It was easy to see how apprehensive Brian was from the way he paced back and forth around the living room.
“Just let Emily stay at home for one week to think about the crap she’s done before she goes back to school.” He was off to work after saying that.
Dabbing away her tears with tissue, Megan nodded and tried hard to keep her grievance to herself.
At Lowry Residence, everyone, including the maids and the bodyguards, was watching Janet’s painting competition video on their phones.
They were so absorbed in the video that they neglected their work and a heated discussion soon started among them in whispers.
“Miss Jackson is really amazing to be such an established painter at her age!”
“Exactly! I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t see it with my own eyes.”
“I must say that Miss Jackson is really low-key.”
“It turns out Miss Jackson is a very talented lady. No wonder Mr. Lowry fancies her so much.”
“I’m really impressed by the rich talent that is contained in that slender figure of hers.”
“If only Mr. Lowry wasn’t into Miss Jackson, I would have made a move on her.”
“In your dreams! With her talent, I’m sure she will have plenty of suitors after the furor.”
At that time, Mason, who happened to just finish a work discussion with Henry, overheard the bodyguard saying that he was interested in Janet, and the other bodyguard expecting Janet to be highly sought after after the painting competition.
Staring at Sean with his eyes slightly narrowed, he instructed him in a deep voice, “Get the technical team to delete all videos of Janet participating in the competition on the internet.”
Henry chuckled in response to what he said and taunted, “Young Master Mason, do you feel threatened?” Stroking his chin, Henry pretended to be lost in thought for several seconds before he continued, “If she weren’t my future sister-in-law, I would consider making a move on her too.”
Mason widened his eyes and threatened dangerously, “You may give it a try.”
Henry was very sure that he was jealous.
Immediately, he flashed him a toothy grin and clarified in an embarrassed tone, “I’m only joking because Janet isn’t my type at all!”
Mason ignored him.
What a jealous man Young Master Mason was…
As Janet experienced a meteoric rise in fame, the fact that she was a student at Star High School was soon unearthed.
On the following day, the school was besieged by a bunch of reporters who were all keen to do an interview with Janet, the genius painter. Some professors from art colleges were also there to persuade Janet to enrol in their colleges.
Once the bell rang signifying the end of school, all the students darted out of the classroom before Miss Lilian could even finish speaking and headed to the school gate to watch the excitement.
Miss Lilian was left fuming, thinking that it was certainly becoming more and more challenging to keep the students under control.
However, she could not come up with any excuse to stop Janet from being in this class.
Some of the reporters hovering outside the campus even brought telescopes with them. Once they heard the school bell, they took out the telescopes from their bags and started searching for any signs of Janet.
In the meantime, some of the other reporters, who were surprised by how well-prepared they were, remarked with resignation, “You guys from Independent Daily are really taking this a bit too far by bringing telescopes along.”
The reporters from Independent Daily lamented, “It’s all because Janet Jackson is the talk of the town at the moment. If I manage to capture a shot of her, my trip here will be worthwhile because my boss will be very pleased.”
“Same goes to me. My boss wants me to submit my draft by hook or by crook today. He even threatened to deduct my pay if I don’t manage to do an interview with Janet Jackson.”
“Damn it, I didn’t expect so many people to be here today. Great, now all of us are kept outside by the security guards.”
“By the way, I heard from the grapevine that Janet Jackson has a dubious private life. Some time before this, she was involved in a scandal which went viral on Twitter but everything was miraculously wiped out several seconds after they were posted, which surprised the wits out of my fellow colleagues and I. Do you think she got some big shot sweetheart to settle it for her?”
As soon as that statement was heard, some of them who were Janet’s fans refuted the reporter right away, “What do you mean by that? You are really a sleazy paparazzi who will believe anything that comes your way, aren’t you?”
The reporter, who was pissed off because of that criticism, countered, “Aren’t you a paparazzi too? Otherwise, why are you even here?”
All the reporters were in a foul mood probably because of the scorching hot weather and also because they were losing their patience waiting to see Janet.
Inside the principal’s office, the principal was about to leave his seat to fetch a glass of water for himself when he noticed two men standing outside. “P-Professor Williams and P-Professor Jones, what brings you here?”
