After She She Stopped Loving Him

Chapter 165

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Yolanda’s eyes were utterly emotionless-she couldn't be bothered with morons. ‘I really can’t stand dealing with

idiots,” she thought to herself.

The young talent Sophie Page slipped out and hid herself in the dance studio, crying quietly in the corner.

The stuwas lined with mirrors-perfect for anyone wanting to work on their posture or practice their

moves.

Soon, the other girls cover to check on her. “Sophie, what happened?”

“Did someone make you go drinking with them again?”

Sophie frantically wiped away her tears, her eyes puffy and red. “It's Yolanda again. I told her straight up I didn’t

want to do those skimpy photo shoots, and she totally went off on me.”

Everyone here's used to getting pushed around by those suits upstairs, so whenever the girls hung out together,

they’d vent about the higher-ups.

Yolanda had thrown Starlight into absolute chaos lately, so of course everyone started gossiping about her

next.

“I heard someone actually threw acid at her once. Honestly, she totally had it coming.”

“Being a woman herself, you'd think she gets us, but she’s probably just in cahoots with those guys.”

“Sophie, stop crying. You've done these shoots before, and hey, at least you get paid. If not, we'll be totally

broke next month.”

Sophie bit her lip, her eyes flashing with anger. ‘Why is Yolanda doing this to me?‘ she wondered.

She quickly got up and went to find Mary Hall, only to hear that Mary had gone to Yolanda's office.

Too scared to go in, Sophie had no choice but to wait outside.

As soon as Mary stepped out, Sophie rushed over. “Ms. Hall, what did Yolanda say to you?”

Mary creased her brows, noticing just how little respect Sophie had for Yolanda, even though she was the

CEO.

Maybe it was because Yolanda was so young-Sophie just saw her as another pretty face, not the real boss. That's

why she always got bitter whenever Yolanda shot her down.

Mary, though, still got srespect-her age made it impossible to brush her aside.

Mary held up her hand, cutting Sophie off. “Enough with the first names. She's Ms. Grant, remember?”

Sophie curled her lip. “Ms. Grant? Please. She's been running the show for like half a month now and still hasn't

cup with a single plan. Honestly, looks tolike she’s just fallen in line with those suits upstairs-

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can’t think about anything except how to wring every penny out of us.”

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“Sophie, if that’s really how you see things, then stop coming tofor favors. I'm the director here, you're just

a talent. | only treat you kindly because | feel for your situation-don’t mistake my decency for a license to step

out of line.”

Sophie's face went ghostly white and she trembled all over. “Did Yolanda spill something to you?” she

stammered, her voice barely above a whisper as she panicked inside. ‘Did Yolanda say something behind my

back? Is that why Mary suddenly sounds so cold?”

‘It’s gotta be something Yolanda said,’ Sophie thought, her mind racing. Not long ago, she and Mary would rant

together about those guys upstairs, but now there was an unmistakable chill between them, like they were total

strangers.

Seeing Sophie still didn’t get it, Mary Hall couldn't be bothered to argue or comfort her anymore-she just

stepped right into the elevator and disappeared.

Her eyes rimmed red, Sophie burst into Yolanda’s office, almost in tears.

“Did you trash-talkto Ms. Hall? Seriously? After all the trust | put in you!”

Yolanda’s face turned icy cold as the door slammed open-the doorknob banged into the wall, leaving a mark.

“Get out,” she said coldly.

Sophie stopped dead, her cheeks burning red, nails dug deep into her palm. “Yolanda! Not helpingis bad

enough, but now you're stabbingin the back?! Have you got any decency left? Don’t let that CEO badge go

to your head-Starlight would be exactly the swith or without you!”

Yolanda picked up the phone and called security, then reached out to a few more people before sliding a

termination contract across the desk to Sophie.

Sophie stared at the contract, her eyes wide with disbelief. That deal had always been stacked against her, and

now-if she got let go-she’d have to cough up a crazy amount, something like 12 million. There was no way she

could fork over that kind of money.

Her face turned ashen, hands trembling as she clutched the contract. “Yolanda, are you trying to destroy me?!

I've never seen anyone so ruthless!”

She burst out of the office, clutching the contract, tears streaming down her face.

Yolanda stared at her computer. ‘Me? Ruthless?‘ she thought in disbelief.

This was the exact scontract they signed-she hadn’t changed a single word. The ones squeezing them dry

were the higher-ups, not her. But now she was the villain, just because her nwas on the paperwork?

It was almost funny. ‘I haven't even done a damn thing yet, Yolanda thought.

Back in the dance studio, Sophie clung to the contract, tears spilling down her face the moment she crossed the

threshold.

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The other girls crowded around, unloading on Yolanda with furious words, calling her even nastier than the men

who ran the place.

“Sophie, seriously, what are you going to do? You owe over twelve million! Where could you possibly get that

kind of cash? If the police get involved, would you even end up in jail...?”

“Sophie, maybe you should just expose her online! Someone this heartless deserves to be dragged in public.

“Exactly! Let the intetake care of villains like her and give her what she deserves.”

Sophie's eyes were red and puffy, but she angrily swiped her tears away with the back of her hand.

“That's right! I'm putting her on blast online! I'll make sure the whole intetears her to shreds!”

So in the end, these girls weren't clueless-they knew exactly how to stick up for themselves. It was just that with

Alex Wilson and his crew running the show, no one dared make a peep. But swap in a female boss, and suddenly

they're brave enough to start a rebellion. Funny how that works.

Sophie didn’t hesitate-she went live right away, holding up her business card as proof and real-nreporting.

She announced for all to hear that she was a talent at Starlight Entertainment, had slogged away for three years

just to make rent, and now she’d gotten dumped by the company with a twelve-million-dollar penalty.

Real-nexposés were blowing up online lately, and in the eyes of netizens, anyone bold enough to flash a

business card had to be legit.

And since it was entertainment industry , the gossip crowd swarmed in for the show.

The livestream took off in seconds, rocketing straight to the front page of the app.

Sophie squeezed her business card tight, her lips quivering with anticipation, as she watched her stream roll past

twenty thousand live viewers.

“This is what went down,” Sophie said with her voice shaking. “Her nis Yolanda-she’s the CEO of Starlight

Entertainment, and she’s the one who's been bullyingall along. All I'm asking for is justice! Please, everyone,

helpblow this up and get the word out!”

Yolanda didn’t see the livestream until three hours had passed, by which tshe was already back at Moonbay

Estate.

She was trending in the top ten, even though she was a total nobody-more than forty thousand hate comments,

and every top reply basically told her to drop dead on the spot.

lan was the first to call. “Ms. Grant, are you alright? Just saw all the online-do you wantto cover

and be with you?”

Yolanda lazily swiped across her screen, sounding unfazed. “Don’t worry about me. It’s just people running their

mouths-no big deal, it’s not like they're hurting me. Honestly, all this noise is working in my favor. Just let it be.”

lan listened to her calm, steady voice, his throat tightening. “If those trolls realized you weren't bothered at all,

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Yolanda burst out laughing, her eyes soft. “Con, I'm living in the most lavish villa Downtown, got my

husband's black card, and a drop-dead gorgeous talent like you by my side. Seriously, why would | waste time

getting angry over sonline haters? Whenever | get a little annoyed, | just peek at that black card in my

purse and poof-the bad mood’s gone. lan, letshow you my new earrings.”

lan fell silent for a few seconds. When he finally spoke, his voice was husky. “You really were born to drive men

crazy.”

Yolanda was rock-solid; as she gradually broke free from the shackles of her marriage, her own brilliance began

to shine brighter and brighter-her aura was dazzling, impossible to ignore.