Maria is still with Frank Parker now.

"Mr. Parker has found many stand-ins for Joanna Lawrence, and Maria and I are just two of them. I can testify that this is absolutely true. However, I’m not sure if Mr. Parker met with Joanna last night or if he’s having an affair with her."

"But then again, if the two didn’t have any prior agreements, I would say it’s quite a coincidence. How did they just happen to be in Luxembourg last night? Moreover, I heard that Luxe Lounge has been open for several years, and Mr. Parker is one of its shareholders, but the staff told me he had never been there before. Last night was the first time he went."

"Coincidentally, Joanna was also there last night."

"So it’s hard for us outsiders to tell whether they had agreed to meet there in advance or not."

In the interview video of Annie Lawrence, every sentence she said seemed objective, but also seemed to imply something.

All her words seemingly hinted that Frank Parker and Joanna Lawrence had an illicit relationship.

"So, do you also think that their encounter at Luxe Lounge last night wasn’t just a coincidence?" A male voice, a reporter, came from the video.

In the shot, Annie pursed her lips with a smile, shook her head, "I didn’t say that. I just thought last night was a bit coincidental. As for how everyone interprets it, that’s not something I can decide." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"You said your contract termination with Parker Group was because of Joanna Lawrence. Is this true?"

"It’s true." Annie raised her head to look at the camera, a wronged look in her eyes which reddened instantly. She choked up and said, "I had just signed with the company when I was suddenly informed to terminate the contract."

"I asked a friend at the company, and the reason for the termination was that I offended Joanna. Mr. Parker likes her, and when he found out I had a conflict with Joanna, he asked the company to fire me to avenge her."

"For Mr. Parker, I’m just an insignificant little artist. Firing me can both vent his anger for the woman he likes and please her, so why not? I’m not as powerful as Joanna, not having a good background, marrying a powerful husband, and having so many devoted guardians. So I’m resigned to the fact that I can’t fight her, but I think it’s necessary to let people know her true face."

"Her true face?"

"Do you really think that Joanna Lawrence is the same as she appears to be? She’s just acting. She’s a vicious and cruel woman, and after she successfully climbed the ladder using Ashton Heath, she has done many ruthless things."

"Her ex-boyfriend and her grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and his parents were also extremely good to her. But after hooking up with Ashton Heath, she ruthlessly kicked her ex-boyfriend out. Not only that, she even used Ashton’s influence to make her ex-boyfriend’s family go bankrupt."

"Her adoptive parents treated her with great kindness, but she caused her adoptive father’s biological daughter to have a miscarriage because of her. She also forced her adoptive father’s daughter to leave the entertainment industry and even had to leave Closia to avoid her harmful ways."