Chapter 7

Liam was taken aback. "Oh no! This is a disaster."

He quickly clicked on the trending topic. And as soon as he watched the content, he was panicked.

Although Lillian knew about his affair with Lindsay, she never witnessed it. It would be bad if she watched it with her own eyes.

At that moment, he felt lucky that Lillian was on a trip and wouldn't see the viral scandal.

If Lillian watched the video, she might do something.

He hurriedly said to Richard, "Get someone to take down that viral scandal immediately. Try our best to reduce the impact, and make sure Lillian never finds out."

Richard replied frantically, "Mr. Anderson, I had asked the PR team to try to take it down as soon as it appeared. But it didn't work. The topic is still spreading widely. Some people may do the opposite thing. The more we spend to remove it, the more they spend to keep it trending."

Liam's eyes darkened with frustration. "You useless thing. Get it down at any cost. If you can't get it off, you might quit your job."

With that, he rushed to the company.

As soon as Richard saw Liam, the former hurried over and reported the situation to the latter while wiping away sweat from his forehead. "Mr. Anderson, I've had the PR department closely monitoring the viral scandal. Although we haven't successfully removed it from the top topics, it's not at the top anymore. The biggest issue now is that all our business partners are sending termination notices to us. We've already invested a lot of money. If they terminate the contracts, we will suffer great losses. We might even go bankrupt."

As Richard continued, his voice grew lower. Liam's face turned increasingly grim.

"Let me see the list of companies threatening to terminate their contracts with us."

Richard immediately handed it over, and they entered Liam's office then.

Liam glanced at it and sighed in relief. "These companies have been long-term partners with us. I'll call them to explain the situation myself."

With that, he dialed the number of the most important business partner.

The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up.

Liam uncharacteristically humbled himself. He said with a smile, "Mr. Wade, the issue on the viral scandal is a misunderstanding, and we'll resolve it soon. We have collaborated well for many years. Why would you suddenly terminate the contract? Besides, your company will also suffer a big loss if you terminate it now. Isn't it a lose-lose situation?"

James Wade scoffed at Liam's words. "Mr. Anderson, stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes. You won't be able to resolve the trending issue. We only collaborated with your company back then because of the Walsh family. Without them, how would you achieve what you have now? Now Miss Walsh has divorced you, and the Walsh family has publicly severed ties with your family. We naturally have to terminate our contracts. Do you expect us to offend the Walsh family for you? It's a joke."

Liam was dumbstruck. He instinctively explained the situation. "That's impossible. Where did you hear such false news? Lillian is pregnant with my baby. How could we possibly be divorced..."

James sneered, "You still seem to be in the dark. This viral scandal was orchestrated by the Walsh family. You've already been dumped by Miss Walsh."

Before Liam could respond, James impatiently hung up the phone.

Liam's heart pounded wildly as he shakily dialed Lillian's number repeatedly.

But no one answered his calls.

It finally dawned on him after trying dozens of times that Lillian had blocked him.