Married to his secret crush

Chapter 180: The woman who reeked of headlines

In the conference room of a five-star hotel.

"What you mean to say is that dirty politics is going on inside Rosette?" The reporters waited for a response from the woman who had called for this press conference.

Rosette has never been dragged into such messy situations and this news was bound to make it to the headlines.

Lyra smirked slightly as she stood on the stage looking at the flash of cameras. Even if she was stepping down from the position, she will make sure to drag Rosette down.

Losing this position and job won't do her any good but at least gaining popularity will help her in one way or another.

"What Miss Lyra means to say is that she is an impostor here, getting paid for pretending to be Leanne," The door to the conference room was pushed open as Yu Mei stepped inside holding a mic in her hand followed by some Directors and the Vice President of the Rosette.

Her crystal clear voice causing a pin drop of silence in the place.

She walked onto the stage and the cameras were immediately turned to her as the reporters gasped in shock.

"Miss, can you tell us your identity?"

"Why do you say that she is an impostor?"

"From the day President Leanne came to the spotlight, it was her whom we have been seeing. How can she be a fake?" One of the reporters pointed his finger towards Lyra.

Someone pointed to Directors standing below the stage, "Even if she is an impostor, how can the higher-ups not know it?"

"I am the Leanne you all are talking about," Yu Mei ignored the shock on their faces as she continued, "This lady here standing beside me is Lyra, someone who was hired to pretend to be me." With that, the large display screen behind them lit up revealing an identity card followed by a few documents that proved Lyra's identity.

Although Lyra had mentally prepared herself, she still turned a bit pale, "I was forced to do this," She said, looking at the reporters.

Yu Mei smiled before raising her hand and revealing her USB flash drive.

She removed the shades from her eyes, "Catch this," With that, the black drive was thrown to reporters. One of them caught it while Yu Mei continued speaking, "Inside it, there is a conversation between Miss Lyra and one of the Directors which will prove that she was paid well and she had willingly accepted this job."

Before anyone of them could check it out, Lyra's expressions betrayed her, "You had it recorded?"

"I don't trust strangers," Yu Mei smiled at the woman not-so-kindly.

Below the stage, Director Xiang felt embarrassed. Although he had done the proper background check, his old eyes failed him this time.

"Is it true that real President Leanne is this lady in the white?" One of the reporters questioned the Vice-President who nodded, "Yes."

Yu Mei sighed as she glanced at the time on her wristwatch. Yu Jinhai and Jun Zixuan must have reached Ren Mansion by now.

Right at this moment, the phone in her hand vibrated. She checked the text that she received from a certain man.

'Don't let me see a scratch on your body. You won't like my kind of punishments.'

And that..gave her butterflies. She bit her bottom lips and looked at her nails having an urge to scratch herself.

His kind of punishments? What might that possibly be?

"President Leanne, what was your reason for this decision to get an impostor to take your place?"

The butterflies died.

She pursed her lips and glanced at the reporter who got chill down his spine.

"I had health issues for which I was unable to show up by myself,'' Basically, I had to transmigrate and get accustomed to my new body.

Lyra was soon dragged out of the conference room by two security guards.

"President Leanne, aren't you afraid of being sued because of the lies you have fed the public?" One of the reporters asked, turning the lens of his camera back to the beautiful woman on stage, "Not only is it improper, but you are also quite arrogant and bitchy about it."

From the corner of her eyes, she noticed the directors who were about to make a move. She slightly shook her head indicating them to stay still.

And this was not missed by another female reporter's gaze, "Or what Miss Lyra insinuated was true? Is there some dirty politics going on in Rosette? This is unethical."

"How many of you have kids here?" Yu Mei's questions stunned them to silence.

They stared at each other whispering and murmuring as to where this question was leading them to.

"You all don't want headlines?" She frowned, "Fine then, I'll leave."

Before she could walk towards the steps, hands were raised amongst the swarm of reporters that filled the wide space of the conference room.

The corner of her lips tugged up, "You all are so dedicated towards your profession. But if your child is sick, what will you do? Who will you choose? Will you take a few days off to take care of your sick child or come to fulfill your job responsibilities not caring about anything else?"

"This has nothing to do with the current discussion," The woman who had implied of some dirty politics going in the company immediately spoke up.

Yu Mei slightly dusted off her sleeveless white dress as she walked towards the other side of the stage. The 'clicking' sounds of her stilettos immediately made the reporters speechless.

"We will answer," They spoke up in unison, looking at the petty woman who was ready to leave the place.

Yu Mei paused before shaking her head, "No, this has nothing to do with the current discussion after all. I'll feel guilty if this goes on. I think I should just leave."

Reporters: "_" Is your shamelessness hereditary or it's just your special trait?

The higher-ups of Rosette: "_" Is this really our CEO?

"Miss, please wait, we will answer your question," One of the reporters spoke up on everyone's behalf.

As reporters, what matters the most to them were headlines.

And the woman standing in front of them who was supposedly the real Leanne reeked of super hot 'headlines' that will go trending for months.