Female Novel
Chapter 2101
The more this dragged on, the more agonizing it was.
Once Cindy finished washing up the fruits and slicing them up, she brought the platter to the livingroom. Then, she sat down next to Ian on the couch and glanced at his phone screen, only to besurprised when she saw that he was not scrolling through the news. Instead, he was playing a round ofvideo games.
Relief flooded through her at the sight of this. She initially thought that he might be bothered by theman and what his next move might be, but from the looks of it, Ian didn't seem affected at all. That'sgood, she thought. She didn't think they had to be rattled by the man and whatever trouble he hadthreatened against them.
On the other hand, Aurora did not treat the matter with the same cavalier her son had displayed. Shewas fervently scrolling through several online news platforms, waiting for something to spring up. Thatman had put up a statement claiming that he would drop groundbreaking news relating to both Auroraand Ian, further stating that he would choose a time to carry this out.
Netizens flooded the comments section under the statement. Most of them wondered if thegroundbreaking news was good or bad, and some were prudent enough to question the man's identity.
However, the man did not respond to any of these. His account had been newly registered on thesocial media platform, which meant he had probably set it up to get back at Aurora.
Upon reading the things this man had posted thus far, Aurora realized just how much they reflected histrue personality. His online statements were just as nonsensical and unstructured as he was.
That said, this was a good thing; it only went to show that he was working alone.
If he managed to put up stuff that looked as though it had been professionally dug up, she would startwondering if he had a team to support his vile endeavors. If that were the case, he would have theresources to drag both Aurora and Ian's reputations through the mud. In fact, Ian could've very wellbeen his main target all along.
She didn't want this to affect Ian in the slightest. She would much rather be the target of public scrutinyand wrongful ostracization than have Ian suffer the brunt of the man's schemes.
After a while, Aurora's phone started ringing again, and this went on several times. The calls were allmade by the man, and toward the end, he grew anxious while sending her multiple angry texts. novelbin
Most of the texts contained more or less the same threats he had hurled at them in person. He wasprobably ignorant of the law, or he would have known that in texting such things, he had personallygiven them evidence to hold him accountable for extortion.
He even included his plans in his blackmail, claiming that he would not settle for less than fifty million.Otherwise, he would leak news so bombastic that it could bring about Ian's downfall in theentertainment industry.
He also added that he was not afraid of anything. After all, he was on his own, and he had nothing tolose.
Aurora had been rather annoyed at first, but after receiving these texts, she was rendered speechless.Anyone with half a mind would not resort to doing such things, but he had exposed himself by tellingher what he had done and what he was about to do.
She went on to ignore him, but the more she did this, the more he flew into a rage, and in an attempt tointimidate her, he sent texts that spilled more of his oh-so-diabolical plans.
At this point, she was completely taking this in stride and found it rather amusing; to have things turnout this way was rather unexpected. She really believed that the man would find a way to put Ian in thecenter of controversy again, but from the looks of it, she had overestimated him.
The man was not intimidating at all. He was not the storm beyond the horizon he had made himself outto be, but a flustered clown.
He went on to send her several more texts, but having received not a single response from Aurora, hestopped.
When peace resumed, she focused on the news which was devoid of any scandal that involved herand Ian. Then, she captured the new texts he had sent her and forwarded the pictures to Hannah. Afterthat, she set her phone aside and leaned into the couch.
While this was happening, Ian merely played his video game in silence. When he noticed Aurora'ssomewhat restless stance, he maneuvered his avatar through the game and said, "Don't worry. Thatguy's nothing but trash, and as far as I know, he can't possibly hurt you. We'll just have to make surethat we keep all this evidence in hand so that we can flip the narrative on him when he decides to makea move. Even if he were to find a legal team to defend him, we can still handle it."
Aurora looked up and stared at the ceiling. Then, she hummed wearily in response and said, "I know,but I don't care anymore. I've realized that this guy is a complete idiot, and to think that I had actuallybeen intimidated by him."
Cindy laughed at this and piped up from the side, "After this incident, the man will probably neverbother you again. Look on the bright side—at least we have a secret weapon that can help us solvethis problem."
The corner of Aurora's lips curled up. "You're right, that does make me feel better."