Chapter 522: Bastard
Michael wasn’t surprised when he heard what Wendy said.
When Mr. York told Michael about it the night before, he already pretty much guessed what Christian planned to do.
Wendy continued, "What the hell is he thinking about?! Wouldn’t he feel guilty when he does such a thing? And doesn’t he know that there would be two extremes of comments when the news is published?!"
"He doesn’t give a sh*t about those arguments. On the contrary, the more heated the arguments are, the more popular the incident becomes. As a result, the garments that he launches would gain more traction."
Michael explained, "What he has always wanted was fame. Whether it’s a good or bad reputation, as long as more people know of the garments that Zen designs, there will be people who are willing to buy.
And don’t forget about Christian’s end goal. He does not intend to earn money relying on the garments. He is only doing money laundering.
It doesn’t matter how much he sells. The most important thing is to have more people know of Zen’s name through marketing. Also, to know of the garments that she designs."
"He is really a demon!" Wendy gritted through her shivering teeth angrily. She couldn’t find any other adjective to describe Christian.
In this world, there was no term that could describe how cruel, cold-blooded and selfish he was.
"Soon, the demon will go to where he belongs," Michael said. He gripped the steering wheel tightly while his eyes fixed in front of him coldly.
A person like Christian was too scary.
Michael wouldn’t be at ease if an enemy like him wasn’t eradicated.
The car arrived at the hospital really soon. Michael and Wendy went to Zen’s ward.
As expected, they saw reporters and Christian when they arrived.
"Mr. Lucas, what happened to Zen? Why did she insist to work when she is eight months pregnant?"
"Mr. Lucas, didn’t you advise Zen to take care of her body?"
"She’s eight months pregnant. Even if she gave birth prematurely, the child stands a high chance of survival. Why did the baby die?"
"Mr. Lucas, how do you feel now that Zen is lying on a sick bed in the hospital?"
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"This is a hospital. Please keep your voices low. Zen needs to rest," Christian replied, sounding like he was choking with sobs. His eyes were red too, looking affectionate.
"I’m sorry, everyone. Mr. Lucas is not in good shape these few days. I will answer some questions on his behalf. Please come this way. Don’t disturb Ms. Tanner," Christian’s assistant said.
"Everyone can see. Mr. Lucas hasn’t sleep the entire night because of what happened to Ms. Tanner. He doesn’t look too good either. Mr. Lucas loves Ms. Tanner and also their baby," the assistant said.
"Mr. Lucas has always advised Ms. Tanner to not work overtime and only to work again after she gives birth to their baby.
After all, it isn’t a problem for Mr. Lucas to support Ms. Tanner and their baby.
There’s no need for Ms. Tanner to work so hard to make money.
However, Ms. Tanner is a workaholic. Even during midnight, she would get up immediately to amend her drawings if she were to think of any problems with her design. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to sleep.
Mr. Lucas talked to Ms. Tanner many times and she agreed with him every time but she still insisted to get up in the middle of the night.
Yesterday, Ms. Tanner woke up from her nap and wanted to edit her drawings. But she fell down by accident and led to excessive bleeding from premature birth.
Mr. Lucas was in a meeting in the office then. He had no idea about it.
Mr. Lucas is already very sad and regretted that he didn’t take good care of Ms.
Tanner. Please don’t ask Mr. Lucas any hurtful questions. Otherwise, I’m worried that Mr. Lucas can’t take it.
Mr. Lucas... when he got a call from the helper at home, saying something happened to Ms. Tanner, he couldn’t even stand straight on his feet. He nearly passed out."
The assistant choked with sobs as he spoke.
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"Bastard! How dare he say such things?" Wendy heard what Christian and his assistant said to the reporters and she couldn’t help but curse at them.
Wendy was boiling with anger and she took huge strides, marching towards Christian.
Michael quickly followed behind Wendy, looking at her worriedly.
He was only worried about Wendy’s safety. He was afraid that there might be an accident and she was pregnant.
"The truth is nothing like what he said. The reason why Zen lost the baby is because of him! Zen didn’t want to draw any designs. He forced Zen to!" Wendy marched through the bunch of reporters and shouted.
The reporters heard Wendy and they quickly aimed their microphones at Wendy, further interviewing her.
"Is what you said earlier true? Can you tell us the exact situation?"
"Are you Mrs. Lucas? Wendy Lucas? You are Zen Tanner’s university friend, aren’t you? Do you feel that it’s unfair so you’re speaking up for Zen?"
"Mr. Lucas has always loved Zen Tanner. Why did you say that he lied?"
"Zen Tanner is a person who loves design more than her own life. What you said earlier means that it is all an illusion, isn’t it?"
"May I ask what evidence you have to prove what you said earlier is true?"
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The reporters surrounded Wendy. Michael immediately squeezed through the crowd and held Wendy by her shoulders to shield her in his arms.
He didn’t want the reporters to knock or shove her.
However, Michael didn’t speak but let Wendy do the talking.
"The exact situation was that Christian never loved Zen Tanner from the very beginning until now. Nor did he love the baby in her stomach. He is merely using the drawings that Zen did. He wanted to make money using Zen in order to achieve another goal."
Wendy continued, "His so-called wife-loving character and Zen Tanner’s superwoman character were deliberately created by him.
Zen didn’t have any inspiration when she was pregnant, but Christian forced her to draw. During her last term of pregnancy, he even laid hands on Zen and hit her.
Zen was covered in wounds and bruises. I saw them with my own eyes.
The reason why Zen had a miscarriage was because Zen wanted to run away from this demon.
However, he caught her and brought her back when she was running away. Zen didn’t want to be with him anymore so she jumped out of the car hopelessly.
Now, she lost her baby and she is in a critical condition herself.
Everything that happened is caused by this man who said that he loves Zen Tanner!"
Countless cameras were aiming at Wendy.
"What evidence do you have to prove that everything you said is true?"
"Can we go in and see Zen Tanner? We’d like to see if she really has wounds and bruises all over her."
"Mrs. Lucas, you said that Zen had no inspiration. But why were there designs? From what I know, DR already started producing the garments that Zen Tanner designed."
"Although DR is not as powerful as when it was at its peak, the new project is ongoing. There isn’t any need for them to rely on Zen Tanner to make money, is there?"
"Why does Christian treat Zen Tanner as such? Does the baby in her stomach really belong to Christian? If the baby isn’t Christian’s, whose baby is she carrying? Did Christian treat her like that to take revenge? If the baby is Christian’s, why did he treat his woman and his child like that?"
"How did Christian threaten Zen Tanner? Did you and Mr. Lucas help Zen when she tried to run away yesterday? Why didn’t she succeed in the end? You are Ms.
Tanner’s friend. Do you know from the very beginning that Zen wasn’t getting along with Christian? If you do, why didn’t you save Zen from the dire situation earlier?"
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"She created havoc yesterday at East Gate Station. You can go there and ask around. And the 4th Ring Burton Road in the east of the city was where Zen jumped out of the car. There should be quite a number of witnesses. Who knows? There might already be people who posted videos from yesterday on the internet. Put in some effort and you should be able to find evidence," Wendy said.
There were quite a lot of people who saw what happened the day before. Even if Christian sent people to manage it ahead of time, it would be difficult to take care of every single witness.
There would definitely be people who posted what happened the day before on the internet.
But it wasn’t popular so it had yet to spread like wildfire.
Or maybe Christian had assigned people to take care of the related videos that spread so it couldn’t gain traction on the internet.
As long as the media put in the effort to look for it, they could definitely find it.
Wendy continued, "As for the drawings, those aren’t..."
Before Wendy could finish her sentence, Christian cut her off, roaring, "Wendy Stewart, what nonsense are you blabbering about?!"
Christian stomped through the crowd, staring at Wendy ferociously.
He had it all planned out initially but Wendy stirred a commotion. If the reporters really unearth what happened the day before, he wouldn’t be able to deal with the public outcry.
Christian’s eyes turned red, welled up in tears. He choked with sobs, "Sis-in-law, I know that you hate me all along because of what happened with Zen. You blame me for not taking care of her. But none of us wished for such an unfortunate event to take place. Zen is your best friend. She is also the person I love. Plus, she is carrying my child. You have gone too far with whatever nonsense you said. Who would believe it? No matter how much you hate me, there’s no need to slander me."
Wendy was astonished at Christian’s drastic change in his attitude.
It was such a waste of his acting talent that he didn’t pursue a career as an actor instead.
The reporters redirected the camera back to Christian’s face.
"Why does Mrs. Lucas speak ill of you?"
"What sort of conflict do you have with Mrs. Lucas? Is Mrs. Lucas speaking up for Ms.
Tanner?"
"How are you going to manage Mrs. Lucas’s act of defamation?"
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"Aim the cameras at me. The drawings are not done by Zen Tanner but another designer. Christian wanted to portray Zen Tanner as a superwoman in order to gain a solid fan base. So, he used another designer’s work to pass it off as Zen’s design.
Then, he produced the garments using her name to fool everyone into buying them.
We already found the designer and her name is Alice Johnson. We will expose everything about this as soon as possible. Please follow MC’s Twitter closely," Wendy said angrily, remaining composed.
Christian heard the name "Alice Johnson" and his eyes widened subconsciously.
They found Alice Johnson?!
If Wendy didn’t say the name out loud, he probably thought Wendy was merely bluffing him and making wild guesses.
Wendy could say the exact name so it was impossible that it was merely a guess.
But how did she find out?
Christian seemed to think of something. His gaze directed to Zen who was lying on the sickbed in the ward.
She did!
Before they left the day before, Zen purposely requested to talk to Wendy alone.
Christian thought that Wendy was Zen’s only friend and he assumed that she merely wanted to chat with Wendy more.
Judging from the current situation, it was obviously not so simple.
Wendy looked at Christian’s eyes that were filled with fear. She lifted her chin slightly and looked at him provokingly.
She wanted to expose Christian so that he loses all his standing and reputation!
