Chapter 992: Chapter 992: A Bit Insincere_1
"Look at you, still so hot-tempered,"
Aware of the attention from everyone, Tiffany Lynch finally sat down again, breathing frantically, looking worried that Hannah might say something out of line, her voice carrying a threat, "Hannah Winter, you’d better not talk nonsense."
"What nonsense did I talk?" Hannah asked innocently. "Aren’t you my niece..."
"Shut up!" Tiffany Lynch was near to rage, forced into a grudging concession through clenched teeth, "Fine, I was wrong, are you happy now?"
Hannah nodded, offering a critique with her tone, "Not bad, but it lacks sincerity."
Tiffany Lynch was so angry she nearly fainted.
As the two went back and forth, none of the others could understand what was going on.
But one thing became clear.
The trending search indeed was purchased by Tiffany Lynch.
Ginny was even more furious and questioned her, "Tiffany Lynch, have you lost your mind to do such a thing?"
Tiffany Lynch’s apology to Hannah was because she didn’t want to admit in front of everyone that she was Hannah’s "junior," but she didn’t see the need to keep up appearances with anyone else.
Her sentiment remained the same, "What does their disbandment have to do with me?"
Now that she had Jimmy Simmons’s support, the team would only limit her growth.
As long as Smile 9 existed, there would always be people who remembered her past actions regarding vote exchanges.
Disbandment was the best outcome.
Soon, the conference room erupted into arguing.
Ginny stubbornly wouldn’t let go of Tiffany Lynch.
The two of them thus started bickering.
Sunny Lee’s gaze, however, remained fixed on Hannah.
She stared intently and then spoke up, "You did that on purpose, didn’t you?"
Hannah met her gaze, lightly tapping the table, leaning slightly forward, and spoke slowly, "Did what on purpose?"
"You deliberately made them argue."
That was Hannah Winter’s style, which Sunny had seen before.
Hannah simply shook her head, "No, you’re just too naive. Whether it’s jealousy or envy, these are normal human emotions, not something shameful. But there’s a saying, ’you make your bed, now lie in it.’ You lost the bet, and you have to face the consequences."
Initially, Sunny Lee had betrayed Hannah and sided with Tiffany Lynch. Even afterward, she helped Tiffany Lynch to slander Hannah. For her, it was all a gamble.
"I lost?" Sunny Lee suddenly laughed, but her eyes were reddening, "Hannah Winter, if I hadn’t betrayed you back then, would you have helped me like you do Christopher Lee now?"
After all, her relationship with Hannah had once been even better than Christopher Lee’s current relationship with Hannah.
Everything was supposed to be hers.
Hannah saw through Sunny Lee’s thoughts but still said, "The opportunities that Christopher Lee got were her own doing. As for whether I would help... don’t you already have the answer in your heart?"
In Shining Star Journey 2, everyone could see that Hannah had helped Sunny Lee.
Everyone.
Even if critics accused them of publicity stunts, it was an undeniable fact.
Only then did Sunny Lee finally come to her senses.
Tears fell straight down as she choked up and said, "I’m sorry."
"You have nothing to be sorry for."
Hannah acted on whim, never intentionally.
She had already guessed Sunny Lee’s change of heart and stance: she helped on a whim, and her indifference to Sunny’s choices was because she didn’t care or have any emotional attachment.
The one truly hurt was Lucy Taylor.
Looking at the tear-streaked face of Sunny Lee, Lucy Taylor only sighed, "It’s all in the past. I accept your apology, but that’s all."
Once feelings are gone, they’re gone. It’s a pity, but there’s no point in picking them back up again.
The discussion ended with a decision to take a vote.
But that too was just going through the motions.
