Next One Is a Babe

The more this dragged on, the more agonizing it was.

Once Cindy finished washing up the fruits and slicing them up, she brought the platter to the living room. Then, she sat down next to Ian on the couch and glanced at his phone screen, only to be surprised when she saw that he was not scrolling through the news. Instead, he was playing a round of video games.

Relief flooded through her at the sight of this. She initially thought that he might be bothered by the man and what his next move might be, but from the looks of it, Ian didn't seem affected at all. That's good, she thought. She didn't think they had to be rattled by the man and whatever trouble he had threatened against them.

On the other hand, Aurora did not treat the matter with the same cavalier her son had displayed. She was fervently scrolling through several online news platforms, waiting for something to spring up. That man had put up a statement claiming that he would drop groundbreaking news relating to both Aurora and Ian, further stating that he would choose a time to carry this out.

Netizens flooded the comments section under the statement. Most of them wondered if the groundbreaking news was good or bad, and some were prudent enough to question the man's identity.

However, the man did not respond to any of these. His account had been newly registered on the social media platform, which meant he had probably set it up to get back at Aurora.

Upon reading the things this man had posted thus far, Aurora realized just how much they reflected his true personality. His online statements were just as nonsensical and unstructured as he was.

That said, this was a good thing; it only went to show that he was working alone.

If he managed to put up stuff that looked as though it had been professionally dug up, she would start wondering if he had a team to support his vile endeavors. If that were the case, he would have the resources to drag both Aurora and Ian's reputations through the mud. In fact, Ian could've very well been his main target all along.

She didn't want this to affect Ian in the slightest. She would much rather be the target of public scrutiny and wrongful ostracization than have Ian suffer the brunt of the man's schemes.

After a while, Aurora's phone started ringing again, and this went on several times. The calls were all made by the man, and toward the end, he grew anxious while sending her multiple angry texts.

Most of the texts contained more or less the same threats he had hurled at them in person. He was probably ignorant of the law, or he would have known that in texting such things, he had personally given them evidence to hold him accountable for extortion.

He even included his plans in his blackmail, claiming that he would not settle for less than fifty million. Otherwise, he would leak news so bombastic that it could bring about Ian's downfall in the entertainment industry.

He also added that he was not afraid of anything. After all, he was on his own, and he had nothing to lose.

Aurora had been rather annoyed at first, but after receiving these texts, she was rendered speechless. Anyone with half a mind would not resort to doing such things, but he had exposed himself by telling her what he had done and what he was about to do.

She went on to ignore him, but the more she did this, the more he flew into a rage, and in an attempt to intimidate her, he sent texts that spilled more of his oh-so-diabolical plans.

At this point, she was completely taking this in stride and found it rather amusing; to have things turn out this way was rather unexpected. She really believed that the man would find a way to put Ian in the center of controversy again, but from the looks of it, she had overestimated him.