Love Me Or Leave Me

CHAPTER 217

On the other side, Adrian was rendered speechless by Bryce’s words. But, the most important thing now was about Adrian. What Adrian just said was incredibly shocking.

“Adrian, everything you said is true, and I haven’t heard it wrong? You have a girlfriend and a three– year–old child?” Bryce asked again to confirm.

Adrian agreed, “Yes.”

Bryce couldn’t help but think of what Charlie had just said. He was now feeling uneasy and wondered, ‘Could it be that not only was Charlie dreaming, but I was also dreaming?‘

“Adrian, please wait for a moment. Let me calm down first. I’ll call you back,” Bryce finally said cautiously.

Adrian was speechless.

Bryce hung up the phone soon. He was obviously unable to react and couldn’t accept the reality. But, it was understandable, as it happened so suddenly and shocked everyone.

A few minutes later, Charlie called back with excited chatter. He double–confirmed that what he had just heard was true. Overwhelmed with excitement, he immediately shouted that he wanted to see his sister–in–law and nephew.

However, he was soon turned down by Adrian. Adrian told him that due to his prominent identity and that of Becky, they couldn’t be introduced to Isabella and Carly for the time being. Thus, they couldn’t meet Isabella and Damian yet.

Charlie was completely stunned. After understanding the whole situation, he couldn’t help but unleash a tirade against Adrian. But, despite his outburst, Charlie finally agreed reluctantly. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

At the end of the call, Debra reminded Charlie to take some time to prepare a gift for his future sister–in–law and nephew. Although due to special circumstances, he and Becky couldn’t meet Isabella and Damian, the gift should not be forgotten.

Hearing that, Charlie nodded and thought, ‘Of course. They are my future sister–in–law and nephew, after all.‘

After comforting Charlie, Bryce called back again. Adrian patiently explained it to him.

Stacey watched as Adrian explained the same thing repeatedly to Bryce and Charlie. ‘No matter how many times he had to explain, the smile on his face remained radiant. Since having his wife and son, Adrian has indeed changed from how he used to be,‘ she thought.

In the next few days, Stacey got busy. While preparing meeting gifts for her future sister–in–law and nephew, she was thinking about entertaining Eugene.

Thinking that she would accompany Jeremy for surgery in a few days, Stacey picked a cute little gift for Jeremy when she was buying gifts for Isabella and Damian. And of course, she also prepared gifts for Lillian and Kevin.

However, Stacey didn’t expect that she would run into Janet in the mall when she was focusing on choosing gifts.

The moment they looked at each other, the two were stunned.

To be honest, since her identity was made public, Stacey hadn’t met with Janet privately. “This seems to be the first time in while. After such a long time apart, Janet seems to have changed a lot, Stacey thought.

The clothes Janet used to wear were always the latest ones in the season, fashionable and beautiful. But now, Stacey could tell at a glance that Janet’s clothes were from a long time ago.

Janet didn’t have the latest clothes anymore. After her real identity was exposed, Gary and Karen kicked her out of the Mitchell family and froze all the bank cards given to her. Not only that, but they also sued her, demanding repayment of

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Also, everything she did in the past was dug up by netizens. After being blacklisted online, major brands started withdrawing their endorsements of her. Not only that, but she also had to pay sky– high breach–of–contract penalties to these brands. Although she did quite well in the entertainment industry in the past, she used to spend money extravagantly and ended up spending all her earnings. She didn’t have any money left to pay the penalties.

Recently, she had been in an extremely desperate situation. The worst part was that if she couldn’t pay the penalties in time, she might even face restrictions on travel and spending. At that point, she might not be able to buy train or plane tickets.

The company even replaced her manager, Lisa, directly after the incident.

She used to disdain Lisa for being useless and not bringing any resources to her, but now the company had assigned her a new manager. The new manager, Flynn, was notorious in the

company for being a pimp. He liked to use unspoken rules to exploit the artists under his management and then use them to make dirty money. The company’s sudden decision to have Flynn manage her was obvious to even a fool.

Janet had been harassed several times in the days when she was managed by Flynn. If she hadn’t been mentally prepared in advance and remained vigilant, doing her best to avoid any chance of being alone with Flynn, she might have already been defiled. However, that kind of avoidance could only last for a while. As long as her contract with the company had not ended and she was still in Flynn’s hands, something would eventually happen sooner or later.

These days, Janet had been struggling. She must find a way to break free from this predicament.

But what could she do? The Mitchell family had abandoned her and even wanted her to repay the previous support costs. Her biological parents were even more relentless, coming to harass her every day, demanding that she donate a kidney to that idiot brother of hers. How ridiculous!

The only thing left for her now was some connections she made before. She had been a celebrity for many years, and many bosses wanted to keep her as their sugar baby. She wasn’t willing before, but that was her only her only option now. She needed to find a backer so that she could turn her life around.

Janet spent several days working through her internal struggle and then began selecting her ideal financial backer. Even though the situation was already at its worst, she still subconsciously chose the option that would benefit her the most. She definitely wouldn’t consider the men who were too old, too unattractive, or too cheesy.

After careful consideration, she ultimately chose, Ryan Zane, the CEO of Linkers Entertainment. She chose him not only because he was young, wealthy, and well–connected in the entertainment industry, but also because the Zane family was a prestigious family on par with the Carter family.

The dream of being born into a wealthy and prestigious family had already been shattered, but Janet was unwilling to accept

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Why did Rebecca deserve such good parents, while hers were so terrible? If she could be with Ryan, if one day in the future she could replace Ryan’s current wife as the real Mrs. Zane, she could turn her life around just like Rebecca and become a top–class socialite.

With that belief, Janet sold several out–of–season bags and used the money to buy the latest clothes

She was reluctant to sell them. But at the same time, she knew clearly that to get close to Ryan, she had to wear the latest fashion. She had to dress beautifully and appear in front of Ryan to have any chance of catching his attention and advancing her position. However, Janet didn’t expect to encounter Rebecca here. ‘How unlucky!‘ she thought.