Chapter 201: Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise

"What did you say?" Melissa asked, her lips slightly trembled. Water pooled in her eyes threatening to fall yet she clenched her teeth and fists forcing herself not to breakdown in front of the man she still yearns for. "You really think that lowly of me?"

"You should answer that question yourself as you're perfectly capable of doing lowly things."

"Daniel, I made a mistake in the past and I have asked for forgiveness countless of times. Why can't you forgive me?"

Daniel chuckled at her query. "Forgiveness should be given freely just like how trust must be earned, Ms Qin. But fine, let's say I have already forgiven you because honestly, I have not thought of you for years. I should be thanking you instead because if it's not for you and Stefan, I wouldn't be with the woman that I love."

Melissa could no longer hold back her tears as they began to fall like a stream on her cheeks. Seeing her once boyfriend be with another woman was already heartbreaking for her. When she heard how Daniel had declared that he loves that woman, her heart felt like it was being crushed.

Trying so hard to respond to the man in front of her, Melissa swallowed her pride once more.

"Just because you don't care for me anymore, did you really have to be so cruel to me and target our family's empire?"

Seeing the woman crying, Daniel didn't feel anything. His cold heart remained like that, cold. It was only warm and beating for Samantha. No amount of tears from Melissa could move him. "I wasn't even thinking about you, Ms Qin. And I didn't do anything to your family's corporation. It was your uncle who leached from it and soiled it rotten from the inside."

"You have become ruthless, Daniel. You weren't like this before."

"That's where you're wrong. I've always been ruthless, you were just lucky that I didn't do anything back then."

Melissa walked closer and held Daniel's arm. "Please, Daniel…"

He retracted his arm and stepped back, his expression turning dark. "I don't have time for your bullshit. This conversation is over." He turned around and was about to head to his car when he stopped, "One more thing, don't call my name so casually. My wife wouldn't like it. Let's not meet again."

Melissa watched as Daniel got in the backseat of his car. The Maybach drove away and her expression turned gloomy. "Your wife?" She scoffed. "As if I'd allow you guys to be together. If I can't have you Daniel Cho, no one else can!" She gritted her teeth as she wiped the tears from her face, she found her courage again.

Melissa walked back to the direction that she came from and got into her own car.

She sighed as she rummaged her bag for her cell phone. When she found it, she immediately dialed a phone number.

"Did you get it?" She asked as soon as her call was picked up.

"Yes, ma'am. What do you want me to do with it?"

"What else? My uncle had already started shaming them online what's one more article?! Post that along with the write up that we prepared." She ended the call in a huff. She knew that it was a long shot but at that moment, she no longer cared anymore.

Because of the tax evasion case, a lot of shareholders had pulled their money very quickly. Clients have cancelled their transactions and projects have been halted, no one wanted to be associated with Qin Corporation any longer. Her family's business was already dying and her name's already gotten involved in the recent scandal. She thought that she could use that to make people pity her and put more pressure on Samantha and Daniel's relationship.

Melissa Qin actually believed that Samantha was easy to bully.

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In less than thirty minutes, another article was released. And just like the previous one, this had gotten people's attention very quickly.

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The title was written in bold letters, "CEO Samantha Kim or Samantha Killer? Melissa Qin's tears shine the blade." And below the title was a picture of Melissa Qin and Daniel Cho outside of Cho Corporation.

In the picture, Melissa was crying and holding onto Daniel's arm. She looked very pitiful because of her simple outfit and tear-stained face, like a wife who was begging her husband not to leave her.

Except, she was no wife. But that doesn't matter since people will only judge what they will see. And how she looks right now caught the attention of the netizens who were following their drama on the internet, waiting for another article about them to be published.

The write up gave a description about the pictures. And a snippet of that long one went like this:

[Caught on camera! Daniel Cho leaving his rumored girlfriend, artist Melissa Qin, for Samantha Kim. Because of the recent articles about Cho and his rumored 'side chick' who is the CEO of Trident, Melissa Qin couldn't take it anymore and was seen breaking down outside of the Cho Corporation's building. As it appears, the two in the picture were heard and seen arguing causing Melissa's outburst. In the second picture below, we can see how Daniel Cho left her out there without a care. I wonder how CEO Samantha Kim feels about killing this relationship?]

When one would read the article, it was quite evident that it was meant to bring shame to Samantha. Which was definitely the case as the people online started bashing her once again and this time, their words were harsher.

She already had been in this predicament for a while, will she really just turn a blind eye to it?

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Back at the Life and Travel studio, Samantha and Becca had just finished their taping and they were in their makeup rooms preparing for their leave.

When they walked towards the exit, the two of them noticed the stares of the people in the studio. They were specifically looking at Samantha. How they looked at her this time was different, the expression on their faces showed disgust.

But she didn't understand why since the article was published during their shoot so she didn't know about it at all.

Becca's phone beeped and she reached for it inside her purse. When she checked it, she was shocked to see another article about Samantha. "Sam look." She said as she handed her phone.

Receiving it, Samantha read the article thoroughly. Her face was void of any emotion and Becca didn't know what her friend was thinking at that time.

She returned Becca's phone and took out her own. She opened her social media page where she got the most following and started to tap on her screen several times.  Becca just watched her friend and waited. 'Is she doing what I think she's doing?' She thought.

A few seconds later, a smile appeared on Samantha's face as she pressed the button. She looked at her friend and flashed her pearly whites.

"Ah! Your smile is so bright! What did you just post?" Becca asked but Samantha just shrugged, her face was now looking gleeful. Hurriedly, she opened her own account and searched. There she found her friend's new post.

In plain text, Samantha wrote: "Empty vessels make the most noise."

Her post was a famous proverb. She already knew that it was Melissa who was behind it as it was already pretty obvious to her. So Samantha's simple post was aimed at Melissa and to those people who were saying nasty things about her.

The empty vessels were referring to the emptiness of their mind, their life or their self-worth, hence they were creating loud noises. Because these people had the least knowledge, they were the ones who speak the loudest and created the most fuss.

Her message was visible to the public and within just a few minutes, it had already garnered the attention of her fans and was instantly being shared, commented and reposted hundreds or maybe thousands of times.

Did they think that she was going to stay quiet? That is where they were wrong.

Because this time, Samantha was no longer going to keep hiding.

This time, she was going to stake her claim.

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