When Love Breaks (Josephine)

"Excuse me, please leave. You're not welcome here."

At Zayn's signal, a staff member walked forward and dragged the reporter out of the hotel.

Zayn put both hands on the table and said coldly, "Today is the press conference for Sky High. I hope everyone can focus on the movie and stop prying into my private life. I have a simple life with only three priorities—my family, my wife, and my company. Nothing else."

The moment he finished speaking, a few reporters that he had planted stood up immediately. "Mr. Forbes, how much money did you invest in this movie?"

"Initially, I have invested 300 million dollars. However, while the shooting went on, the production cost increased, so I added another 200 million. The final invested amount is estimated to be around 700 million dollars."

The reporters were stunned. "Aren't you afraid you wouldn't recover such a huge investment?"

Zayn's expression eased slightly. He said confidently, "Our goal is to create a blockbuster that's on par with Hillwood classics. I trust the audience's taste. There are overseas films with mediocre scripts that could rake in billions at the box office, largely due to their CGI. Why can't we do the same thing?

The reporter followed up, "Are you planning to invest heavily in CGI?"

"That's right!" Zayn nodded and said proudly, "We will hire the best CGI artists to create the best visual effects in the country. We will look to challenge Hillwood!"

On the hospital bed, Josephine and Ethan were sitting shoulder to shoulder, leaning against the headboard as they listened to Zayn's excited speech.

Suddenly, Josephine let out a laugh.

Zayn looked at her in confusion. "What's so funny?"

Josephine pointed at Zayn's face on the screen and said, "Whenever he speaks, he's never this excited. He's usually pretty reserved. But whenever he lies, his emotions will run high, just like that."

"Are you saying he's lying?"

"Of course Josephine chuckled. "Do you really think he's going to create top-tief visual effects? That's his excuse for moving funds around."

Using CGI to launder money was a common tactic in the industry.

They would claim that the CGI cost 100 million dollars when in reality, they had spent less than one million dollars.

Just like that, they could pocket the remaining 99 million dollars.

Ethan shook his head. "This is dangerous. If someone targets him, he could easily

end up in jail for life." His eyes darkened as he spoke.

On one hand, he was pleased that Zayn was such a shallow person.

On the other hand, he was

heartbroken that Josephine might become collateral damage in his laundering scheme. She must be devastated that the marriage she cared deeply about was worthnoveldrama

nothing more than just a few

hundred million dollars to Zayn.

If it were him, he would rather lose everything—even his life, just to have a moment of happiness with her.

In a secluded area, Nadine brought the reporter who had been thrown out of the venue into a room.

"Adam, later on, I'll seduce Zayn. Take some photos of us and leak them online. I want our relationship exposed."

Adam was shocked. "You want to

expose it? From the looks of it, Mr. Forbes doesn't want this to go public. If you do this, aren't you afraid he might silence you for good?"

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"He won't do that," Nadine lifted her chin proudly. "Even if I killed Josephine right

in his face, he wouldn't do anything to me."

Nadine rubbed her stomach and said with a smile, "That's because I'm pregnant with his child."