Chapter 222: To Much Too Let Go

"I asked around already, she did all of it in secret. The media and press she invited are all tied to other companies. I heard that she only alerted the entertainment journalists half an hour before the live conference started. Since she has always been a low-key artist, they rarely have a chance to interview her, so as soon as she announced the press conference, they made it live. From what I heard, that was also Coco's own request." Aaron stared intently at the computer screen, and feared that Coco might bring up some difficult topics that they couldn't properly deal with.

"Okay, leave her alone for the time being, let's see what she's going to say first; then we'll deal with the problems one by one in public." Edward was speeding through the city, and his expression grew even more perplexed by each passing moment.

"Yes, Mr. Edward. I've asked the administration of our entertainment company to take the necessary actions. I also sent people to the conference to keep a close eye on things." This was the most important reason that Edward highly valued Aaron Qiao. He was always able to calmly and steadily take all the necessary precautions when Edward was not in the office.

"Good! I'm on my way to the company right now. We'll talk about solutions later." Edward stepped harder on the throttle, with only a sarcastic smirk on his face.

He found it funny that people could underestimate him so much just because he had been quiet in the media for a while. Somehow they were able to set up a live press conference for his artist without his permission, and he was surprised at the people's boldness. Now that they had openly stood against him, he would like to find out which entertainment magazines were involved in this. He promised to himself that he'd bring their business to a new level, only it would be a level on which they couldn't afford to get on. Edward wondered if they had forgotten that he was the smiling tiger. He loved to destroy his opponents while talking and laughing with them.

"Mr. Edward, you're back!" The moment Edward arrived on the top floor of FX International, Aaron and Anna approached him and waited for new directions.

"What's the current situation?" He asked. While he quickly walked towards his office, he was entirely focused on the issue. His severe aura was almost fatal.

"Up until now, there haven't been any extreme comments, but everyone's questioning Clint's ability in directing. They are asking if the casting couch scandal was because of FX International's acquiescence. Some even suggested that someone higher up in our company doesn't want to take responsibilities on certain matters, and that he should be held accountable." Anna reported all of this as she carefully observed Edward's face, because she knew who the 'someone' Coco mentioned was, and also the scandal that Coco was referring to.

"Huh! So is this her endgame? She's going quite a long way to do this. To pressure me through the media? If she's doing all of this just to simply get a chance to act, can't she see how much this is going to cost her?" Edward laughed coldly, and thought, 'Very good, she's gambling her career for Jessica's delusion. Do they think I'm going to cave in? I got to say that they're being way too naive.'

Aaron was quite confused by the report, because he was not yet aware of Jessica's pregnancy, so he didn't make the connection between the mistake of a company higher-up and his CEO. The conversation between Edward and Anna was very cryptic to Aaron.

Mr. Edward, should we clarify some things now?" Anna glanced at Edward, uneasy. She was not sure if some other determined enemies would pick up on these things and make a huge buzz out of them. If that happened, then how would they explain everything to Mrs. Mu?

"Don't respond; the best way to deal with their implications is to give them the silent treatment. The more we try to explain, the more it looks like a cover-up, and since she's not naming anyone, we can act as if we don't know anything and disregard them. Let's see how this comes around to her in the end." Edward closely monitored the wide video screen on his office wall, and a sneer lingered at the corners of his mouth, sinister and pitiless.

"Um... Mr. Edward, what exactly do you mean?" Aaron decided to ask before he became entirely confused, or otherwise he would be left to wonder in the dark for quite a while.

"You'll know when it's time. Now, go back to work! Let me give this matter some thought." Edward paced around his office for a few minutes and then sat down at his desk. A sense of exhaustion followed him.

Aaron and Anna looked at each other. He was going to say something, but after he saw her mildly shaking her head, he decided against it. The two then walked out of the CEO's office.

Edward kept looking at the screen on the wall, but his stare was blank. The press conference had already ended, and now a soap opera was playing on TV. In the show, the lead couple had just broken up because of some misunderstanding, and the TV plot made Edward's heart tremble, as a shiver of fear unknowingly crept up to him on his spine. He no longer wanted to watch TV, and instead grabbed the remote, turning it off.

He had no way to predict how Daisy would react after she heard about the whole thing. Would she believe him, or turn away from him? Either way, he would still have a hard time dealing with it calmly. If he had not cared about her so much in the beginning, he wouldn't have been in such a conundrum.

He took out his phone. A smile appeared on his face when he saw her picture, and deep down in his heart, a soft spot slowly melted. He hoped that Daisy would always make him falter like this. He had put in too much to let her go.

He then spontaneously dialed the all too familiar number. All he wanted to hear was her voice, and he wanted to make sure that she was the only woman who could change his mood.

"Oh, hi, Mr. Mu. This is Mark Du. The colonel's in a meeting. She can't come to the phone right now. Do you have something urgent to say to her?" Because of the 'Husband' name flashing on Daisy's phone, Mark knew immediately that Edward was calling.

"Oh! No, nothing urgent. I'll call later then!" Edward was disappointed that he didn't get to hear the voice he wanted. It seemed that she really was busy. Exercises first, and then the meetings. They were living in time of peace, so why she had to work so hard?

"Okay, Mr. Mu, goodbye. Oh, should I ask the colonel to call you back?" Mark liked the way Edward handled things because he never acted like a haughty and blistering rich guy.

No need. Thanks, bye!" Edward then ended the call, defeated, and smiled bitterly. He stared for a moment longer at the cold yet beautiful face in the picture on his phone before he went back to the pile of documents that never seemed to reduce. Apparently, not everything could always be according to his will.