CHAPTER 386: CHAPTER 386: THIS WOMAN IS SUCH AN EYESORE

Chapter 386

Riley Osborne initially wanted to go up and greet Conrad Sterling!

However, before she stepped forward, she caught a glimpse of the smile at the corner of President Sterling’s mouth.

It was when Anna Thornton got into the car, Conrad Sterling was holding the car door, and his lips curved into a smile that was both obvious and subtle.

Conrad Sterling’s expression was always indifferent; he didn’t like to reveal his true emotions in front of others.

The reason it was considered obvious was because Riley Osborne had never seen him smile like that.

In front of outsiders, President Sterling was always on edge, only when facing Anna Thornton did he slightly relax.

This change was so secretive and subtle that maybe even Conrad didn’t realize it himself.

But any woman who had feelings for him and was observant could see it.

Riley Osborne felt a pang in her heart!

Yes, she had always been secretly in love with President Sterling!

From the time she failed to expose Ethan Hawthorne’s true face, Riley was really at the lowest point of her life, being scolded by many. Especially Ethan Hawthorne’s fans, who blamed her in various ways every day for slandering their idol, no one believed what she said. Some people in the circle, even though they knew the truth, stood by indifferent, just waiting to see her as a joke.

Perhaps even earlier, she knew that when Ethan Hawthorne drugged her, it was thanks to the journalist sent in by President Sterling that he didn’t succeed.

Only President Sterling had such capability!

Riley Osborne also heard that Anna Thornton had an illegitimate daughter whose biological father was unknown. Previously, people in the circle speculated that she was a child born from someone’s kept woman, but this theory was gradually being dismissed now.

With Anna Thornton’s strength and determination, if she had a patron, she wouldn’t have just become popular now.

But if the child’s father was President Sterling, Riley had to admit while holding her aching chest... the two were actually quite a match.

Although Riley Osborne had no interaction with Anna Thornton, she really admired and appreciated her.

Originally, President Sterling wasn’t someone she should wishfully hope for.

Riley Osborne took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, making a decision in her heart.

President Sterling had helped her, and even though Riley Osborne wasn’t smart, she knew how to ’repay’ kindness within her capabilities.

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Ethan Hawthorne couldn’t reach Conrad Sterling, and he was almost going crazy.

The public opinion was intensifying, and Ethan Hawthorne drove himself to Sterling Group but couldn’t find President Sterling, so he had to think of ways to handle it by himself first.

Ethan Hawthorne’s so-called method was essentially throwing the problem to his public relations team.

When he mixed in the entertainment industry, he always did this, developing the habit of handing problems to others.

But previously, even if Ethan Hawthorne’s scandals emerged, they were mere rumors and with the Hawthorne Family’s backing, the media didn’t dare report extensively, at most issuing a denial statement and hiring some internet ghostwriters.

His public relations team became practically useless, facing the overwhelming evidence and photos on the internet, they were lost.

What was even more devastating was that the related female celebrities, to avoid being implicated, stepped forward one by one to lament being forced into situations, accusing Ethan Hawthorne of being a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Leading the charge wasn’t anyone else, but Riley Osborne!

Riley Osborne was considered the first to dare to stand up and expose Ethan Hawthorne, but at that time no one believed her, she wanted to sue Ethan Hawthorne for attempting to drug her, but didn’t have evidence and he didn’t succeed.

However, this time, most netizens had seen the evidence from secretly circulated images and small videos.

With Riley Osborne leading, those who had been directly harmed were willing to stand up as witnesses.

Ethan Hawthorne sat on a leather single sofa, with two piles of gossip magazines on the table in front of him.

His eyes landed on the top one, the cover with a bold headline titled — "2020 Scandal Photo Drama 2.0, Just How Many Predators Exist in the Hawthorne Family?"

Why was it called Scandal Photos 2.0?

Because following behind Mason Hawthorne’s scandal photos, it could be considered a version upgrade.

It was now 7 p.m., but in such a large living room of the Hawthorne Family, he was the only one present.

Since Ethan Hawthorne’s status in the family rose, he moved from the side building to the main building to live, which was a clear symbol of status.

Usually, at this time, he’d be surrounded by a crowd, but ever since the drug scandal broke, the women in the Hawthorne family avoided him as if he were a mouse.

Fearing that a single glance would seem like he would devour them.

As for the men who used to support him, they had disappeared these few days. It was as if they had already determined Ethan Hawthorne would follow in Mason Hawthorne’s footsteps, as the drug charges once confirmed were quite severe.

Ethan Hawthorne fought so hard to rise from being an overlooked distant relative in the Hawthorne family to his current position.

Initially, Mason Hawthorne’s issue was what Ethan Hawthorne had dug up and exposed, he never imagined he’d follow in the footsteps of his third uncle.

Ethan Hawthorne considered himself cautious, even though he liked to indulge, after Mason Hawthorne’s issue was exposed, he had the foresight to encrypt and hide all those things on his hard drive.

Yet hackers could still uncover them, he wouldn’t believe it wasn’t a deliberate targeting!

If Ethan Hawthorne found out who was digging traps and scheming against him, he would skin that person alive.

Ethan Hawthorne, furious, kicked the table in front of him, flipping it over!

"President Hawthorne, don’t forget the old master asked you to visit his study tonight!" The secretary standing behind Ethan Hawthorne reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Ethan Hawthorne glanced toward the second floor, feeling a foreboding sensation.

Of course, he remembered the old master’s instructions, but he feared that going up now, the old master might strip him of his position in the Hawthorne Family due to the recent unfavorable public opinion.

The magazines with Ethan Hawthorne on the cover were scattered all over, and the secretary knelt down to help him clean them up, preparing to destroy them to avoid further irritating President Hawthorne.

But one of the magazines happened to open to a page featuring Riley Osborne after it fell, and Ethan Hawthorne narrowed his already narrow eyes dangerously while staring at Riley Osborne’s photo.

It was all this woman’s fault!

She had held onto him from the beginning, and now she clung even more tightly. She even united those female stars who once had relations with Ethan Hawthorne due to various threats and promises to attack him.

Ethan Hawthorne didn’t understand what grudges this woman had, to cling to him like a mad dog.

But Ethan Hawthorne, after much hard work, managed to rise from a distant relative at the mercy of the Hawthorne Family to his current position.

Anyone wanting to pull him down from this position?

Ha, they’d better see if they have the life to do so!

"Give that to me!"

Ethan Hawthorne gestured, and the secretary followed the command, handing him the picked-up magazine.

One could see the gradually twisted aura around President Hawthorne, as he gloomily fixated on Riley Osborne’s photo, tearing the vibrant face of the girl from bottom to top into two halves.

"I heard Rooster is looking for women lately?"

"President Hawthorne, what do you mean?"

"This woman is too annoying! Send a big gift to Rooster for me!"