''Your dad….'' Amala looked at Jolene and added. ''In abroad. She has loved him all her life. I think that she might end up falling for him again, sooner or later if she hasn't already given their distance.''
''Hey!'' Jolene held Erica's hand. 'Erica, let's go. Leave this crazy aunt alone.''
Amala stood up and placed the glass on the table and muttered. ''I'm sorry Jolene but that wasn't a promise. Keeping this a secret will be too cruel to Erica. She has the right to know the truth.''
...
The next day….
Jolene stood up with her plate and said to Amala. ''Make sure you lock the house before you go to Rosa's place okay? And Amala put nonsense into the kid's head.''
''Mum, why are you going to work on a weekend?'' Erica asked.
''I didn't go to work thanks to a certain someone, so I have to go and finish what I didn't do.'' Jolene sent her plate to the kitchen and returned to the table to take her bag.
''Can't we just be home instead? I don't want to go and see that boy's face.''
''I don't want to leave you two alone. I will be too anxious.''
''Alright, just go. I will take care of Erica.''
''Ok, bye cuties.'' Jolene kissed Amala and Erica before rushing out.
MUSE PR CONSULT.
Jolene entered the company and saw Kai coming out of the coffee room. She stopped in her tracks awkwardly.
''What are you doing here, Brown?'' Kai asked and walked towards her.
''I… I came to finish up some work that I left yesterday. What about you, sir?''
''I am meeting the actress Kim Gonzalez later on. Did you see the scandal last night?'' Kai asked and Jolene put her bag down and removed her tablet.
''Actually, I was going to suggest it to you. I read it last night. The public's opinion on her isn't too good. They are saying that she is the mistress of a married man. The pictures are all over the internet. It's not looking good.'' Jolene hurriedly walked over and showed the comments of the netizens to Kai.
''Her manager called me last night. They want us to help in salvaging the situation. It's good that you are here. Come to my office. We will look over some documents before they arrive.'' Kai said and turned towards his office.
''Yes, Sir.''
''Brown, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Kai? Is it that hard?''
''Huh? No, not at all Kai. It's just that I don't… everyone else calls you sir, so calling you by your name is a little…''
''You are not everyone else. You are not just anyone, you do know that, right Brown?'' Kai asked and Jolene flushed.
''I…''
''Brown, there are some things you cannot avoid talking about and one of that is us. But when it comes to work, I hope you can put your whole heart into it. Separate it from our business. We will definitely talk about us, about Erica and about Amala. You will not be able to escape those topics so prepare your mind.''
''Won't they be coming soon? We should get on with the work at hand.'' Jolene said nervously.
''Right! Let's go!'' Kai smiled and went inside the office and Jolene followed.
After reviewing the documents that Kai had obtained, Jolene was even more impressed. It was no wonder that Chris trusted him to rebuild the company up. Jolene's respect for him had just gone up high.
''Why are you smiling, Brown?'' Kai asked when he noticed Jolene's rare smile.
''Nothing! I just thought that you are really good at what you do. This happened last night and you've already gathered a lot of information on both Kim Gonzalez and Bernard Brim.''
Kai smiled. ''I've been following the romance of those two for the past three weeks. I knew something wasn't right with them.''
''I didn't know you were invested in celebrity life?''
''This is my job. I am invested in all expects of people's lives because I need to find solutions to what they sometimes overlook. Personally, I am the least interested in whatever they do but when it comes to work, I can't overlook it.''
''Then, you were looking into them even before you joined this company? This is your second week but you said you started looking into them three weeks ago?''
''Yes, because I was coming here. I started looking into a few popping celebrities. That way, we could get a lot of work to do.'' Kai passed a file to Jolene and sat down. 'Take a look at these photos and tell me what you think.''
Jolene sat across Kai and opened the file. She picked three pictures out and looked at them. ''These… why is Bernard Brim with three different women? These were taken hours apart, what does this mean? Is he keeping three women at the same time apart from his wife? Woaw, this man is trash!''
Kai looked at Jolene and smiled. He didn't say anything.
''This means that it wasn't Kim's fault. He might have told them he wasn't married. Kim didn't even know he was married, right?'' Jolene asked.
''Take a look at this…'' Kai placed another photo in front of Jolene. This was a photo of Brim and Kim which was dated 8 months ago.
''Brim was dating Kim before he got married six months ago. He kept the married under wraps and then his wife found out about Kim and decided to expose her. This is it, Kai. The one who sent the photos to the reporter was Brim's wife.''
''Smart thinking, Brown. What else do you think is the reason why Brim is denying dating Kim? According to the internet, he said Kim was throwing herself at him. Kim is a proud woman. She would never beg a man.''
''That's true. Brim wants to save his career and the only way is to throw Kim under the bus. I can't believe this.''
''Now, we need to submit a PR proposal to Kim's management. If they accept it, then we will proceed and release the official report under her management company. Brown, can you write a report on this?''