Playing Cute In Front Of My Ex-Husband

Chapter 8 

Alice called early in the morning.

Katherine's head hurt from sleep deprivation and hangover.

With her eyes closed, her forehead wrinkled, and her voice raised, she said, "What the hell is the matter, Alice?"

In three years which felt like an eternity, Katherine was gentle and submissive to the Colburn family.

Now that her relationship with their son was finally over, she sounded like a beast that had just been released from its cage.

She was free and enraged yet utterly restless.

How could she still be patient? Alice should be glad that she was not talking to Katherine in person at this moment.

"Did I wake you up?"

Katherine rolled her eyes, rubbed her temples, and got up from the bed.

"Oh come on, Alice, just say it!"

Alice immediately went straight to the point, "Well, Katherine, I called to tell you the breaking news.Your ex-husband has just been found to be having an affair.Gossips about whether you guys are cheating on each other and will divorce peacefully are all over the entertainment network” Katherine was stunned for a moment.

The news seemed to have completely woken her up now.

"You just said that he's my ex-husband.You don't have to disturb my sleep just to tell me about Zack, Alice.’

"I'm sorry, Katherine.Go on, sleep some more.I'll hang up now”

The hang-up tone could be heard from the other end of the line shortly after.

Katherine threw her phone on the bed and her head back onto the pillow.

But Alice's words echoed inside her head.

How could she fall back to sleep now? Katherine felt a little agitated.

She needed to relax, so she called the maid.

"Prepare a warm bath.’ The maid immediately obliged.

‘I'll do it now, Ma'am."

Katherine stepped into the bathroom in her slippers.

The woman in the mirror had messy hair.

Her skin looked dry from the cocktail she consumed last night.

She stared at her reflection a little longer with displeasure as though she were reflecting on her actions.

She just got divorced.

It was not worth it to neglect herself for that.

Half an hour later, Katherine browsed on her phone the gossip and news about her ex-husband and his affair.

She would deceive herself if she said that it did not affect her whatsoever.

But she had already expected something like this.

Now that she learned about the score between Zack and Natalie, she just felt that it was a little ridiculous.

Katherine logged out of Twitter.

Since Zack was already her ex-husband, she had to care about his business no more.

After breakfast, she put on makeup and wore a royal blue dress.

She then drove her dusty Ferrari out of the garage and headed straight to Silverlight Entertainment.

Since Tyler had brought her into the company and Alice accompanied her out yesterday, the receptionist acknowledged her with respect.

"Miss Wilson, are you looking for Miss Jensen?" Katherine smiled.

"Yes.ls she here?"

"Yes, Miss Wilson.She has just arrived.I'll press the elevator for you.’ Katherine nodded.

"Thank you.’ She looked at the respectful receptionist and remembered the other two from a few days ago.

Katherine could not help but twitch the corners of her lips.

Zack treated her so terribly that even the front desk staff of the company disrespected her.

It was also her own fault anyway.

She could stand up and fight for herself, but she had to submit to Zack.

In the end, she got nothing but a divorce certificate.

With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened.

Katherine collected her thoughts.

Her silver stiletto click-clacked out of the elevator.

She decided to walk straight to Alice's office instead.

When Helen noticed Katherine approaching, the manager was a little surprised.

"Miss Wilson, what brought you here?"

"I came to look for Alice’ She smiled and pointed to a closed door. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Is she busy?"

"Nobody's with her inside’ Helen replied, "Since you're here, Miss Wilson, please convince her to be careful and stay out of public notice in the meantime.Many paparazzi have been keeping an eye on her since last night.The media might be out of hand next time."

Katherine could tell that the manager was a little upset after a tiring night, so she nodded.

"Thank you for your hard work, Helen.I'll sure get her to pay attention"

Helen was one of the few people who knew that Katherine was one of the big-time shareholders behind Silverlight Entertainment.

She also knew her relationship with Alice.

She was careless.

Only Katherine and Luke could get her to behave accordingly.

As a manager, Helen was helping to clean up Alice's mess.

"It's my job."

Now that Katherine was willing to take care of it, Helen felt relieved and hopeful.

"You may see her office now, Miss Wilson."

When Katherine pushed the door to enter Alice's office, she saw the glamorous superstar holding a tablet and looking at something.

The talent of a movie star was evident in the excitement on her face.

"What are you looking at?"

Katherine sat down beside her and patted her legs as she waited for Alice's response.

Alice did not expect that Katherine would visit her today.

The presence of her friend beside her, and the news about Zack and Natalie made her almost giggle in excitement.

"I'm following the gossips and news about your ex-husband and his affair.In fairness, they look a bit romantic huh.’ Katherine glanced at her.

"What did you just say?"

Alice felt a shiver run down her spine, so she quickly reacted properly.

"I mean, Zack and Natalie are really shameless.He just got divorced, and yet they're flirting with each other now.Couldn't they wait to let the public know that it is they who are in love with each other?"

Katherine poured herself a cup of tea.

"You still seem to enjoy it, huh?"

This time, Alice was really afraid.

"I'm really sorry, Katherine.In order for you to forgive me..."

Alice looked meaningfully and excitedly at her friend now.

"I got two tickets for you and Tyler.Go with him to the art exhibit of that bitch Natalie, and get the media's attention.Show them that you can get over your marriage with Zack as easily as he could.What's so good about Zack anyway? You don't want to keep somebody else's man, do you? Ha! Tyler is way better than him’ Katherine raised her eyebrows.

"I bet you don't have the guts to speak ill of Zack like that in front of him.'' Of course, Alice could never dare.

"We're decent.It's terrible to shame and be shamed in public.We have to do it innocently without literally slapping their faces” she explained, "Katherine, take Tyler with you.Believe me, the media will immediately favor you."

Seeing that Katherine was not agreeing with her, Alice went on to say, "Come on, don't hurt Tyler! Look at what his fans were saying recently: She then explained, "Katherine, look.Tyler is gonna divide the public's attention.Losing some fans won't hurt, you know”

Katherine almost agreed with her.

"Tell me, Alice, what exactly are you up to this time?"

Alice coughed.

"I heard that Natalie invited Zack to be a special guest."

Katherine paused and turned to look at her.

"Are you using me for a show?"

Guilt flashed on Alice's face.

She put her hand on Katherine's shoulder and replied, "Don't say that, Katherine.Think about how much you've suffered under the Colburn family for the past three years.In the end, Zack pretends he's the innocent one.Natalie also invited Mrs.Colburn and Chloe.Don't you know that the media says that although you lived with the Colburn family for three years, you're nothing compared to Nathalie?"

Alice's words reminded her of what happened on Katherine's 25th birthday.

Alice helped her organize a small birthday party.

Katherine had planned to tell Zack and the others that she was quite wealthy.

But nobody from the Colburn family came that night.

But what hurt Katherine the most was when Chloe sent her a screenshot of messages from a group she pulled up.

Chloe asked if they would attend to celebrate Katherine's birthday.

The answer was all "not going.

The screenshot leaked out, and the entire circle mocked Katherine.

They could not believe that a commoner who married a rich man could be so shameless to wear high- end clothes, take pride in herself, and even learn to hold and invite people to her birthday celebration.

"I'm not interested” Katherine said.

Alice sneered.

Chloe is Tyler's hardcore fan.A while ago, Natalie's company contacted Tyler's manager.

They wanted to invite him.Two years ago, you couldn't invite anyone from the Colburn family.Two years later, Tyler rejected them.Alice smiled, her eyes sparkled with excitement again.

"Well...just thinking about it is exciting, isn't it?"

Katherine looked at Alice with a sarcastic smile.

"Well, that sounds exciting indeed.Now my friend is scheming against me.’ Alice defended herself and convinced Katherine.

"I'm not! I can never do that to you and you know that, Katherine’

After a moment of silence, Alice could not help but still ask, "Are you going or not?"

Katherine took a sip of chrysanthemum tea.

Afterwards, she confirmed, "Of course, I will.Why won't I?"

She could not wait to see with her own eyes how she could kill Chloe just by the sight of her attending the exhibition with her idol.