Chapter 84

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After a while, Timothy turned and glanced at Heath.

“Didn’t I tell you to check up on Linden Lane? Tell me about him!”

Linden had been getting incredibly close to Mia. Did he just completely ignore him?

“Mr. Barrett, he’s one of the Lanes in the Nord City. He’s also Ms. Lane’s cousin. His family is well off,

so he only debuted out of his love for acting.”

Timothy loosened his tie and scoffed.

“Men in the entertainment industry are nothing but filth. Are there any scandals about him?”

Heath hesitated for a while. “H-He doesn’t really have any. Even the netizens agree on this. Aside from

acting. he had always kept a low profile. Even his manager can’t find him sometimes.”

Feeling flustered, Timothy asked again, “Does he have any ex-girlfriends?”

“Nope. He’s been single throughout the years, and he’s very mindful of the entertainment industry.

Although he debuted years ago, he had no scandals at all.

“His first scandal was when he attended the Fleur International Design Competition with Mrs. Barrett. In

the end, he requested the reporters to take down her photos so only her back was captured. Thus, her

privacy

wasn’t leaked.”

Timothy frowned as he snapped, “Why are you siding with him? Is he paying your salary instead?”

Heath immediately sealed his mouth shut.

Frustrated, Timothy continued, “Carry on. Is there anything else?”

“It was rumored that he bought Mrs. Barrett’s house.”

“It’s just a tiny house. Is Mia even impressed by it at all?”

He gave her so much more on the divorce agreement compared to this.

After a moment of thought, Timothy said, “Inform the lawyers to proceed with splitting our assets.”

He was determined to show Mia how stingy Linden was.

“Mr. Barrett, the initial plan was to proceed with the divorce procedures first before going ahead with

the asset

division.”

Timothy glanced up at Heath as he snarled, “Are you the one who’s going to be divorced?”

Heath cleared his throat. “No, Mr. Barrett.”

“Then shut your nonsense. Or are you implying that I should be your assistant instead?”

In an instant, Heath didn’t dare to utter a single word. Timothy had become so impatient.

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Mia stood still as she sent Timothy off. She turned around and looked at the crib beside her, which

seemed absolutely adorable.

In a hushed tone, she said, “Honey, don’t mind Daddy. He’s a mean one. But I won’t say anything to

him.”

She would raise her child on her own.

After looking at the cribs, she left swiftly. Just then, she bumped into Shelly, who was marching toward

her.

Shelly stated indignantly, “Mia Bowen, you’re so shameless! You’re even leeching off Mr. Lane’s fame!”

Although most people didn’t recognize the woman in the picture, people who knew her recognized her

in an

instant.

Moreover, the man was seen accompanying Mia to the Fleur International Design Competition.

Initially, Shelly really thought it was Linden. Yet, she realized the man was merely his stunt double after

she

asked around.

Unfazed, Mia retorted, “You could do the same if you wanted.”

“I’m not as shameless as you are. Plus, I’m well off. There’s no need for me to do that. Only greedy

women like you would behave like this.”

“Oh, then remind me who’s the one who kept using the Barretts to gain fame because her acting was

too lousy and she was average-looking? You were desperate to be recognized by Twitter as one of the

Barretts.”

Mia’s words hit right at Shelly’s sore spot.

Infuriated, she raised her hand and hollered, “I dare you to say that again!”

“I’ve never seen someone so eager to be humbled like you. I didn’t expect you to be a masochist.”

Mia blocked Shelly’s hand as she warned, “There are surveillance cameras here. If the footage is

leaked, rumors about you, the daughter of the Barrett family, abusing her power will circulate the

internet. What would

people think of you?”

“H-How dare you?” Shelly’s tone softened as she snapped.

Mia flung her hand away and strode off briskly. She knew Shelly was just trying to act tough. It was

easy to

deal with her.

Nevertheless, she had to admit that Shelly was truly annoying.

The next morning, Mia received an unknown call when she woke up.