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Chapter 142 I Was Only Joking
Lucas calmly watched her and said in a deep voice, “But I think I would.”
Marion felt very embarrassed, “Really?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Except for having an attractive face and playing the piano, she did not have anything particularly
special!
“If you can have thoughts about me, why can’t I have thoughts about you?”
Marion did not know what to say. She felt like she had opened Pandora’s box.
She clasped her palms, desperately wanting someone to rescue her from the awkward situation.
No one spoke, and the room was very quiet. Marion could hear her own rapidly beating heart.
She pressed her palms together, trying to find words to break free but could not.
“I was just joking.”
At that moment, Lucas suddenly spoke.
Marion raised her head in surprise. She saw a faint smile on his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
“I just thought that since your family business is vast, we should sign an agreement. You know, wealth
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcan affect people’s decisions. I wouldn’t want to be presumptuous about our future.”
“Alright, I’ll have Daniel contact my lawyer to draft the agreement later.”
“Okay.”
For some reason, Marion felt that the atmosphere had become even more awkward.
It was all her fault. She blurted out her words without thinking.
Fortunately, Mrs. Bailey knocked on the door to call Lucas downstairs for lunch.
Marion sighed in relief, “It’s time for lunch.”
Then she got up and walked out.
Marion’s leg had gotten better, and in no time, she had left the room, darting out like a rabbit in the blink
of an eye.
She walked quickly and did not see the changing expression on Lucas’s face.
After having lunch, Marion received the materials Miley sent her. Lucas had already finished his meal
and was making a phone call outside. She went back to her room with her phone and started editing
Chapter 142 | Was Only Joking
her Twitter post.
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Although Benedict had spoken up for Marion, and the online public opinion about her had somewhat
improved, the matter of Marion using her ‘privilege’ was still unclear.
Miley sent Marion the video from the dressing room. To avold nitpickers, Marion decided to release the
original video, spanning three minutes and forty-five seconds, starting from half a minute before Althea
appeared to half a minute after Marion was expelled.
Marion took a look and edited her Twitter a few times, finally leaving only one sentence: [Turns out
bullying can happen to anyone regardless of how much you keep to yourself.]
After posting the Twitter, Marion informed Miley, and Miley contacted a few people to help voice
support.
Just twenty minutes after Marion’s Twitter post, it had already been reposted over five thousand times,
with over fifty thousand comments.
Half an hour later, the organizers at the Harmony Institute also issued a statement.
[Regarding some rumors about this performance circulating online, we would like to clarify: Originally,
Miss Althea was scheduled as the opening guest for this performance, but it was later changed to Miss
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMarion.
[Miss Marion did not exercise any of her privileges, as some netizens may have claimed. We are a
charitable organization, and all decisions were made for the sake of doing good. The change in the
opening guest was due to various considerations, and we felt that Miss Marion was more suitable.
[Due to the negligence of our staff, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience we have caused Miss
Marion during this period.]
With the release of the statement and the accompanying video, netizens’ comments immediately took a
turn:
[Ah, isn’t Althea the one using her privileges?]
[Haha, Althea is amazing. She can dish it but she can’t take it!]
[It’s now clear why the Harmony Institute organizers did not allow Althea to go on stage. Altheat started
the trouble. Of course, there might also be pressure from Miss Marion’s big-shot husband, but in my
eyes, Althea struck first and acted shamelessly!”]
Althea’s team immediately tried to put out the fire the posts generated. However, its heat could not be
quelled.
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