Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard) novel Chapter 125

Chapter 125 You Reap What You Sow

When Alistair walked in and spotted Brady and Caleb at their table, his jaw nearly dropped.

Seriously? Is the world really this small??

Brady looked Alistair up and down several times, his face lighting up with unmistakable excitement. “Are you really Dancing Willow, the author of ‘If There’s a Next Second‘?”

Alistair casually shifted his gaze from Caleb’s shocked face and nodded. “That’s right, I am.”

These days, hardly anyone used their real name online if they wanted to keep their personal life separate from their work.

Alistair had chosen his pen names pretty randomly.

On Wattpad, he went by Finding Something_To_Do, but when he submitted his screenplay for the contest, he noticed there was no requirement to use his real information.

Since willow fluff had been floating around town those days, he

casually gave himself a new username–Dancing Willow.

He deliberately avoided using Finding Something_To_Do because

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he didn’t want anyone connecting the screenwriter with the Wattpad novelist who used the same name.

In his mind, having an extra online identity was just another layer

of protection.

“I’m Brady Newman, the project manager for this screenplay competition,” Brady said, introducing himself. “And this is my assistant Caleb…”

He trailed off when he noticed Caleb staring at Alistair with a dumbfounded expression. Brady immediately caught on. “You

two know each other?”

Alistair smiled faintly, “Yes, we know each other. But let’s talk about why you invited me here.”

The email he’d received mentioned his screenplay had made it to the top three, and they wanted to discuss its content in more

detail.

Brady settled back in his seat and launched into lavish praise for Alistair, claiming he was impressed by someone so young having such talent. Then, he smoothly changed direction, mentioning there were still “issues” with the script that needed fixing. He’d invited Alistair to help him succeed.

By this point, Alistair knew something was definitely off. He just

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wasn’t sure what Brady’s angle was yet.

Playing the part of the nervous newcomer, Alistair nodded along anxiously, acting like he’d do whatever Brady suggested.

Brady, clearly pleased with Alistair’s apparent compliance, relaxed

and started throwing around industry advice like he owned the

place.

Eventually, he got to his real point. He could guarantee “If

There’s a Next Second” would be a hit. He knew this “amazing”

screenwriter who could fix everything, but Alistair would need to give up his writing credit. To “make up for the loss,” Brady generously offered him 20 thousand dollars for his trouble.

Alistair had to mentally replay the last six years of his life just to keep from laughing out loud.

First, he had to give Brady credit. If Brady didn’t believe in his talent, he wouldn’t have gone through all this trouble to buy the script. All they needed was for that so–called writer to tweak a few lines, and boom, they could legally claim ownership of the whole

thing.

Second, Alistair really wanted to ask Brady if he thought he was

an idiot.

Brady noticed his silent smile, shot Caleb a look, then made up

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some excuse and left.

Finally shouldering the burden alone, Caleb snapped out of his

shock. He tugged at his tie and broke the silence. “Dad’s not doing well.”

The treatment at the mental health facility had been expensive. According to the doctors, full recovery was possible, but would require significant time and money.

Celeste wouldn’t hear of it. She immediately signed the discharge papers, but had no interest in looking after him herself. Instead, she dumped him in some random nursing home.

Caleb resented Liam for deceiving him into giving money to Alistair, but he didn’t interfere with Celeste’s decisions, just letting

things happen.

Poor Liam had devoted most of his life to Celeste and Caleb, even to the point of exploiting his own child. Now, he’d ended up abandoned and alone in his old age. Was he pitiful? At this point, it certainly seemed that way.

It was hard to feel bad for someone who brought it all on themselves. He was the architect of his own misery.

Alistair didn’t respond, sitting calmly in place without a hint of

concern.

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Caleb’s chest heaved with anger. “Alistair, Dad was in perfect

health and could have lived to be a hundred! He’s like this now

because of you!”

Alistair lazily glanced up with a mocking smile. “You took the money from selling me out to live it up abroad. You don’t get to judge me. If you think you’re innocent, I’m happy to post our little family drama online and let the internet decide who’s right.”

Caleb’s face fell.

Rebecca had completely screwed him over.

He’d been so eager to team up with her against Alistair that he blindly trusted her. That, combined with his pent–up anger, led him to that street fight, and now his life was a complete mess!

At first, Anne had stood firmly by his side, even rushing over to the Whitfield family to confront Rebecca. She’d promised him everything would be okay, that he wouldn’t have to face this

alone.

But everything changed when internet trolls dug up photos of him getting too cozy with middle–aged women overseas, suggesting something inappropriate was going on. Anne’s attitude

completely flipped, and she kept interrogating him about whether the rumors were true.

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