Chapter 4 Reversal

After leaving Logan's Villa, Carolyn immediately rushed to the hospital where Aunt Stephanie was. The attending doctor told her that Aunt Stephanie had been transferred to the hospital's senior ward and a special account had been opened for her daily medical expenses. Carolyn was relieved, she didn't expect the Logan family to move so quickly.

She settled down Aunt Stephanie, and will start working properly tomorrow. But one wave had just subsided and another wave started. When Carolyn turned on the TV in the ward, she wanted to give Aunt Stephanie a chance to listen to the outside world to stimulate her brain, and it happened to be on the entertainment news channel, which was reporting the gossip of the Logan family's withdrawal from the marriage in JIMLAND City. Carolyn was stunned, how could this matter get out so quickly? The report is accusing Carolyn of misbehaving and betraying the young master of the Logan family. Her heart was in a panic, she understood the killing power of rumors. When she was in college, Carolyn went to bars and nightclubs as a part-time job for high pay. She has always been clean, but she was discredited by Julian's rumors, creating a situation where Carolyn had no friends around her, and only Hannah was willing to play with her. At this moment, Carolyn regrets that she should not have deleted the recording. Now there is no evidence, how can she resist the storm?

When she was out of ideas, an unfamiliar phone call came in. She was afraid to answer it, worried that it was those indiscriminate reporters and netizens calling. The phone continued to ring, she thought about it and answered. If it is the company that is going to start tomorrow, it is going to miss important news.

"Hello?" Her voice was a little shaky.

The person on the other end of the phone paused and said without any emotion, "Miss.Palmer, this is Ellis Campbell. Now our matter is being exposed, I need your cooperation."

"Mr.Campbell? How can I cooperate with you? Is there any room for turning around this matter?" Although Carolyn had a lot of questions, this call from Campbell undoubtedly brought her an ally.

"You should log on to your social account now and cooperate with me to release a statement." Ellis's voice was still calm, but his tone was slightly imperious that could not be denied.

Carolyn thought about it, now is the worst situation, sitting on the sidelines can only be slaughtered, so she followed Ellis's instructions to open the computer and log on to her account.

It was only a short while later that the trend of public opinion on the internet had already started to change, no longer like on TV where there were accusations against Carolyn and Ellis. It turned out that a few minutes ago, Julian's social media page posted an indecent video from a hotel, and the male and female protagonists were actually herself and Herbert Logan! Carolyn was shocked, had Julian gone crazy?

At this time, Ellis's smug voice came over the phone, "Julian Palmer wanted to post the video of us at the hotel last night as a way to incite public opinion, but I swapped it out in advance."

After Julian sent it by mistake, she withdrew it again in less than a minute. But it was already too late, and was downloaded and forwarded by many netizens. Many sharp-eyed netizens found that this video was recorded eight or nine months ago, and now the comments are all about Herbert Logan and Julian Palmer cheating in the first place, but shamelessly framing others, and so on.

Great, the crisis is over! Carolyn turned to think, rumor has it that Ellis Campbell has no power and no money, but he can actually manipulate public opinion to defeat Julian and Herbert without appearing, he is really smart and scheming.

The stone hanging in Carolyn's heart finally fell and she thanked Ellis, "Mr.Campbell, thank you very much. I will definitely treat you to dinner when I have money from work."

"Okay." Ellis smiled.

"Well, then I'll hang up first."

Ellis reminded her, "Did you forget? You should cooperate with me to issue a statement."

Carolyn was puzzled, things had already been settled. What statement did he need to issue? Could it be to hit back at that pair of sluts? "Oh, okay, what kind of statement?"

Ellis's tone became calm again, "I sent it to your email, check it."

Carolyn took a look at the statement, the general content of this statement was to begin by saying that they were sorry for taking up public resources, and then explain that the Logan and Palmer families had broken off their marriage contract long ago. As the two families' children grew up, Herbert Logan and Julian Palmer fell in love, Carolyn Palmer magnanimously made them whole and found true love herself, and finally the Logan and Palmer families would still work well together in the future, and so on.

Carolyn thought to herself, "After all, the old master Victor Logan is Ellis's father, so he naturally does not want the Logan family's reputation to be damaged, so he issued this statement to minimize the impact of this public opinion storm on the Logan family, so that no one's reputation is damaged." Carolyn suddenly felt that Ellis was unpredictable and admired his generosity in taking care of the family's decency, so she couldn't help but give him a high regard.

Carolyn followed Ellis's instructions and the two of them sent this statement together.

"Mr.Campbell, I have sent it. Thanks again for this matter. I won't forget the great meal I promised you."

"You're welcome, I'll hang up first."

"Okay." After hanging up the phone, Carolyn was about to close her laptop when she saw a new round of hot searches keep pouring onto the homepage.

"So that's what happened! Young people really shouldn't be restricted by the old generation's fingerprints on marriage. Free love is the way to go!"

"Wow! It's so romantic, congratulations to these two couples, they broke through the shackles to be together."

"The generation is not a hindrance, let alone a generation that cannot be touched. There are many couples who have broken through life and death to be together, and I am the first to support them."

...

What two couples? what generation? Carolyn was a little confused by these remarks, she checked the statement she sent again, there was no mention of these. Then she clicked on Ellis's statement, the front content was the same, but there was an extra paragraph down the middle.

At this moment, Ellis is in a marble-paved room with a large sea view, sipping whiskey while watching the phone and waiting for a call. As expected, his phone rang before a glass of wine was finished.

Carolyn was a little angry and questioned, "Mr.Campbell, why did you say that I have been in love with you for some time?"

"Are you willing to watch Herbert Logan and Julian Palmer fall in love in a high profile?"

"That doesn't mean I'm with you...I didn't think of proving anything by being with someone else. Let alone you."

"What's wrong with me?" Ellis's voice obviously dropped a few degrees.

Carolyn was startled and explained, "I didn't mean that. I mean I once called you 'Little Uncle', but you said we broke through the ethical generation and fell in love. What does that make people think?"

"You saw what others think, the netizens are very supportive."

How can this person be so calm, is this all in his expectation?

Carolyn was angry and ashamed, "You, why are you doing this?"

Ellis paused and there was a hint of temperature in his tone, "I want to help you, being with me is your best choice."

What?! Carolyn couldn't understand. How was he going to help her? What makes him say that being with him is the best choice? They had only met a few times. If they hadn't been drugged by Julian, they probably wouldn't have been in contact with each other in this life.

Carolyn straightened her thoughts and asked, "Do you like me or do you pity me? I know that we are both in similar situations in our families. Maybe you think we should be on the same page, but I don't want to fight, I don't want to have anything more to do with the Palmer and Logan families. If you like me, you shouldn't use this method to achieve your goal."

Ellis was silent for a while before he said, "I want to be responsible for you."

"No need, you are also a victim. I will not blame you. I'm sorry, thank you anyway. We should not contact again." Carolyn finished hanging up the phone and let out a long breath of relief.

But Ellis felt tightness in his chest, everything was going towards his plan, only Carolyn deviated from his expectation. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people have suffered a huge blow like losing love and being pushed into the limelight by public opinion within two days, when someone came to her aid, she would cling to this life-saving straw. But Carolyn was able to keep her sanity. Ellis had known that she was not an ordinary woman, and through this incident, he got to know her more deeply.