chloe’s face turn green.

This wasn’t what she wanted to see. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

"Ms. Hughes, go on and cause trouble, I’m waiting for your good news."

Chloe, "...", she had already threatened Paige , and Paige didn’t take it seriously?

Luckily, she came prepared today, Chloe quickly called out to Paige again.

"Paige! You don’t care about your reputation and how The Hawthorne Family views you, but don’t you care that you’ll have a half-brother competing with you for inheritance?"

Sure enough, Paige stopped in her tracks.

Chloe laughed inwardly, how could Paige be willing to watch a half-brother come to snatch her inheritance?

"Aunt knows you certainly don’t want your stepmother to have another brother. You help Aunt, and Aunt will help you, absolutely won’t let that child come into this world, nor will anyone suspect you. You don’t need to do anything, and you can get rid of your worry, how about it?"

Paige laughed coldly, "Indeed, someone with a head full of worms sees everything as crap."

She truly felt sad for Yvette Hughes, always treating Chloe with sincerity, yet when Chloe wanted to sell her out, she didn’t spare any thought for their sisterly bond.

Chloe saw Paige’s cold smile and felt a bit helpless.

She had even brought out such a bargaining chip, indicating she’d clear obstacles for Paige, yet Paige still refused?

What exactly does she mean?

Chloe was furious, knowing Paige wasn’t lacking money either, those formulas in her hands weren’t of much use, merely icing on the cake.

However, to her beauty salon, they were a lifesaving remedy, yet Paige simply refused to lend a helping hand.

Such a heartless person really isn’t fit to be her niece.

Since Paige has been this excessive, she didn’t need to be polite either, planning to expose these matters online, letting fans know just how unkind Paige is in real life.

Chloe audaciously planned, vowing to use this affair to propel Paige to trend, then her salon could tag along with the popularity.

But Chloe never expected, she thought she could create an earth-shattering event, it was merely her own misunderstanding.

The real situation was that her online exposé didn’t cause even a ripple, no one cared at all.

Because there had been too many habitual critics of Paige, but those people eventually got their faces slapped hard.

So now, when there is any exposé or black rumor about Paige online, no one believes it.

Paige’s fans staunchly refuse to give these haters any recognition, completely ignoring such posts.

Instead, the posts praising Paige have a flood of Rainbow-like fawning below them.

Usually, marketing accounts only have objective numbers in clicks, reads, and comments when exposing celebrity scandals.

Yet unexpectedly, this rule has reversed for Paige.

Now, if you say anything about Paige’s black history online, it barely gets any clicks.

However, as soon as you praise Paige, loads of people click in, joining in and showering her with compliments below.

Evidently, Chloe hasn’t yet realized this.

She underestimated the resilience of Paige’s fan base after enduring trials, and overestimated her own influence online.

Unable to deal with Paige, Chloe couldn’t sleep well for a few days.

And right after Skylar Hughes got discharged, the first thing she did was go find Faye Hawthorne.

"Aunt Acker, I’m Skylar, do you remember me?", Skylar’s face looked pale, with an appearance of just recovering from sickness, looking very pitiful.

Faye Hawthorne didn’t expect to see Skylar, feeling a bit awkward.

"Miss Hughes, I was inconsiderate in what I did before which led to your misunderstanding. If you need any compensation, feel free to speak up.", she knew Skylar came for previous matters.

Skylar gave a pale smile.

"Aunt Acker, it’s okay, I’m not angry, nor do I need any compensation."

Faye somewhat doubted, "Are you sure you really don’t need anything?"

If she didn’t need anything, why come to find her?

At these times, Skylar naturally wouldn’t let short-term benefits make Faye look down on her.

"Aunt Acker, I really don’t need anything."

Since she said so determinedly, Faye couldn’t possibly insist.

She was about to leave when Skylar spoke again, "But Aunt Acker, could you do me a favor?"

Faye sighed inwardly, sure enough, Skylar’s visit wasn’t that simple.

"What kind of favor?"

Skylar lowered her head slightly, "Julian and I have some things we need to discuss privately, but I haven’t had the chance. Aunt Acker, could you create an opportunity for us to be alone..."

Faye looked troubled, thinking it might not be appropriate to do so?

"Aunt Acker, please, I really have no other intentions; I just plan to discuss things with Julian Hawthorne..."

Faye Hawthorne wasn’t aware of the situation between Skylar and Julian.

Looking at her nephew, he seemed like nothing was wrong.

But seeing Skylar hesitant to speak, there did seem to be some history.

Whether there was or not, Julian is now with Paige, and if Skylar really just wanted to clear things up with Julian and not pester him anymore, it seemed okay.

"Alright then, but just this once."

Faye agreed and arranged for Julian to meet up.

After work, Julian came to the place Faye mentioned and opened the door, only to find Skylar.

Julian immediately turned around expressionlessly to leave.

Skylar stepped forward to hug Julian’s waist but was avoided by Julian.

She could only block the door, stopping Julian, "Julian, you’ve always known my feelings for you, not only you know, Paige knows too, but I never expected my sister, knowing I liked you, still ended up with you. I know you two are together now, I should forget you, but I can’t. Julian, even if I can’t openly be with you, I accept it, just give me a chance to stay by your side..."

Julian didn’t say a word, his eyes remaining as cold as ever.

Skylar timidly asked, "Julian, do you think I’m shameless for doing this?"

Skylar expected that seeing her so weak and pitiful, Julian should comfort and feel sorry for her immediately.

This trick had always worked with other men.

Yet she didn’t expect Julian to nod, saying, "Not just shameless, but despicable."

Skylar’s tear-stricken, pitiful expression froze instantly.

Some people insist on seeking rejection, Julian wouldn’t hesitate to say, "Miss Hughes, I’ve made it clear, we aren’t close, please don’t bother me anymore."

"No, we can’t be unfamiliar? We’ve met so many times, we have a telepathic connection, and I’ve always been..."

Julian’s expression remained cold, "I’m not interested in anything about you, you don’t need to tell me, and it’s best if you don’t appear in front of me, especially not spew nonsense in front of Beau. Hope Miss Hughes can have the basic self-awareness."

After speaking, Julian violently opened the door and walked out.

"Julian don’t go, I don’t believe you’re totally indifferent to me. I know you must have your own difficulties, whatever they are, you can tell me, we can face them together..."

Skylar chased after him, shouting heartbreakingly, to the uninformed it seemed like Julian was some heartless jerk.

"Julian don’t go, don’t go..."