Versatile Superstar: Rise In Hollywood
chapter-279

<Breaking news! A huge scandal has just broken out. Liam Wilde caught in between an orgy. At the same time, his relationship with Florence Levine, an actress and director, is out too. There were speculations in the past, but now it has been confirmed!

—The UK Times.>

<Florence Levine caught cheating with Liam Wilde. Photos of them being in an orgy broke out. All the other faces are blurred, but there are a lot of rumours that it was a celebrity orgy fest.

—Great Britain Tribunal.>

< UK's biggest news — Pop sensation and ex-boy band member Liam Wilde's photos from an orgy with his married girlfriend out in public. Both of them have gone underground after the photos leaked and the scandal came forward. There were rumors that Liam was going to work on his girlfriend's next movie.

—Hollywood Muse.>

Both Liam Wilde and Florence Levine tried hard to stop the photos from leaking to the public. Liam's agency even offered more than a couple million dollars, but the news publication that Artery media had sold the news to didn't agree.

The next day, the leak engulfed most of the UK and tremors were even heard in Hollywood.

Surprisingly, only Liam and Florence's photos had come out from the orgy and others were left out of it, maybe because the publication wanted to sell those to earn money too.

Hank Paige would probably pay millions for his name not to come into the scandal.

But in the end, both Florence and Liam were at the center of it.

Ava quickly broke off any ties she had with Florence and [Stars on the Ground] was scrapped like it never existed. On Sparrow, hashtags like #Leaks, #Orgy, #Small, #Scandal, #Liam and #Cheating were trending, taking the top spots.

Literally, every user was tweeting about it, not wanting to miss out on such a piece of massive news.

[Dancing to get famous: Woah! Woah! Woah! Is this true? Am I really waking up to a photo of Liam Wilde and Florence Levine with another guy in between them? My day is ruined, and my disappointment is immeasurable.]

[That Meme guy: So, apparently, Florence Levine was cheating on her husband with a young pop star. Okay, I understand that, but what in the nine realms were they doing in an orgy. I would love to have a Zetflix documentary on it.]

[Fighting for equality: Man, Florence Levine really went down hard. Her marriage is doomed, her career is probably over, and she ruined her image.]

[Try guys founder: This is some wild news. Never thought those conspiracy theories on MeTube about celebrity orgies would come out true. Imma watch all the drama with popcorn.]

[Hollywood Insider: Liam truly followed the dao of 'If there's a hole, there's a goal'. He even got other people to contribute to this mighty dao. #Insider Monk.]

[Aiden's wife: Wasn't Aiden doing a movie with her? I think I heard rumors. Wait! Does that mean he was also in these parties? I'm conflicted about it but ahem, I guess I could do a bit of research. Need to make sure he's not there.]

[Dark Arts Master: Hollywood's really going crazy these days. I am pretty sure Liam's 25-year-old fans are soon going to start acting like teenagers and defend him, saying it's photoshopped. Some are going to blame it directly on Florence.]

***

"Did you hear the news? I heard the media is going crazy in London, trying to get even a line from Liam Wilde about it."

"He can't even say it's fake. It's very clear that it's him. There were proofs, and his relationship with Florence Levine is also completely exposed."

"Must be hell for him. Well, he deserved it. Florence Levine is anyway getting bashed harder."

Aiden looked at the couple of girls who were talking about the 'Wilde Scandal'. Yes, that was what the media was calling it.

He didn't stand there for a long time and walked. He was currently in a cafe.

Moving past a few more tables and making sure he didn't attract too much attention to himself, he sat down at a table and looked at the man in front of him.

He was Reece Scaler, the paparazzi from Artery media who Aiden had made a deal with.

"Congratulations. You must have earned a lot with the controversy."

"It's the company who did it. I'm just an employee, happy with the bonuses we will get."

Reece said at Aiden's words. There was a smile on his face, which almost looked cunning due to his facial features.

"You looked into what I said."

Aiden asked, and Reece smiled.

"You do know that the information you gave me about Seth Douglas wasn't at the level which I gave you." Reece sighed, then said. "Well, it was true. He's really a big trash. Sadly, SGA has abandoned him, or this would be bigger."

"I gave you the information in exchange for the photos, but it didn't have any impact on your plans. It just got out early."

Aiden muttered.

In exchange for the photos, Aiden had just told Reece about Seth Douglas. The stuff he had heard on set about him, and at the same time, he had confirmed the fight between Jesse Ross and Seth.

Aiden himself didn't know if most of the information he had given would be true or not, but it seemed like this gamble had paid off.

"True. It's just fascinating that you got the scent of this news."

"I was lucky."

Aiden simply shrugged, and Reece tried to talk about a few other things, some related to the scandal and some other stuff, and Aiden listened keenly to each of his words.

It was not like he was interested in what he was saying, but he knew that Reece was just trying to engage him in conversation to get more information out of him for free.

'I guess it won't work on him.'

Reece thought and then took a look at his watch. Frowning, he looked up at Aiden.

"I would love to talk more, but I need to leave now. A lot happens after such a scandal, you see."

"It's okay."

Aiden said, sipping on his coffee. He had only decided to meet Reece to know how everything was going after the scandal broke out.

Before leaving, Reece looked up at Aiden.

"Well, this was a good deal. My senior said that the thing about Seth Douglas might be useful later on. If you need me again for a deal, call me."

"You are expensive, you know."

Aiden joked, and Reece just shrugged.

"The business is like that. Information is always expensive."

***

"The last few days have been very entertaining, but the plans for your next project got completely ruined."

Wade said, looking at Aiden. They were currently in the office of Uncle Sam. After meeting with Reece, Aiden was craving some food, so he had Wade drive him to his uncle's restaurant.

After eating the food, Aiden was playing video games with Uncle Sam. On the big screen, a samurai warrior was attacking another with sparks flying all around.

"I know, but it's for the better. Anyway, there isn't any scarcity of projects, right?"

Aiden glanced at Wade from the corner of his eye. Most of his focus was on video games.

"There isn't, but you told me you are going to be very specific with the type of project to choose. Mixing both commercial movies and artsy stuff — I don't really know what would attract you. You do reject a lot of stuff."

Aiden wanted to say that it was because his skill told him which was a good script and which was not. Unfortunately, most of what he got were bad, and the good ones had too many people aiming for them.

But he remained silent and focused on the game.

"Ah, I lost."

After a while, it ended, and the samurai that Aiden was controlling had a sword pierced in his chest while Uncle Sam's character was smiling with a maniac smile.

"This sage has won again. I'm still the only one worthy in this world. Ah, it's truly lonely at the top."

Both Aiden and Wade squinted their eyes at Uncle Sam, hearing those weird words.

"Cringe," Wade muttered. "What are you doing?"

"I'm just imitating a character from an online novel I'm reading. By the way, Aiden, I forgot to ask you something."

Uncle Sam suddenly turned towards Aiden.

"What?"

"You got the photos of the orgy from a paparazzi, right?"

"Yeah."

Hearing that, Uncle Sam gave him a smile that was best termed as perverted. No, it was very creepy.

"You didn't get any video of it? I have friends who could give like 100k for—"

"No."

"I need money for a collector's edition—"

"I don't have anything like that, Uncle. I will tell my aunt about it if you don't stop."

Uncle Sam sighed upon hearing that, and Aiden didn't know if he was serious or just joking.

"Anyway, a lot of careers would end due to this scandal. I'm pretty sure Florence won't get any work for a long time. People do forget, so she will make a comeback after a few years. For now, she's going to hatch onto her boyfriend."

Uncle Sam muttered, being very aware of how scandals were perceived. It was generally based on public outrage.

Then, he suddenly thought of something and asked.

"By the way, she was married, right?"

"Ah, yeah."

"I feel bad for her husband. Must have gotten a shock out of nowhere."

Hearing that, Aiden frowned, thinking about Zavier. He was the victim in all this, and no one knew how he was coping at the moment.