CHAPTER 61: RUMORS
Winter’s POV
“Brother! Miss Winter!” Elisse cooed upon seeing me and Matthew enter the mansion.
“Elisse!”
She rushed toward us and gave us a tight hug.
“How are you? We’re sorry if you had to wait long here.” Matthew told her.
“It’s alright, brother. I got so many stars at school!”
I patted her head. “Is that true? That’s nice! What do you want us to give you, huh? Or maybe you want us to go somewhere or eat something?”
“I just wanted the two of you to go home together, that’s already enough for me, Miss Winter.”
“Oh, you sweet child.”
After that, we proceeded to our rooms to change clothes before gathering together in the dining room to have our dinner.
“Brother, aren’t you going anymore?”
“Huh? No, I’m not going anymore. I already finished all the things I have to do there. And if ever we go again, you’ll come with us.” said Matthew while smiling at Elisse.
“I want to go with you!”
“And that is why you should always behave. If you continue being a good girl, then maybe we could go to your favorite country one day and we’d play there!”
Her eyes appeared as if they were sparkling the moment she heard me say that. “I promise to always behave, Miss Winter!”
“That’s our Elisse!”
***
The next day, I went back to the agency to finally choose a movie I want to do next. But then as soon as I reached the agency, Haley came running into me.
“Winter! You’re finally here!”
“It’s so early in the morning, Haley. Why do you look like a mad dragon already?”
She glared at me. “This is not the right time to mess, Winter. Have you read a newspaper already Or maybe watched television?”
“You know I don’t read newspapers. And I don’t want to see myself on T. V.”
“Right! That’s obviously the reason why you seem not to know about the mess that you’ve made when you followed Matthew!”
I sat down as we reached the lounge area. “Can you just chill? It’s so early in the morning, Haley!”
“Let’s see if you can still say that when we see this!”
Still raging, Haley tossed a newspaper in front of me. I grabbed that and started reading the headline.
‘SUPERSTAR WINTER WESLEY, ALREADY MARRIED?!’
Under that headline was a photo of me and Matthew walking down the street while I was holding his hand. Also, one of them was a photo of me with Elisse, saying that she is a biological child of mine since we resemble each other very much.
I leaned on my seat and looked at her again. “What’s the problem with that? That’s all true, anyway. You know what? I think it’s actually time for us to admit that I am already married.”
“Are you crazy?! Do you even know that many of your fans got mad because of that news?! They’re thinking that you betrayed them and married a man without even informing them!”
“That’s natural for them to react like that. Let’s just release a statement regarding me apologizing to them.”
“That is not easy, Winter. You know that would change everything. Some of the endorsements you have even told me they no longer want you to be their endorser. Also, three of the directors of the movies that were offered to you refused to give you the role.”
“What?!”
“This is serious, Winter. You have to deny all the rumors and give an appropriate alibi that they’ll believe. Or else, you’ll lose your fans and your name will be ruined. You know how many people have been waiting for your downfall.”
I heaved a deep sigh. “What if I tell them that Elisse is Summer’s daughter and not mine?”
“Everyone knows that Summer isn’t married yet. And for sure they won’t believe it, considering the fact that you resemble each other so much.”
“Then let’s just admit to the public that I adopted Elisse because her auntie’s not treating her right. I can even prove that.”
“Then how about Matthew?”
“Let’s tell that he’s just my bodyguard or a close friend.”
Haley heaved a deep sigh. “By the way, Winter. I have to tell you that there are still more. A scandal of you pushing a woman inside a salon is all over the internet now.”
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“Why do you even look chill when you know that this isn’t a joke anymore? Many people are turning against you now. They are all saying that you are a pretentious woman who hides within an angelic face!”
I shook my head. “Just let them be mad at me. I really did those things before, so just let them be. For sure that rumor will go down one of these days anyway.”
“What if they don’t?”
“For sure they will.”
“Fine. For now, just go home and take some rest. We will see what we can do about it. Then tomorrow, we’ll have a press conference for you to clear out those rumors as soon as possible.”
I nodded my head. “Thank you, Haley.”
“You know it would highly affect me too whenever you’re in trouble like this.”
“I know that, of course. I will also think about what I can do.”
After that, Haley asked some of the staff of our agency to drive me home. I kept on heaving a sigh while inside the car. This finally happened.
I thought rumors won’t even happen to me, but look what’s happening now.
I turned on my phone and checked on my social media accounts only for me to see a lot of articles and shit posts about me being pregnant and getting married. Also, there was a video of me pushing a woman inside the salon and some other videos where I act rudely in front of other people.
In the comment section, many people were saying bad things to me.
This is it.