Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 724 She Quite Likes Raymond

The online buzz flipped real quick, and now everyone was up in arms, demanding All Star Entertainment spill the beans.

All Star Entertainment was left dumbstruck, and the whole PR team was just sitting there, waiting for Rachel to make a move.

Rachel was losing it, so she bit the bullet and called up Selena. "You witch! What the hell are you up to? If you keep pushing me, you're gonna regret it. Your company's still a baby; you really wanna make a big enemy outta me?" "Ms. Dorie, even if I back off now, I've already pissed you off. So why not go all in? What's the difference?" Selena's voice was ice-cold, and she hung up right after, leaving Rachel fuming on the other end.

Before, everyone online was tearing S.M Corporation apart, and now they were going after All Star Entertainment just as hard.

Rachel's eyes were burning with rage. "Keep pushing the narrative! Throw another hundred million at it! I want that witch to pay!"

Her eyes were bloodshot with anger, but the other bigwigs at All Star Entertainment weren't on board.

It was clear S.M Corporation had the upper hand. If they kept fighting, it would just make the public hate them more.

It'd be smarter to pin everything on Bryan. The best move was to admit All Star Entertainment was too aggressive and tell everyone they were duped by Bryan, thinking the scripts were his.

"No way! I want her destroyed!" Rachel ordered to keep the PR machine rolling, and All Star Entertainment threw another hundred million into the fire.

But then, Rodolfo dropped a bomb on Twitter.

Rodolfo had set up an account earlier and had tens of thousands of followers.

Now he tweeted.

[Carol sold the scripts to S.M Corporation back then, but I, as her dad, didn't know. Carol made a private deal with them, and those scripts weren't written by Bryan. Bryan had no reason to sell them to All Star Entertainment, and All Star Entertainment had no reason to block S.M Corporation from filming. I hope Carol's work gets produced.]

When folks saw that the deceased's dad had spoken up and that Carol herself sold the scripts to S.M Corporation while she was alive, they were furious that All Star Entertainment still wouldn't back down and was twisting the narrative to trash S.M Corporation.

[Gross! All Star Entertainment should just apologize instead of dragging others through the mud.]

[S.M Corporation did everything by the book, but All Star Entertainment messed with their review on purpose!]

[Boycott dirty competition! Let S.M Corporation pass the review!]

For a while, the calls for S.M Corporation to pass the review got louder and louder.

Rachel totally bombed this one, dragging All Star Entertainment's name through the mud.

The review department quickly did damage control on Instagram, apologizing to S.M Corporation, saying they canned the staff involved and would re-review the series.

They also hit up Selena privately, letting her know the series had actually passed the review, but they couldn't lose face in public, as it would hurt their rep.

So Selena posted another update: [Thanks for all the support. The series is going through the usual review process and, unless something crazy happens, it'll be out soon. Also, a little teaser: this is director Andrew Newman's first series since his comeback. Show some love!]

Andrew's situation had already caused a buzz online, and folks were hyped for his return. No one saw it coming that he'd be directing this script himself.

Now, netizens were even more pumped about S.M Corporation.

[Whoa, it's Mr. Newman. My respect for S.M Corporation just went up. They never used Mr. Newman as a pawn.]

[Can't wait to see what this company does next. Hope they keep killing it.]

[Mr. Newman! Finally, he's back!]

Seeing everything fall into place, Selena couldn't help but smile.

It was already 7 PM, and she'd been grinding all day, skipping both lunch and dinner. Now that it was over, she felt a gnawing hunger.

Ann had been burning the midnight oil with her.

Selena gave her a pat on the shoulder. "We're done for today. Go home. When our series airs, we'll have to worry about the ratings, and it'll be even harder to catch some Z's."

"Ms. Fair, you should get some rest too," Ann said.

Selena nodded and yawned, feeling both exhausted and starving, so she quickly drove to a nearby restaurant to grab a bite.

Just as she sat down, she bumped into Richard.

Richard had been back in Vistalia for a few days and had just landed tonight. He didn't expect to see Selena at the restaurant.

"Mr. Smith," she greeted him politely.

Richard naturally took a seat beside her. "Penny, what a coincidence."

He didn't look too hot, and Selena just smiled and asked, "Mr. Smith, something up?"

Richard was a known playboy and rarely opened up, but when he met Selena's eyes, he felt like spilling. "Family drama. My sister's not doing well and is throwing a fit about coming to Silver Bay City to replace Raymond." Hearing Raymond's name, Selena's hand froze for a second, then she played it cool.

Richard went on, "My sister's really into Raymond, and they've been writing to each other for ages. This time when I went back, I accidentally mentioned Raymond's name in front of her, and she started making a fuss about coming over. My older brother and mom are both pissed. She's getting more and more spoiled."

Hearing this, Selena was even more sure that Richard's sister was the Smith family's little princess.