Chapter 247

“How did you know?” Eli murmured, clutching the sketch tightly.

“July” was the name of his dog who had passed away.

Eli felt overwhelmed by the emotional weight of the gift.

For a moment, Eliana felt embarrassed.

How could she tell Eli that she found out his former dog’s name from an enthusiastic fan when she was

pretending to be a fellow fan in the online group?

“Thank you.”

Eli’s heart was bursting with thousands of words, but he could only say those two.

“I drew the ring for you, and I won’t take it back. But you have to promise me to stop your vengeful

tirade right now. You’re underestimating Maurice. He won’t remain passive if you continue. If you clarify

the situation now, you can reduce the damage. Otherwise, things will get worse for you,” Eliana urged

him in a patient voice.

“So that’s why you gave me this drawing…” Eli’s face turned pale. “You’re only trying to help Maurice.”

Before Eliana could explain, Eli’s temper overflowed and he stormed away.

How could Eli be so unreasonable? She shouldn’t have let herself care about him.

Soon, Eliana’s prediction was confirmed.

After the shoot for the advertisement, Inger approached Eli with a long face.

“Bad news, Eli! The public opinion on the Internet has changed abruptly.”

She took out her phone and showed Eli a video.

The video was set in the restaurant where they all had dinner yesterday. The surveillance camera

recorded everything that happened between Eli and Maurice.

In the video, Eli suddenly sprang up and threw a punch at Maurice. Maurice easily dodged. The

momentum behind Eli’s punch made him fall to the floor, and his face was bruised on the table leg.

The video showed the scene clearly. There was no way to deny what happened.

The comments below the video were all criticizing Eli. They said that he had played the victim even

though he instigated the fight. They demanded that he should be punished for framing Maurice.

Just that morning many people had supported Eli, but now just as many people were scolding him.

“Eli, you have to leave quickly. The reporters are coming.”

Inger swiftly packed up Eli’s belongings with an anxious expression, intending to run away.

“So what she said was true…”

Eli finally realized that Eliana might have warned him out of genuine kindness.

It had been naive of him to use public opinion against Maurice.

The greenroom was a mess. Eliana rushed over, alerted by the noise of Inger packing up.

Inger’s eyes lit up. “Miss Pierce, you came just in time. Disguise Eli and we’ll leave by the back door

right away.”

Eli couldn’t make himself look at Eliana. He turned his head away.

‘The situation has gotten serious. If Eli doesn’t suffer the consequences, he won’t learn his lesson.’

This was what Eliana thought, but she didn’t show it. She quickly arranged a new look for Eli.

She grabbed a black and purple wig, a Gothic T-shirt with a large gold chain, and a pair of loose jeans

with many smaller chains.

This was a style that no one would expect Eli to wear.

“Eliana, you did this on purpose!”

Eli felt his blood boil in anger as he looked at the outfit.

“So what? You have only two choices now. You either escape in this disguise that you hate, or you

kneel in front of Maurice and apologize. It’s up to you,” said Eliana, shrugging her shoulders.

There was no way Eli would apologize to Maurice.

Eli hesitated before coming to his decision.

“Okay.”

Eli gritted his teeth and tried to turn off his sense of shame as he put on the outfit.

Finally, Eliana finished dressing him up.

She couldn’t help but laugh.

Though she had chosen this outfit specifically to get revenge on Eli, she didn’t expect that he would

look so… ridiculous.