After his thought was exposed, Mr. McDaniel felt a little embarrassed. He was just sitting there as if he was frozen.
When the Old Madam saw Mr. McDaniel like this, she smiled and patted the back of Felicia's hand. "Felicia's right, Mr. McDaniel. If you need anything, then you can get straight to the point. There's no point going around in circles. I'm getting old, so I can't be bothered to solve riddles. It will only be a waste of your time and mine. What do you say?"
The corners of Mr. McDaniel's mouth twitched. "You're right, Old Madam. Since that's the case, then I'll get straight to the point."
"You should have done that at the start," the Old Madam said indifferently.
Mr. McDaniel took a deep breath. He wasn't happy, but there was nothing he could do.
He was used to negotiating tactfully and not getting to the point.
This was because he felt that getting straight to the point would mean that he was no longer in control of the conversation.
For so many years, Mr. McDaniel had been talking to people in this way and that included Julien. No one had told him that there were any problems in the way he spoke either.
He felt that talking to the Old Madam was very troublesome.
Mr. McDaniel lowered his head so that the Old Madam couldn't see the unhappiness in his eyes. He then said, "Earlier today, some gossip has been spreading on the internet. It might be quite serious or it might not be. The person involved in this gossip is Julien's ex-wife."
"Let me correct you, Mr. McDaniel. It's not Mr. Julien's ex-wife. Ms. Raines has always been Mr. Julien's wife. They're just temporarily divorced. They will be re-married soon. Therefore, she has always been his wife. This means that there had never been an ex-wife. What do you think?" Felicia asked Mr. McDaniel with a smile as she squinted her eyes.
However, Felicia's smile wasn't really a smile.
Mr. McDaniel knew that Felicia was warning him to watch his tongue.
He was angry, but there was nothing he could do. He forced a smile on his face and replied, "You're right, Felicia. That was my mistake, I'll keep that in mind next time."
Mr. McDaniel was determined not to admit that he deliberately addressed Ms. Raines as Julien's ex-wife.
Felicia and the Old Madam realized that Mr. McDaniel wasn't going to admit to what he did, but weren't surprised.
After all, everyone knew what kind of person he was.
"Well, since you've learned from your mistake, Mr. McDaniel, please carry on." Felicia didn't expose Mr. McDaniel and gestured for him to continue.
Mr. McDaniel took another deep breath and did his best to maintain his cool. He then continued, "The gossip this time involved Ms. Raines. It was said that when Ms. Raines and her friend were talking about work at a hotel, a paparazzi caught pictures of her and posted them on the internet. The paparazzi even said that Ms. Raines betrayed Julien, because she was cheating on Julien with her friend. This matter is getting more and more serious on the internet. A lot of netizens believed that Ms. Raines really betrayed Julien. Therefore, the criticism of Ms. Raines on the internet became nastier and nastier. Only when Ms. Raines found evidence to prove herself innocent did things die down. At the same time, what happened made us realize that someone was behind all of this and it wasn't the media company that the paparazzi belonged to. It was my granddaughter who was behind all of this."
"Oh, is that so?" The Old Madam pretended to be surprised.
She was very good at acting. In the past, when she had been dealing with her rivals, she had put on quite a lot of acts.
Therefore, this caused others to not be able to tell whether her reaction was real or fake.
At least Mr. McDaniel and Clay were not able to tell if the Old Madam's reaction at this moment was real or fake. They actually thought that the Old Madam didn't know about this matter.
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