章 66: Pay Back Time
"I have talked with the paparazzi and he said he doesn't know who is the person who made the scandal got his photos. He sent the whole bunch of photos he took in Kady's company and his manager must've sent your photo to whoever that lying scandal-maker is," Clark said as he eats breakfast.
The scent of coffee lingers in the chill air as they all eat together.
"Why don't we talk about that later, Clark? How's your school, Cj?" Sheen smiled and looks at Cj.
"Well, it's pretty boring because my classmates are too immature. They fight each other because the other kid has a better toy than the other," Cj replied.
"I see, don't you bring toys to school?" Sheen takes a bite of the omelet while Clark just watches Sheen and Cj talk.
"No, I don't. I do bring my gadgets though. But I don't use it because the teacher said I can't."
Clark chuckles while staring at Cj's mouth that is messed up by the rise on its side.
"I see, then... who are your friends?" Sheen asks while enjoying her coffee.
"Well... There's Olive, his parents own a hotel. And Kate, her brother is a soldier. Then, Archie, his dad has a horse named Neigh," Cj took his glass of water and drinks.
Sheen just nods with the names with a smile.
Clark leans to Cj and picks the rice from his face.
"So when are you getting married?" Cj nonchalantly asks and puts down the glass of water.
Clark stops from cleaning Cj's face while Sheen didn't even have a changed of expression, she just smiles at Cj.
"Someday... don't worry, I'll always be your Mommy," Sheen said and pinch Cj's cheeks softly.
She wants to say an exact date.
But she shouldn't be too sure.
What if Clark backs out?
What if he suddenly felt different?
Clark just stares at Sheen.
He knows that look.
That troubled look.
Even though they are already together, he can't still make her feel easy.
He can't remove her worries and fears.
Yet, he believes one day, she will be happy.
And he will do anything for her to be happy.
"I see. So it is the director himself? Why did he create a scandal for his own nominee?" Clark asks Dan on his office.
He's been making all his people move just to find the root of this scandal and clean Sheen's name.
"Yes, well, he received money for it," Dan said as he sits down on the couch, sighing.
"From who?" Clark asked as he scrolls through the website where Sheen's scandal is posted.
"They are still trying to make him spill that," Dan looks at Clark, "Aren't you afraid that if Sheen finds out how you get this information, she might..."
Clark glares at Dan, "I am just doing what these filthy humans are doing, it's just that, my tactic is quite physical, Dan. And she will never know unless someone tells her."
"I'm just glad you don't ask me to join that torture squad you have," Dan stretches out his arm, "My wedding's a few weeks away, I hope this scandal disappears before that. I don't want people judging Sheen on our wedding."
Clark's phone suddenly rings.
"It will be gone tomorrow. I received a message from one of the squads. The director already spilled it. It says it's Allegra Guandemo," Clark smirks, "I found you."
Dan stands up, "I see. What do you want to do?"
Clark sighs, "I hate to ruin her career but I hope Luke will understand. Just bring out all her dirt to the public."
"Okay, I'll contact some people to see what's the biggest trash we can pull out," Dan takes his phone and calls someone while going out of Clark's office, "Just wait for the news."
"And ready my lawyer, we'll have to make her pay legally," Clark said as he starts to go back to work.
Sheen just walks back and forth in her office while she prints out some documents.
Even though she promised herself that she won't think too much about the scandal, it bothers her that it's not only destroying her but also Pim's and Kady's reputation.
As she stresses herself, even more, someone knocks on her door.
She opened it and saw Elgeen with Bea, standing outside while carrying a cake box.
"Hey," Bea said and hugs Sheen, "You look so stressed, Sheen."
"Stop sulking about that lie. You seem to forget about what I asked you. Think about more important things other than that trash," Elgeen ranted out as she hugs Sheen as well.
"You two, why are you here?" Sheen asks as the two ladies and enters and sit down on the couch.
"Well, the moment Bea told me about what happened and since I have something to take from you, I decided to go here and see you," Elgeen opens the box of cake.
Bea scrolls through her phone when suddenly her eyes went shocked.
"OH, MY FREAKING GOODNESS! Look at this!" Bea yelled as she shows her phone to Elgeen.
Sheen, who's bringing out plates and forks from the cabinet looks at them with confusion and went to check out what they are looking at.
"ALLEGRA GUANDEMO IS A MISTRESS OF A POLITICIAN," The news said.
Bea and Elgeen screamed in victory as they look at each other, "Boom! She got paid!" Bea screamed and claps.
Sheen took the phone and reads the whole article as Elgeen took the plates and forks in her hand and put slices of cakes on it.
"Who did this?" Sheen asks with a frown.
The issue is very critical that it destroys a whole family.
"Who knows? Someone who wants to make her suffer like how she made you suffer? It's just so fast," Bea eats a slice of cake, "At least she got served."
Sheen's forehead creased, "What? Wait, what do you mean 'like how she made me suffer?' You mean she's the one behind the scandal?"
Elgeen looks at Bea, "Oh, I thought you just hate Felicia because she's a b*tch?"
Bea suddenly choked on the cake and coughs, 'Crap, my tongue slipped!'
Sheen and Elgeen look at her.
'If Sheen finds out that Clark's the one who made this, she'll get disappointed and that means I'm dead,' Bea thought as she acts confused.
"What? That's not what I mean. She was bothering you and Clark during the banquet, right? That's what I mean, she deserved it for trying to fish out Clark," Bea raised her eyebrow to look annoyed.
Sheen looks at Elgeen who just nods, "Well, yeah, it's true," Elgeen agrees.
Sheen's phone suddenly rings, "Pim, hello," Sheen greeted.
"Hey, every website about the scandal shut down. And everything that talks about it got deleted, I mean, it's as if it does not even exist," Pim said excitedly, "Did Kady did this? Omfg, tell him to thank you."
Sheen stared at the wall for a few seconds, "Oh, is that so. That's great. I'll tell him that," Sheen replied even though she's not sure if it's Kady.
But as she feels that the weight slowly disappears, she got more curious about what happened to the scandal.
"Okay, thanks! Don't stress out too much, hun," Pim said before turning off the call.
"What is it?" Bea asks with icing on her face.
Elgeen giggles and wipes Bea's face, "I just saw that Sheen's scandal disappeared, there will be a press conference about it with the Director of the award you were nominated in."
Sheen looks at Elgeen, "What time? I want to watch."
"Around 10 P.M later, yes, you should watch and if you have to say anything, you should Twitt it on Twittr."
"I see, about Aria..." Sheen stands up and took her bag, "I have her calling card, I am planning to meet her later," she took a calling card and gave it to Elgeen, "I'll tell her I gave her number to you."
"You're meeting her? Can I come?" Elgeen asks with puppy eyes.
"Uh, yeah, why not. How about you, Bea?" Sheen asks.
"No, I have to do something. Wyn called earlier, he said he's joining us during lunch."
"Oh, yeah. Let's have lunch together," Elgeen smiled as she finishes her piece of cake.
Five men in black suits and an old man tied in a chair with bruises on his face and cuts on his leg are inside a small dark room while another old man is held restricted by two other men in black.
"All you have to do later is to tell everyone what happened and why you made such scandal also, who told you to. Show evidence or else your older brother will probably rot in here," a man in black said.
The director who's being held by two men looks at his older brother with fear. He trembles as he nods with tears in his eyes.
"Remember, whoever tries to hurt the Madam will either die or wish they died."
The men in black pulled the director into a car with a tape in his mouth to prevent him from shouting.
"We'll take you to the press conference, and if you just make one mistake, both of you are dead."
Mr. Rogers started driving the black car with anger in his face. He glances over the director for some time, 'How can you do such a thing to Miss Sheen? You'll pay for this,' he thought.
Clark called him during midnight and he can clearly feel Clark's anger through the phone as he gives his orders to Mr. Roger's men on what to do to whoever the culprit is.
Upon observing Sheen for a long time, he already notices her state.
How fragile she is.
Her fears.
Her insecurities.
Her strength.
And yet, there are people who purposely destroys her just because they are jealous.
'I'll fix the problems before their wedding,' Mr. Rogers thought.
He watched Clark grow up.
He and Sheen are alike when he was just young.
But as he grows up and acquires the power, he became unbreakable.
Yet Sheen enters his life, not only he became unbreakable but unstoppable as well.
Aside from Cj, who's someone who can defend himself, Sheen is someone who's always hiding in her shadows to avoid attention.
And when Clark enters her life, the spotlight was pointed at Sheen, and this caught a lot of people's attention from pitiful creatures.
And he now has the responsibility to protect her.
And Mr. Rogers is more than grateful to help him with that.
With his old age, all he cares about are the people who treat him as a family.
He was once a thief and after getting out of prison, no one cared for him until he became a driver of Clark while using a fake name to have a new life.
When Clark grew up and found out who he really is, he did not turn his back from him and still considers him as his personal driver.
Sheen doesn't know about that, but from the women he met, Sheen's the only one who treats drivers with respect even calling him Sir the first time they meet each other.
And people like that deserve to be protected.
"We'll watch your every move. And just one wrong snap, both of you are dead," the man in black said as they stop in front of the building where the conference will be held.
Mr. Rogers supports everything Clark does even if it means taking a life of someone, though that never happened since Clark has all the right to make everything fall in their right places.
He does not hurt people just because he feels like it.
He bases it on concrete decisions and reasons.
"Now, pretend as if you're the assh*le you are and play nice," the man in black pulled the tape off the director's face who winced in pain.
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