Chapter 896 Solution
It wasn’t just a business decision anymore. His wife had made it personal. She was cutting off everything tied to Emily, slamming shut every door her husband had once opened for his mistress. And in doing so, she was making sure that neither Emily nor her "little canary act" would have a stage left to perform on.
The woman felt no sympathy for Emily, even after hearing about her miscarriage. To her, Emily was nothing more than a homewrecker with a twisted mindset. In her eyes, the miscarriage was the child’s own blessing in disguise, a form of karmic protection. After all, what kind of future would a child have under someone like Emily?
If the baby had been born and Emily failed to use it to secure a place in her lover’s household, there was no guarantee she wouldn’t turn her frustration onto the child, treating it like a punching bag or a source of emotional release. Just imagining that future made the woman’s blood boil. It hardened her resolve; she wouldn’t allow either Emily or her cheating husband a way out.
Her children supported her decision wholeheartedly. They had seen firsthand just how cruel their father could be. A cheater would always find a way to cheat again, no matter how many promises he made. Whether it was with Emily or another woman like Evon or Anna, it was only a matter of time. Worse, if he ever truly fell for someone new, his cruelty might not stop at betrayal; he could turn it on his wife, just like he’d done to Emily.
That thought terrified the children. Now in their teens, they were old enough to understand what was happening and form their own opinions. And they were clear about one thing: they didn’t need a father like him. In fact, they were the ones pushing hardest for the divorce, determined to protect their mother and themselves from any further harm.
And so, their mother withdrew all of her husband’s investments that had been supporting Emily’s rise in the entertainment industry, including the funds allocated to the movie Hera, and Xavier was set to star in. Since Emily was only a supporting actress, it wasn’t difficult to find a replacement, so her removal didn’t pose much of a problem.
The real issue lay with Alice. She had been entangled in one scandal after another, with the most recent being a plagiarism accusation that completely backfired. Ironically, she had accused Hera of plagiarizing her work, but it was later proven to be the other way around. The fallout was too much to contain.
Given the circumstances, the director had no choice but to remove Alice from the production as well. While her acting skills were solid, the director valued character and professionalism above talent. He made the decision swiftly.
Since Alice was the first to breach her contract due to the scandal, she was held responsible for liquidated damages and required to compensate the production. However, no one knew where she had disappeared to, making it impossible for them to serve the legal documents or collect the compensation she owed.
Because of the back-to-back problems, the director was at his wits’ end, so stressed he’d been pulling at his own hair in frustration. But when he received Betty’s call and heard what she had to say, he nearly jumped out of his seat. He was ready to rush over to her immediately, only to realize it was still dark and dawn wouldn’t come for another hour. All he could do was fidget anxiously as he waited for the sun to rise.