CHAPTER 627 THE SILENT TREATMENT

Chapter 627 The Silent Treatment

It made no sense!

Laura thought for a moment before saying, "You've promised your mother to hide our marriage for a

year. Let's just get through a year first."

Max's expression turned more surly.

But this was a promise he had made to his mother.

It was also what made Christine agree to let him and Laura stay married for now.

Therefore, Max had to honor this promise.

At last, Max could only watch Laura leave the house in reluctance.

A car had been waiting outside to pick her up.

Seeing Laura, Nicole leaped out of the car and handed her a hat, a pair of sunglasses, and a mask.

After Laura put these on, nobody could possibly recognize her. Nicole looked around to make sure

everything was OK, and then led Laura into the car and drove away.

Laura didn't go to work for a few days because of the kidnapping. So in the next few days, the crew

would focus on shooting the parts Laura should have done days ago.

Of course, the crew had all seen the scandal online.

Some were not interested at all, but some were quite curious.

Nevertheless, everyone had formed a tacit agreement-no one talked about this when Laura was

around.

After all, this was not something to be proud of.

If they discussed it in Laura's presence, they would feel they were speaking ill of her and embarrassing

her on purpose.

Laura knew the others must be gossiping behind her back.

But as long as they didn't do it in her face, she preferred to act like she didn't know it.

Days went by in peace.

The sensation caused by the scandal lasted for days. But Laura didn't respond. After doing the one-

person show for a couple of days, Lily also felt this game was not fun anymore.

If Laura responded, Lily would get a chance to pick a fight. Then, the whole thing would be interesting.

But if Laura never reacted to it, even though it went viral on the Internet, those who followed the story

would gradually lose interest when they realized that there was nothing new anymore.

However, to wait for the heat of this scandal to wear off was easier said than done.

After all, Laura knew many people were talking about her and even rebuking her on the Internet.

Yet, she had to pretend that she knew nothing. Nor could she do anything or care about it.

Luckily, Laura had firm willpower. Under Maria's instruction, she didn't make any response no matter

how heated scandals had become online.

To not ruin her mood, she didn't touch her cell phone these days. Nor did she check Twitter once.

When she had to use her cell phone for work, she asked Nicole to handle it.

For this reason, though she didn't see any of those snarky comments online, Nicole saw it all.

She now sympathized with Laura even more.

She thought indignantly, "Why are these people so vicious?

"It's obvious that Laura is the victim. But why didn't they feel for her but attack and ridicule her with

every chance they got?"

"Look at what they said online. Do they kiss their mother with that mouth?"

"They called her 'daughter of a murderer'. They said she deserved to be publicly humiliated. They even

told her to disappear from the entertainment circle for good and that she should kill herself!"

"None of these people know about the truth!"

"They merely trashed Laura because they saw others all doing this!"

In recent years, Laura's career had been going very well. Now, she was basically a top-class actress.

She was getting more and more acting offers. As such, in the highly competitive show business, she

had gotten in the way of many.

Now that she had a scandal, those who took issues with her success naturally took the opportunity to

fan the flames.

For a time, the Internet was filled with nasty accusations.

But Laura's life was still incredibly serene.

On this evening, after finishing shooting, Laura was sitting in a chair studying the script for the next

scene.

Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up and saw it was Stephen.

Stephen was holding a cup of hot beverage.

He bent down and said with a smile, "Timothy made some hot chocolate. It's cold today. This will warm

you up."

Laura took the cup and said, "Thanks."

Stephen smiled back and said nothing.

In this play, they were the leading male and female roles. They needed to discuss the script and

exchange opinions sometimes at work.

Therefore, when the others saw them sitting together, they thought it was quite normal and never

considered if anything was going on between them.

Stephen pulled a stool over and sat down beside Laura.

It was already late at night.

The shooting sight was brightly lit, but the lights in the resting area were dim.

Since the temperature was too low, the crew provided many small electric heaters for everyone.

Though the heaters were old-styled, they worked very well. Content rights belong to .

People were all glad to have them.

Thus, when Timothy saw Stephen sitting with Laura, he also brought Stephen's heater over there.

After he put down the heater, Stephen nodded and told him to take some rest.

When everyone around walked away, Stephen tilted his head and looked at Laura. He asked, "Are

you... alright lately?"

His tone was kind of weird.

It sounded like he wanted to say something but restrained himself on second thought.

Laura was certainly aware of why Stephen asked that.

She gazed at the warm yellow light from the heater in front of her and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Stephen puckered his brows when he saw her smile.

"I know the accusations online are not true. If you need somebody to defend you or something, I can

help anytime you need me..."

But Laura cut him off before he could finish.

She turned to look at him, with a grateful and loving smile on her pretty face.

In the quiet night, her voice was light as a feather, which gently tickled his heart.

She remarked, "Thanks. I appreciate your nice gesture, but I don't think you could actually help me this

time. Even if you stick up for me, no one would believe you. So instead of making endless explanations

to the haters, I think I'll just be myself, regardless of what others might think or say. I don't really care."

Stephen quietly gazed at her. In the darkness, the warm light from the heater gleamed on her exquisite

face. Her clear eyes shone with dazzling beauty.

Stephen felt a little bitter.

Laura's heart was also slightly bitter, though she seemed to have stayed strong on the outside.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Now I know why Max would choose you to be his wife."

Laura was taken aback.

She turned around and saw his self-mocking smile. He was looking into the distance. There was a

rueful and faintly unyielding look in his eyes.

"You're really great. You're the best girl I've ever met. Max has good taste. Since childhood, he was not

the naughtiest, but the smartest.

"Now that you're with him, to be honest, I'm happy for you."

Laura fell silent. She didn't know what to say to that.

Stephen suddenly looked at her with a serious face and said, "Can I ask you a question?"