Chapter 3 AFTERMATH

Trevor frowned. "it's none of your business! Just sign the divorce papers!" Trevor said.

"What if I refuse ? What if I refuse to get a divorce from you? What are you going to do about it?" Diana asked. She was putting up her last fight now.

"I'll just have to reveal to the media what you've done. Diana you and I know that you value your reputation more than anything else. Are you sure that you're willing to see your entire reputation destroyed? Do you want to become the national enemy?" Trevor asked.

Diana glared angrily at Trevor. In the end, she picked up the pen and signed the divorce papers.

"You've finally got what you wanted for five years now. Are you happy?" Diana asked sarcastically.

Trevor smiled quite genuinely. "Actually, yes. I got what I wanted. You and I are no longer husband and wife. But you're still Amelia's mother after all, I'll let you see her from time to time if you want....." Diana did not let Trevor finish.

"I don't want that! You don't need to give me that charity!" Diana said hatefully.

Trevor frowned. "This is not charity! Amelia is still your daughter after all! Do you really not want to see her??" Trevor asked in shock.

"Yes. I don't want to see her. Why should I? We are already divorced. Why do I still need to pretend to be a good mother? She doesn't even like me anyway. Why should I still bother with her? You love her a lot so I'm sure that she won't miss me at all" Diana said.

Trevor looked at his wife...no...ex wife in shock. He already knew that she is a selfish person who will go any lengths to get what she wants.

But he never expected that she will so willingly abandon her own child! How can someone be so cruel?!

"You're really cruel!" Trevor said.

"Compared to you Trevor, you and I know very well that I'm a saint!" Diana said.

He had already forced her to this point, does he really think that she will abandon her life just to play mother to some kid?

Amelia hasn't even liked her before, so she won't miss her.

Trevor nodded his head. "Alright. I think it's perfect this way too. My daughter doesn't need such a mother in her life. The both of us, we do not need you!"

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"Look at this....look at this....Claire seriously what were you thinking?! Why did you have to say something like that in national television! It doesn't matter if you think that you deserve it or not!! Don't you think that this is too much? And you didn't even mention your fans even once! Don't you know this is basically saying that your fans aren't important?! What are you thinking in your head?!" Ivan, Claire's manager, was scolding her.

An entire night had passed since the awards ceremony and it was the next day now.

The both of them were in Claire's apartment.

Ivan was reading the comments online and half of the internet were basically cursing Claire out on the internet now.

"What exactly do you want me to do Ivan?! You said that I can do whatever I want when I become popular. I finally won the award, why do I still have to watch what I say?! And that MC, damn him! He was basically telling me that I only got there because of Reed! I worked hard to get here but he says that it's because of Reed?? How can he say that?? Is it because I'm a woman?! Is this misogny at play?" Claire complained.

"You know that he was just trying to do anything that will get people to talk about the awards! You still should not have said that! Besides, you know that Reed has helped you a lot. Without him, you won't even be here! He was the one who invested in your first movie! Is it wrong to give him credit?" Ivan asked.

"I gave him credit alright! Besides, what exactly are they saying that's getting you so worked up early in the morning?" Claire asked.

She took Ivan's phone and started scrolling through the comments one by one.

"Claire is such a bitch! She took advantage of Reed's position as best actor and even took advantage of his family and she still dares to say that she deserves it? What does she deserve?"

"I would like to know the kind of spell that she cast on Reed! Reed used to be free of scandals before he met her! Immediately he got involved with her, things went downhill for him!"

"Is Reed blind?! Even I am better than that rude and arrogant woman who doesn't know her place! Why is he still sticking with her? Is she so good in bed?"

"Actually, Claire didn't say anything wrong. She is right. She worked hard to get to where she is. Why do you people have to undermine her hard work just because she's with Reed? It's not like Reed wrote the scripts for her!"

"Yes. Claire may be arrogant and rude, but we love her like that! In fact, that's the reason we are her fans! We support her no matter what she does!"

"Yesterday, the movie she wrote won five different awards and you think that it's because of some guy who has his family supporting him behind the scenes? Claire is a queen and she doesn't need anyone to prove it!"

Among the haters of course, Claire still had diehard fans who were defending her despite everything.

Ivan took back his phone and glared angrily at Claire.

"Do you see what you've caused? Everyone's talking about how Claire is such a rude and arrogant bitch who can't even watch what she says!" Ivan said angrily.

"I still have people who are supporting me!" Claire argued back.

"Those people are your fans! They'd accept anything you do!" Ivan yelled again. He was starting to get frustrated.