"What's wrong?"
Bianca felt quite uncomfortable when she saw her colleague looking at her like that. She thought that Joe's expression was quite creepy.
"Well, see for yourself!" Joe did not know how to describe what he saw and so pushed his laptop in front of Bianca.
Still confused, Bianca took the laptop and looked at the screen.
Her colleague also leaned close and looked at it.
Every young man and woman in the country must have read the news!
The headline was an indication of how popular Leia Norman was.
"Shocking! Man Seen Riding With Leia Norman At Night To Celebrity's House. Later Confesses That He Is Married!"
Bianca was incredibly flustered just by reading the headline.
She clicked on the headline and entered the article. Accompanying the article was a screenshot of a newly registered Twitter account, and the first tweet was a photo of a marriage certificate!
The Twitter account belonged to none other than Xavier!
On the marriage certificate was clearly shown Bianca's name, date of birth, and photo!
The female colleague immediately opened the Twitter app on her phone and searched for the account in the news article. Even though the account was newly registered, it was already verified!
The profile mentioned that he was the owner of a bar.
"Your husband runs a bar, right, Bianca?" The colleague asked.
Bianca did not hear the question. Her head was spinning as she read through the article with the utmost concentration.
When she finished reading the thousand-word article, she roughly understood what happened.
Late last night, the young celebrity Leia Norman rode i n the same car with Xavier Tanner and returned to Leia's neighborhood.
Xavier was a normal civilian. The only thing extraordinary about him was that he was slightly richer and more handsome than the typical man, though that was not enough for the paparazzi to pay attention to him.
However, he was riding in the same car with Leia late at night. That would create a big scoop...
A female colleague who had bought buns for everyone came in from outside. Her head was lowered reading o n her phone, and she nearly tripped. "Wow, Bianca, you're famous now! You're in the same article as Leia Norman!"
The female colleague sitting next to Bianca came to her senses and asked her carefully, "Um, Bianca, you should know who Leia Norman is, right? Do I have to bring you up to speed about her?"
Bianca nodded, though her eyes remained transfixed t o the screen. Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
The female colleague decided to keep quiet. If she said too much, she was afraid that she might accidentally hurt Bianca.
Entertainment gossip like the article was not to be fully trusted, though there had to be some grain of truth to it.
Bianca skimmed through the comments.
Someone said, "This Mr. Tanner should be only friends with Leia. I have done my research in microexpressions, and I can tell what's going on in the photos and the video. Don't worry, fans of Leia Norman, your idol doesn't have any improper dealings with that guy."
That was the top-rated comment, as voted by fans of Leia.
A female colleague who had bought buns for everyone came in from outside. Her head was lowered reading o n her phone, and she nearly tripped. "Wow, Bianca, you're famous now! You're in the same article as Leia Norman!"
The female colleague sitting next to Bianca came to her senses and asked her carefully, "Um, Bianca, you should know who Leia Norman is, right? Do I have to bring you up to speed about her?"
Bianca nodded, though her eyes remained transfixed t o the screen. Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
The female colleague decided to keep quiet. If she said too much, she was afraid that she might accidentally hurt Bianca.
Entertainment gossip like the article was not to be fully trusted, though there had to be some grain of truth to it.
Bianca took out her phone and, in a rare circumstance, dialed Xavier's number. The line was engaged, and she could not get through to him.
At the same time, messages poured into Bianca's phone. They were all consolatory messages from her colleagues and old classmates, though they were quite eager to watch the drama unfold.
Of course, some people genuinely cared for her, such a s Nina and Sue.
She gave up on calling and sent Xavier a message.
[I hope that you can delete that photo of the marriage certificate as soon as possible, Xavier! You're not respecting my privacy!]
A City.
Marie was about to go out of the house when Jennifer grabbed her wrist. "Where are you going? Do you have any spending money for your mother?"
Marie turned around and looked at her useless mother. She reluctantly took out two twenty-dollar bills from her purse and flung them at the shoe cabinet next to the entrance. "I don't have any more money! Why don't you sell the house and move back t o your hometown?"
Jennifer ignored her daughter's words. She took the money, mumbled that it was not enough, and went back inside.
Marie stood angrily at the doorway for several minutes before leaving.
She had already read the news headline.
'Bianca is Xavier's wife? Is that a joke? Did Bianca marry Xavier Tanner, the man whom she slept with?
'What right does she have?'
While she stood at the roadside waiting for her ride, she sent a text message to Xavier: [I hope to meet you a s soon as possible. Otherwise, you'll regret it!] [Have you gone mad?]
She soon received Xavier's reply. His tone was cold and aloof, like speaking to a pet.
[I'm not mad. Bianca is my sister, and I know a lot of things, both good and bad. I don't think you want me t o go to the paparazzi, or... create a new Twitter account and divulge everything?] Marie threatened.
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