"What is the meaning of this? How did this get out! How!!" Richard yelled, throwing the remote control to the wall. The remote control smashed against the wall and broke into bits.

"What the hell is on the news? How did this get out so fast? I expected the news to be released but not so soon. It's just been 7 hours since Elena got married!" Richard remarked angrily, his eyes stared at the tv with a grim expression on his face.

Esther couldn't help but frown, how the hell did this news get to the media so fast, she had made sure she bought all the news channels. When she looked up from her thoughts, her husband had disappeared into the room and swiftly he was back again.

"My assistant said, this news was first started by a very small media outlet before it became a wide fire. I thought I told you to buy over all the media outlets for the day!" Richard remarked, giving her an icy stare.

Esther coughed, "I bought the media outlets like you asked me to. I bought the big and major companies because they are the ones that usually spread news in this manner, but I didn't expect a small business to actually find out."

"That is your problem Esther! You underestimate people a lot, you believe only big people can get something. How did you even end up getting married to me?" Richard asked with a snort, the woman was always so careless.

Esther's nose tingles, the urge to cry came crashing down on her but she tried to hold herself back from crying. Her eyes tingled too from the tears trying to free themselves.

"Don't you dare shed your tears here! First of all, let's find a solution to all these. This news must have gotten to the patriarch already, not only will he be furious, he might do something to our family out of rage."

"You had one job and all you did was ruin it." Richard muttered typing on his phone, he was trying to shut down all the news on the internet.

Vanessa rushed into the house furiously, she threw her bag on the ground immediately she came in, tears falling from her face.

"Daddy, help me. They refused to give me the singing endorsement, it was won by the mysterious singer. They don't even know her, why would they pick her over me... Daddy please help me get the endorsement." Vanessa cried holding her father from behind.

She failed to note the angry expression in his eyes, she constantly shook him crying pitiful tears so he would help her. Esther shook her head silently trying to gesture to her daughter to step away but her daughter was acting childish.

"Dad! Aren't I your daughter anymore? Aren't I the one you love the most? Why aren't you responding to me! Daddy please help your princess! Woooo~" Vanessa cried childishly.

When she felt her father was not replying to her, she came in front of him only to be met with his dark expression, she coughed awkwardly. 

"Daddy is everything okay? Why is your expression so dark?" Vanessa questioned, she was ready to turn towards her mom for answers when a loud slap rang out.

Vanessa's face swooped to one side with her neck bent, she placed her hand on her cheek with wide surprised eyes.

"Richard!

"You had one job, all you had to do was stay away from trouble and not get yourself on the news. But you didn't anyway and now, you are not the only one in trouble. We all are!"

"But still you have the nerve to ask me for an endorsement deal? Does this current problem not bother you even a bit? Why do you keep acting spoiled when you are not a child?" Richard remarked angrily.

Tears sprouted out of Vanessa's eyes, she didn't do anything wrong but she was slapped so hard. It would have been better if she was married to that crippled man that face this kind of torture from her father.

Crying silently, Vanessa bent her head. Esther was in pain seeing her daughter like this, she sent a glare towards her husband. 

"This is none of her fault! She wasn't the one who spread the news of herself anyway, so why blame her? If you want to blame somebody, then blame me! Blame me for not doing a proper job of buying the media well!"

"Not my daughter!" Esther yelled patting Vanessa's back and trying to console her, she sent her husband a sharp glare before pulling Vanessa with her and they walked out of the room.

Richard sighed, he ran his hand through his hair numerous times. He didn't know what had come over him but he had to resolve the issues now, later he would talk and try to apologize to his family.

Elena sat on the bed watching the news, she stared at the entertainment news with a blank expression. It was faster than she had expected, her sister must have infuriated someone again to get disgraced publicly.

Even when the knob of her door was pushed open, Elena was too lost in thoughts to take notice. She wondered who her sister had angered this time around to get dragged publicly on the internet.

"You like thinking a lot." Dr. Claire remarked, popping a gum.

Elena turned her head towards the doctor, although she was tired earlier, now she had the chance to have a proper look at the doctor.

Dr. Claire's hair was short and resting perfectly well on her shoulders. Her legs were long and she was tall, something she had failed to notice earlier. She also wore glasses like other doctors, only Elena felt those glasses were just for fancy.

"Now, have you fallen in love with me? I know nobody can resist a gorgeous woman like me, I expected you to have more self control. What will the master say, if he knows his wife is taking an interest in me?

Dr. Claire wriggled her brows playfully, she stepped forward with an unexplainable smile on her lips. Her eyes went to the tv but it stayed only for some moments before it returned back to Elena.

Dr. Claire wriggled her brows playfully, she stepped forward with an unexplainable smile on her lips. Her eyes went to the tv but it stayed only for some moments before it returned back to Elena.

Elena wondered what Dr. Claire was thinking of when she turned away from the tv. "The mysterious singer seems to have some kind of connections in the industry."

"Even without showing her face, she managed to get contract deals and beat the princess of the city in getting signed." Dr. Claire remarked thoughtfully. 

Dr. Claire was not surprised at the result, she wanted the mysterious singer to win but it was quite surprising how she did without much stress.

"A good name is better than gold. I believe the mysterious singer has made a proper name for herself and so she doesn't have to work too hard to earn favors." Elena muttered talking for the first time since Dr. Claire walked into the room.

Dr. Claire raised a brow, it seems their new mistress was a fan of music too. "Are you a fan of the mysterious singer? You are defending her without knowing her fully well...."

"Sometimes we don't need to know people before we support them. Also, I only said a good name is better than anything else." Elena replied, rolling her eyes in her head.

Dr. Claire chuckled, the new mistress was not a fool either, it was nice. "Alright mistress, do you need someone to help you change ? Your clothes will be arriving in a few minutes."

"No I don't. I can change on my own, my hands and legs work perfectly well." Elena remarked, the sarcasm in her tone couldn't be hidden.

Dr. Claire nodded, her expression turned neutral and plain. "Whatever you say, I will take my leave now." Dr. Claire said and left from there without sparing a minute there.

After Dr. Claire left, Elena rolled her eyes. She had been holding back the urge to do so, her eyes turned toward the tv again. She knows better than to support her own sister, even a stranger was more cultured compared to her.

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Vanessa paced back and forth in her room biting her nails, her career was going to fall into shambles if nothing was done now. Her father is upset too, there is no way he's helping her out.

While Vanessa was lost in thoughts, the sound of a blaring ring tone rang in the room. Vanessa was brought out of her thoughts, Vanessa hissed in anger when she saw the contact ID.

"What do you want?" Vanessa asked unhappily after picking up the call.

"You seem pissed off my dear, is everything alright? What's wrong?" The guy asked Vanessa, taking notice of her upset tone.

Vanessa rolled her eyes, "Even if I tell you, you won't be able to provide a proper solution for me. So why bother?" Vanessa questioned.

"You can speak about it to my first baby, I might just have a solution for you. By the way, I heard about some news on some blogs on social media. Is it about that?" Bluce asked.

The guy named Bluce was a reporter who had been interested in Vanessa for years, since she started her career but Vanessa had never given him a chance. Blue was willing to do anything to earn her favor, he genuinely cared and loved her but she didn't care about it because she felt he wasn't up to her social standards. 

"Of course it is. What kind of problem will I be having if it's not something related to that?"  Vanessa responded, clicking her tongue in anger.

Bluce sighed, "I just got some juicy news about a B list Actress. I can spread that out to cover the issue about you, the news about you will be pushed below and soon it will disappear." 

"What are you waiting for? Of course you should release the news, I am grateful to you." Vanessa muttered with excitement in her tone. 

Vanessa felt happy, she could find a solution without getting herself involved in it and people will also forget about her once the news about the girl was spread for all to see.

"I will do that now. Will you come out to see me today? Remember I am giving out this confidential information because of you." Bluce remarked in hope of getting her to come to see him.

Vanessa opened her mouth ready to reject him like she always does but then she realized he was doing her a huge favour. Of course she had to compensate him for this.

"Fine. Send me the time and location and I will be there. A secluded place please, I don't want people to see me." Vanessa said, not forgetting to add the last part to keep her secret safe.

Bluce felt excited over the phone, this was the first time she was agreeing to let them meet privately. He would not blow up this perfect opportunity, maybe this could be his opportunity to get her to fall in love with him too.

"Alright I will. I should get the news published now." And just like that the call ended.

Vanessa burst into a fit of laughter after he ended the call, finally her father would not be disappointed in her anymore.

Outside Vanessa's door, Vanessa's mother stood outside without making any sound, she had heard all her daughter had said over the phone and she felt so proud and happy.

Her daughter was talking after her footsteps and not acting dumb like others. She smiled and walked away from the door of the room.

By evening, the news of the B list Actress was all over the internet and people had something more fun and interesting to argue and talk about. When Vanessa saw the news, she was content and happy that the attention of the public had been moved to another person other than her. 

Bluce sent the location and time to Vanessa after the job was done preparing to meet her. Vanessa got dressed and sneaked out of the house under the guise that she wanted to sleep early and rest.

Leaving through the windows, Vanessa bypassed the security guards and left the mansion. She hailed down a taxi once she got outside the house and left from there in haste.