Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"When she comes later, you must coax her. At least let's get through the difficulty first. Don't let her quit at this time, or I'll be done for."

Abby cried again, and she knew it would work best for Antonio.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just then there was a loud knock on the door of the room, scaring the two of them as if they were having an affair and immediately separated.

Abby hid behind Antonio like a frightened bird.

Antonio tried to calm himself down: "Who is it? Who is it?"

"Open the door." Regina's voice, tinged with anger, rang out at the door.

The two looked at each other, visibly relieved. They thought the paparazzi were coming after them.

Abby prayed pitifully, "You must convince her. My fate is up to her."

Antonio remained confident: "Don't worry. I'm the best at convincing people."

The door opened. A question asked by Regina shocked them: "Is it true on the Internet. You two cheated on me?"

Abby's face went white and her brain went blank, not knowing how to explain.

Antonio also froze for a few seconds, quickly reacted: "Regina, it's not your first day in the entertainment industry. You believe those fake comments of fans?"

"You are so disappointing to me."

"Why didn't you answer my call last night?"

Regina pressed on: "You don't care where I went last night and if I was in danger, but only ask why I didn't answer the phone last night?"

Antonio frowned. How she has become so sensitive and wise.

Abby reacted and immediately said, "Regina you must misunderstand. Mr. Koch asked so because he cares about you."

"He is worried about what happened to you last night. That's why he turned off the phone and did not answer the phone."

"Mr. Koch was worried about me all night?"

Regina gave Abby a look, "How do you know that? Were you together last night?"

Abby was shocked and her heart beat faster. Why was she so eloquent today?

"I ...... I guessed. Mr. Koch loves you so much. How could he not worry about you."

Regina deliberately quarrel with them, pretending to love Antonio.

How she reacted made Antonio annoyed and at the same time very pleased.

Regina watched Antonio, although patiently coaxing her, did not doubt her 'deep love' for him in the slightest, and knew that her purpose was achieved.

"Good girl, it's important to take care of business now."

"You know that the company depends on Abby, so we can't afford if she gets trouble. You have to suffer for us."

Regina said with a poker face: "How?"

"I've thought of a way. We'll hold a press conference this afternoon to clarify."

"Let's say that Abby's vocal cords were damaged last night and she couldn't sing, so the brand has been notified to cancel the event."

"But you privately replied to the brand that the event was not canceled and wanted to replace Abby and grab her resources."

"The brand was angry to learn that Abby could not be there, and Abby had no choice but to rush to the rescue."

"When it came to the singing part, her voice was damaged and she couldn't sing, and you wanted to go up and sing again."

"Abby considered the situation urgent. For one thing, she did not want to offend the brand."

"Secondly, tell the fans that you are very good girlfriends. She really wants to help you and give you the opportunity to sing on stage, so she agreed but just did not expect to have an unexpected situation ......"

Regina said gamely, "All along it was you guys who asked me to lip-synch for her. How come now I have to take the blame for her?"

"If I take the blame, have you thought about my future?"

"How can I still be in the entertainment industry?"

"How can you do this to me just because I'm not famous now?" Regina's tone was aggravated.

Antonio didn't care about Regina's words, let alone notice the recorder in her pocket. He just thought she was being playful and angry.

He was still coaxing nicely, "I know this has aggravated you, but we don't have any other options now."

"BesiDyce, we are going to get married soon. You are the owner's of Andong Entertainment. You don't need to be an entertainer."

"You are going to be a capitalist in the entertainment industry in the future."

Antonio looked affectionate: "Honey, help me one more time, okay?"

"When we get through this, we will go to register, and then go to the beach to take wedding photos. Our wedding ......"

Regina sneered silently, but she agreed. So look forward to press of 'clarification' session in the afternoon.

"Who is it?"

Regina suddenly shouted. Antonio was startled and immediately followed her sight to the window. A dark shadow flashed the window.

By the time he ran to check but saw nothing outside.

Regina and Abby both came over to check it out: "It's not the paparazzi, is it?"

Antonio felt uneasy: "Whatever. Let's hold the press conference first. Even if it's paparazzi, we're not afraid. We just talked about work."

"Yes."

The press conference started on time. All the media and a large number of fans came.

Antonio and Regina came out together, and the reporters took a lot of pictures of her.

Antonio introduced himself first, saying that he is the owner of Anton Entertainment, and that Regina is a contracted artist of their company.

"Holding this press conference today is to clarify what happened yesterday."

"Our company deeply apologizes for taking up your valuable time."

Just after this, a reporter posed a question, "Mr. Koch, how come Abby didn't attend this press conference?"

"As the person involved in the incident, doesn't she have to come out and explain personally?"

Antonio seems to have known that reporters will ask this, calmly and lightly replied: "She ...... is sick and temporarily can not come to this press conference."

"Yesterday she was still well on stage. Why was she sick suddenly?"

"Please answer us, Mr. Koch."

"Actually, Abby was working with illness yesterday. It's better to ask our company's artist, Miss Bering, to explain the details about it."

Regina faced the camera and trembled slightly, which made people heartbreaking.

Although she hasn't said anything yet, she gives the impression that she has suffered a lot.

Regina opened her mouth, "I'm sorry for what happened yesterday. It was my bad. I made Abby great distress because of my own selfishness. I'm deeply sorry."

"Here's what happened ......," Regina said as Antonio's original words.

Just as the crowd was deliberating whether what she said was true or not, another reporter jumped out and asked in sharp words, "Miss Bering, may I ask if you were forced to say this?"

Regina's eyes dodged and shook her head: "No...... not, no one forced me. It's all my fault."

The reporter continued to press: "But I just got a recording. The thing is not the same as what you said."

The crowd was curious, and all of them turned their cameras on that reporter.

"What recording?"

"Is Miss Bering lying?" 

"Is there any story?"

When Antonio heard the reporter say there was a recording, he suddenly remembered the black shadow outside the window. Could it really be a paparazzo?

Antonio reacted and immediately shouted, "Ask the security personnel to come in and bring out this staff who is causing trouble."

But the crowd did not comply. All said let that reporter play out the recording.

The reporter had no choice but to turn the recorder to the maximum sound, and played the recording into the microphone. The sound was clear.

A man's voice came from the recorder first: [You also know that our company relies on Abby. She can not be in trouble, so this matter is up to you.

Next was a girl's voice, and they knew it was Regina when hearing it.

Her voice was a little cold; [How?]

Then it was Antonio again: [I've thought of a way. Let's say she can't sing with a damaged voice, and you want to go up and sing ......]

Regina said angrily: [All the time you let me do fake singing for her. How now I have to take the blame for her ......]

Hearing this, the crowd was stunned, so there is an story. They really to protect Abby by blaming for a new artist.

What exactly is the relationship between Antonio and Abby? Why do they have to make her popular so hard?

"Mr. Koch, is this recording true?"

"What do you think about this recording?"

"Do you have anything to say now?"

"Miss Bering, please tell us in detail how the company forced you to attend this press conference?"

The scene was completely out of control and Antonio shouted, "Security security, come in and maintain order."

"Please be quiet. I will give you all the answers one by one."

Under the maintenance of the security guards, the order in the field was a little quieter, and Antonio said, "The recording is fake."

"Please don't believe the rumors. Our company will definitely investigate it and punish them legally."

The reporter asked, "Mr. Koch, how do you prove that the recording is fake?"

Antonio said unhurriedly, "The recording says I bully Regina, which is simply impossible, because Regina is my fiancée. How can I bully her?"

"What? fiancée?" The crowd was shocked.

Antonio, in order to prove that what he said was true, also opened his phone to turn up some screenshots of his and Regina's couple photos and conversations.

"Now you can believe it. Regina and I will soon be married, and how can I possibly bully her?"

"The thing about the substitute singer yesterday was actually Regina's joke."

"She thought that the song "Cover Your Face" would require a mask anyway, so whoever sang it would be the same, so she wanted to sing on stage instead of Abby."

"Abby, as a signed artist of Anton Entertainment, naturally knew that Aysa was also the future boss of Anton Entertainment, so of course she didn't dare to resist."

"I have always spoiled her with everything."

"I thought, she is like a child, born to play, and wants to sing a song. I thought it's not a big deal. My girl has the right to be capricious."

"Who knew that yesterday's unexpected situation would cause such a storm. Not only Regina was frightened, but also impacted Abby negatively. So that's why I asked my girlfriend to step in and clarify."

Antonio put it all down to the fact that he loved Regina so much that let her get into big trouble.

Regina sneered.

Luckily she was prepared, otherwise he would have fooled everyone in this case.

Antonio looked at the crowd who was still doubtful, and then said to Regina emotionally, "My dear, say something."

Regina nodded, looking a little wronged: "Well, I'm sorry. It's all my fault."

But the more Regina said this, the more everyone felt that Antonio was lying.

After all, the recording was so clear that he could force Regina to come forward and clarify, so how could he not force Regina to admit on the spot that they were boyfriend and girlfriend?

Suddenly another reporter popped out to ask a question.

"Mr. Koch, the Internet rumors that you and Abby have an inappropriate relationship. Please respond it."

"All the rumors on the Internet are false. I just take it as a joke. Please don't believe the rumors either."

"Then please explain what these photos are about?"

The journalist said, and suddenly took out several photos, all of which were intimate photos of him and Abby together.

The ones showed they were kissing and doing other intimate things. Though it doesn't show they had sex, it could prove that they were definitely not a normal up-and-down relationship.

Once the photos broke out, the scene was once again out of control. All the reporters were all shooting wildly at those photos.

Antonio's face was pale, and Regina did not say anything and left in tears.

He just said with deep emotion, while a minute later he was disclosed by others. It was so exciting!

Today's scandal comes one after another. No matter they are true or false, Regina is the winner.

If they believe she and Antonio are a couple, then they admit the news of Antonio's cheating.

If they believe that she and Antonio are not a couple, that was to confirm that Abby got a replacement singer and that Regina was still forced by the company to do so.

Regina came out of the hotel. A reporter saw her and ran this way carrying a video camera. It seems that he wanted to get some more exclusive news.

Regina frowned, not wanting to be followed by him, only to hurry towards the roadside.

At that moment, a car suddenly stopped on the side of the road with the window rolling down halfway. A familiar voice came out from the car, "Get in."

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