Chapter 242

While Shermaine and Danielle were out drinking, Janice came home from her evening yoga and settled into her massage chair to unwind when the housekeeper walked over with her phone.

“Mrs. Jean, there’s gossip going around about Mr. Jean and some actress,” the housekeeper said.

As soon as Janice heard this, she freaked out. “What?”

The housekeeper handed over her phone right away. Janice pulled her reading glasses out of her pocket and squinted at the screen. The headline was plastered right across the top: [Jean Group VP Attends Charity Gala with Starlet Jessica.]

There was a photo of the two of them standing together. The girl was looking at Ross all shy and bashful, while Ross had his head tilted down like he was patiently listening to whatever she was saying.

Janice took one look and immediately couldn’t stand this Jessica person. The actress wasn’t as pretty as Danielle, didn’t have Danielle’s class, and definitely wasn’t as accomplished as Danielle.

If Danielle saw this gossip story, who knew what crazy ideas she’d get in her head. Janice called Ross right then and there.

Over at Jean Group, Ross was still at the office working late when he saw Janice’s call come through. He picked up. “Hey, Grandma.”

“What’s this nonsense about you and some actress? How’d you end up getting photographed with her out of nowhere?” Janice didn’t beat around the bush. She got straight to the point.

Ross stopped what he was doing, like he wasn’t surprised at all by the question. “We just ran into each other and talked for a couple minutes.”

“You need to get someone to pull those gossip stories right now. If Danielle sees them, she’s definitely going to get the wrong idea,” Janice said.

Ross pressed his lips together. “Grandma, Danielle and I broke up.”

Janice completely lost it when she heard that. “What do you mean you broke up? Everything was fine!”

“We just weren’t right for each other.”

“Did you dump her?”

The whole thing had been a business arrangement anyway, so there wasn’t really any dumping involved. But Danielle was the one who ended it first. One second, she was clinging to him and calling his name sweetly, the next second, she completely flipped on him.

Ross looked down and didn’t answer.

Janice felt like she was about to have a heart attack. “Danielle is such a sweet girl, and you went and hurt her. Don’t turn into a scumbag like your father.”

Ross had always looked down on Jameson’s behavior. “We ended things peacefully.”

Janice snorted, “I can’t deal with this anymore. If I keep talking to you, you’re going to give me a stroke. You’re unbelievable. You break up with her and then immediately get caught up in gossip with some actress.

“Even if you’re not actually a scumbag, that’s exactly how it looks to Danielle.” With that, Janice hung up on him.

She was absolutely right about that.

Danielle had no clue what was going on until her coworkers at the hospital started blowing up her phone. They were all asking her stuff like “Dr. Shelly, isn’t your boyfriend a total player? He’s getting really cozy with some actress.”

That was when Danielle saw the screenshots they sent her. In the photos, this actress was practically glued to Ross’ side.

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And when she got a good look at Jessica, she realized the girl was exactly the same type as his one and only ex-girlfriend.

Danielle had been holding onto some hope before, but seeing this killed it completely. Sure, maybe the rumors were partly for show, but it just proved that Ross couldn’t change his spots. He had a type, and that was why he never responded to any of her moves.

Danielle stared at the pictures and said coldly, “Ross has absolutely horrible taste.”

Shermaine pressed her lips together. She grabbed Danielle’s phone and took a look herself. Even though Ross was her brother, she was totally on Danielle’s side this time.

Danielle and Ross still had each other on WhatsApp and social media, but she didn’t bother texting him.

Instead, she posted straight to Instagram: [Thanks everyone for caring, but please stop sending me DMs. Mr. Jean and I have already called it quits on good terms. From now on, we’re going our separate ways.]

Danielle attached a photo of her and Shermaine at a bar overlooking the river.