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Chapter 36 Facing The Public

"Jirah, don't tell me..." Terrence said.

He made a quick call to his assistant's best friend, confirming and asking her about Jirah's whereabouts. The actor had the guts to say that maybe there was something happening to Jirah that he never knew about.

As the number he was calling directly responded, this was his statement, "Hey, Gwen, do you know where Jirah is right now? If you have information about her, please tell me now. I'm in a hurry."

The lady on the line was shocked that the man was talking differently. It seemed that something was wrong with his tone. So, she replied to him with honesty.

"Yeah, I think your assistant was busy right now. And by the way, she asked me to inform you that she didn't allow me to use her phone during her taping hours. Another one is, she changed her number, so maybe you couldn't reach her without me," Gwen explained.

"What do you mean?" the actor asked.

"Ahm... I'm her assistant now, so anyone who has an appointment with her must go through me," the lady answered.

Terrence underestimated the skills of his assistant, in which case it bloomed and became popular all over the world. As a result, he realized that he needed to set her free for the sake of her career. However, the contract shouldn't break because of a firm agreement that only his mother can do.

While thinking of some solutions to his worries, a bunch of messages were sent to him by the management. It was an urgent call for him in New York, where he had to attend a mass interview about his involvement in the issue. He attempted to call his assistant to ask her for a substitute, but he hesitated to dial her number. In fact, he didn't know the woman's schedule.

He decided to go home after he asked permission to leave from the management of K-TMV (Korean Top Movies) entertainment. And so far, it has been both good and bad news for him as he received such compliments from them. Their upcoming collaboration movie was posphoned to be aired on the date scheduled because of his controversy. On the other hand, he was permitted to leave the country and flew back to his homeland, where he would face the people's judgement.

It was early in the morning when he arrived at the airport in New York. His bodyguards were protecting him elsewhere as many fans rallied and screamed at him, bringing banners that read, "STOP SLAVERY, PROTECT THE EMPLOYEE."

While he sat in the car, he asked the driver, "Mr. Driver, have you seen how many people are waiting outside the network building for me?"

The driver, who was inserting the key to start the car, replied, "I think there are plenty more than the people rallying at the airport, sir."

The actor was supposed to go to the building where he worked, but he changed his route to the location where his informant told him to. It was not hard for him to go there because he had reminisced about all his memories from the past, including his childhood adopted home. And that was where he was heading for.
Meanwhile, Gwen was called by a stranger who had something important to discuss related to Jirah's career, and she was about to walk to the place where she was directed to go. It was a coincidence that the exact location given by the phone call to her was the same as Terrence was heading to.

As Terrence chatted the informant, the reply would be, "Just go straight and I am waiting right here."

Since he was so intrigued to know the real culprit of his video controversy, the determination he had got to the point of eagerness to be isolated from others. When he was near the set-up place, his beat became abnormal. He saw in the car's window the dress of a girl that was so familiar to him. The lady turned her head to the street as she noticed a car stopped in her position in exact parking.

Terrence got out of the car and faced the lady in front of him. It was Gwen, who was approaching him, smiling and curious while taking a skim on her phone.

Both said, "Are you—"

"State your words first," the actor clearly said while taking his sunglasses.

Gwe, who was hesitating to say a word, felt doubt about what she had to tell the actor. She couldn't open her mouth as well as her mind was empty. Gwen began to express her curiosity as Terrence bulged his eyes, signaling the woman to move on.

"Well, actually I... I have something to tell you about Jirah, but—" She was hesitating to continue her sentence, thinking of a way to mislead the man about Jirah's disappearance in Korea.

The man was suddenly in blank mode. He wasn't able to respond to his purpose, even ask the woman about the source of the issue. As he heard the statement from Jirah's best friend, he connected all the possibilities that someone was backstabbing him. He waited for three minutes for the arrival of the informant, but nothing came. It was only Gwen and him trapped in a very difficult situation that they couldn't explain.

As time was running out, he decided to turn back and face his issue in public. The driver was heading to JCI TV network's building, where the actor bravely ordered him rapidly. When they arrived, the media surrounded their car, and he wasn't able to go out because of the stampede. Suddenly, Jirah came to rescue him. She blocked the people and commanded them to step back and let the actor get out of the car.

"Please, all your queries will be answered. Just let Terrence get out of his car. I am also part of the issue. You needed my statements, right? So, you must listen to my request first before I and Terrence explain to all of you everything about the video," the actor's assistant ordered them.

Terrence successfully got out of his car and was protected by his bodyguards while Jirah was following them. There were a lot of questions thrown at them by the reporters, but they did intend to answer all of them because of the undisciplined fans of Terrence before that, due to severe disappointment, they shot water at the actor using a water gun. Others were throwing stones and the remaining ones were shouting, "Terminate Terrence, Terminate!"

When the actor finally got inside, away from the people, Jirah tried to wipe his wet clothes. But the actor just shouted at her, "Stay away from me, bit*h."

Book Comment (1001)

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    Eldan C. Desder

    It's so good, i love it

    21/06/2022

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    AsliMohammad Aiman

    very good story

    03/06/2022

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    MalidaOctopus

    haha

    23/08

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