His Contractual Mistress

Chapter 348 - Who Is That Guy?

"I'm on it!" James pulled out his phone from the back pocket of his jeans, then dialed a particular contact. "Sandy? Can you run research about a trending topic regarding the princess?"

"Yes. I am eyeing them. I will email you all the data I gathered."

"What? You—!" James looked at his phone and hissed at the poor gadget like it was Sandy. The guy is very reliable for that job, but Sandy always annoys him. He knew how important it was to report every information and news he gathered about the princess. "You, bastard! You are sneaky as always! I actually wanted to beat you up after you keep a secret that the princess is doing a lot of tricks out here in Metro City!"

"What tricks?" Everyone got intrigued by James' phrase. Hailee wanted to hide or be swallowed by the floor at that moment.

Indeed, she did a lot of tricks in the past few months, and one of them was to hide her presence in P Country, where still, Liam found her.

Jessa, keenly listening to James talking to this person named Sandy, curiosity flared up within her.

"Tricks? What kind of tricks, Hail?" Jessa asked in a teasing tone. In these passing days in her investigation by interviewing her cousins, Vincent did a lot of tricks to trap Hailee and stayed by his side. It turned out Hailee was also doing some tricks, and this would even get interesting.

Jessa did not wait for Hailee to answer. She tapped on the Notes icon on her smartphone and began adding new topics for the interview.

She and Jayden are co-directing in this interview, and so she is helping the screenwriter prepare the scripts. She was happy that Jayden came up with a better idea. They can prolong the interview and add many features that show about Hailee and Vincent's family.

Thankfully for these social media outlets, they can produce exciting content for the world. Everyone is already looking forward to the exclusive interview.

Gladly, they have already signed the contract to cover Hailee and Vincent's wedding preparation till the most awaited date.

While James checked his email, Jessa already wrote up several questions, and she was excited to start the interview!

"Alright, princess. I already have the link to the trending topic on the internet."

"Please, post the link to our chat!" Sheena requested.

"Okay. Just a sec…." James copied the link, then posted it afterward.

Including Hailee and Vincent, they all read the conversation about someone's post on a particular social media site.

"Wow! I never thought it would turn out like this." Sheena, who actually loves gossip as she once wanted fame in the Entertainment industry, is overwhelmed by how the people reacted to Eva's death.

Several people talk badly about Eva, and they call her slut and gold digger. These women are from Metro City who lives and works in the US, which a few of them personally know Eva.

"Eva was sleeping with her giant clients to get the project." Sheena read one comment.

"Yeah, that's true. Howie Gu told me once. We were dating back then, and he and Eva are working in the same company, so I believe him even how asshole that guy is."

"Of course, it's true. Two years ago, we competed for the same project, and she won because she's dating the client after that. Now let's do Math. That was two years ago, and she was married to Mr. Shen three years ago. Eva is three-timing, and obviously, more men sleep around to win the project."

"Wow. You are telling the truth, right?"

"Of course I am! Mr. Shen and I had worked together before with a famous hotel project that followed another project. He is a skilled architect. My company won to work on interior designing in the suites, and I think Mr. Shen is not the CEO of their company yet. But Eva already has a big name for being an outstanding Interior Designer. She handled major projects in the past, and she is actually good. I acknowledge her talent. But I don't understand why she has to sleep with the clients."

"Well, it just proves that she isn't a loyal girlfriend or wife, even if she and Mr. Shen just had a marriage agreement."

Everyone agreed with the person who is commenting from Australia.

Sheena glanced at her brother, who was also reading the comments. She wondered what he was thinking now.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Vincent lifted his head from reading on his phone. He glanced at Hailee before he fixed his gaze on his sister.

"I think I have to post a statement regarding my marriage to Eva. May we be husband and wife in name only, but we are clear to each other that we will go on with our lives without caring for each other, and so, she can do whatever in her life because we don't like each other. We both have someone we love."

Vincent is looking at Hailee when he says that.

Pitt, Carl, and James twitch their mouths, almost vomit at how cheesy that quote was from Vincent's mouth.

On the other hand, Vincent noticed their reaction, and he looked at them downward and mocked, "Jealous."

"Why would we!"

They felt like beating him up, but of course, they can never do that or else?

Carl imagines when Vincent beat him up while James and Pitt think about how the boys beat them under the princess's order.

The three men shook their heads.

Meanwhile, Rodney and Zaijan were only observing them quietly. They were still hanging out together, but they were not talking at all.

Vincent shook his head. Zaijan and Rodney could only solve their problem. Of course, he would love to help them or meddle, but he also has more significant issues, too nosy at others' love life.

"So? I am curious what tricks Hailee did? I found it intriguing, and so I am adding it to the questions during the interview. I heard Vince also pulled many tricks, huh?" Jessa teases the couple, who both look at each other with a meaningful stare.

It seems these, too, had really many tricks on each other. Those smiles that they tried to conceal are still apparent on their faces.

"Cut out those cheesy stares!" Carl groaned from his seat and rolled his eyes at too much dog food—these two tried to feed everyone.

Honestly, Hailee only suppresses not to laugh. She bites her lip to conceal her smile as she meets Vince's gaze. She coughs to clear her throat.

"Well, I'm just suppressing all the news about Vince and me not to leak out of P Country. And shutting down a few websites every time someone backlash Vince. Sandy, who is responsible for shutting down those sites."

'Hmm… No wonder that before I could do something, someone already took care of those gossips.' Hilda thought. Her daughter-in-law is really capable.

"Um… I'm deleting those articles, not for Liam to know my whereabouts, but later, he found out I was outside Oceania Continent and nowhere in Europe. Also, he was responsible for some of that news against Vincent."

"Oh, that's sweet! Viewers would love to hear that! You were actually protecting Vincent! Isn't that awesome, aunt Hilda? His princess saved Vincent."

Hilda shook her head. Her niece is just being exaggerated. Anyway, it looks that way. However, Vince is not really distressed as he could protect himself, but her son is too lazy to deal with those gossips. He actually didn't care at all, whatever other people would say.

Instead, her son is just focused on protecting Hailee from her when she wants to separate them.

It also came to her mind that if Vincent finds a girl that he truly loves and loves him genuinely as well. She will allow Vincent to get divorced and marry this girl.

However, the girl he found is very mysterious. They run an investigation, but they find nothing. That is why she has the conclusion that she must be an escort girl and, worse, sent by an enemy.

But Vincent did everything to go against her and choose this girl that turned out, the woman who is perfect as Vincent's companion for the rest of his life.

She doesn't have to be super-rich and powerful. But someone that is rightful and capable of a role as the Shen's Empress.

"Hilda?"

Hilda came back to her senses after she heard Sol's voice calling out her name. "Sister Sol? Do you need anything?" she asked.

"No. But I learned you hadn't had dinner yet. Aren't you all hungry?"

"Ma, your arrival is perfect! We are actually hungry now. So, let's go!" Jessa holds her mother and guides her to the door. Before the door swallows them, Jessa winks at her aunt Hilda.

Hilda, on the other hand, understood her niece. They must stop now and resume the discussion tomorrow.

"Alright. Let's not talk about this during dinner. Let's go." she announces, and everyone follows her toward the dining hall.

She avoids involving her older sister in any family issue, so she does not let Sol watch the news.

After the merry dinner, James approached Hailee and talked to her in a low voice.

"Princess, do you have any idea who that person speaks to on your behalf?"

Hailee stared at James. She is curious to know as well.

"Do you have a way to know who that was?"

"I will work on it tonight." James nodded at Hailee. "Who is that guy?"