Chubby Mommy: Scheming Daddy, Surrender Now!-Chapter 219: Hype

A week later, a subsidiary of The Finn Family announced its collapse. Following that, three small brands established within the last five years were swallowed up by the Song and Sterling duo in succession, and it was a completely malicious acquisition done in an underhanded way, leaving The Finn Family no time to react.

Ethan Sterling invested the profits he gained from short-term cash outs into real estate transactions. Of course, he wasn’t trying to shift the development direction of The Sterling Group; he just purely wanted to cause trouble for Young Master Aldrin.

With the promotion of Daydream’s advertisement, it created excitement among the new generation of girls online, with many reposting it voluntarily. For a time, everyone was eagerly anticipating this perfume.

On Singles’ Day, Daydream went online simultaneously both online and offline, participating in e-commerce promotions while preparing many limited edition handcrafted soaps as gifts for offline sales. On that day, not only were online purchases booming, but the offline activities also yielded very good returns.

During this sales battle, Daydream became a dazzling queen, and The Sterling Group’s stock hit the daily limit continuously for an entire week because of it.

Many media outlets sent out invitations, hoping to interview Miss Wenny, the creator of Daydream. Of course, there were also reporters who, when catching Ethan Sterling, asked him what gift he was planning to give Mrs. Sterling in return for her contributions to the company.

Usually having no good impressions of these besieging journalists, Ethan Sterling paused when he heard this question and specially answered, "I’ve been learning how to cook lately, planning to prepare a grand meal for my wife myself."

He finished speaking with a slight smile, earning a wave of exclamations. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Suddenly, a hurried voice called out from behind Ethan Sterling as he was about to get into the car, "Mr. Sterling, it’s heard that Miss Wenny hasn’t been seen at the company for a long time, and rumors say you two have divorced. Is this true?"

This seemed to be just the beginning because immediately someone followed up with another question: "It’s said that Mr. Sterling has maintained an ambiguous relationship with Mrs. Sterling’s sister for many years, and Mrs. Sterling even got hospitalized because of this, leading to your divorce. Is Miss Wenny’s avoidance of interviews related to your relationship?"

Ethan Sterling’s face turned darker than coal, but he still smiled and said, "Over the years, there’s always been hope for problems in our relationship. Sorry to disappoint you, but I love my wife very much."

The public relations team had already mobilized at the first moment to investigate the challenging journalists, yet they couldn’t identify the source.

The next day, the news hit the headlines and hot searches. Although it was dealt with immediately, it still caused quite a stir.

Ethan Sterling wasn’t indifferent, but he didn’t take it too seriously. His relationship with Ruby Sullivan being turned into news wasn’t a first, and because of the previously accumulated goodwill, some netizens even took it upon themselves to be sympathetic towards them.

What he worried about was Ruby Sullivan’s thoughts seeing these events, thinking he must make time on Christmas to visit the kids. Maybe there would be some activities at school he, as a father, must attend.

Ethan Sterling picked up the family photo on his desk, his eyes full of tenderness.

Initially thinking the matter would just pass by, but soon someone uploaded screenshots from Instagram to domestic media platforms showing Ruby Sullivan chatting with a male friend in a café. Although they weren’t behaving intimately, they were chatting and laughing, appearing to have an unusual relationship.

So, was the display of affection just for sympathy to scam money?

Ruby Sullivan, far across the ocean, was amused and exasperated to see the hot search.

The price of Daydream was set at 1799. As a domestically produced perfume, this price was definitely not friendly. If just showing affection could get customers to shell out money and make Daydream a sales champion, then spreading this kind of affection cost was really worth it.

No one is a fool; only when they genuinely believe something is good will they be willing to spend money to buy it and introduce it to their friends and family.

But what Ruby Sullivan was most curious about, was why her photos with Ian from their coffee date were taken.

Looking at the bizarre comments under the news, she considered calling Ethan Sterling but didn’t know what to say, so she waited for him to contact her.

But to her surprise, every day, Ethan Sterling would video chat with the kids before school without ever calling her, as if he didn’t care at all about the matter with Ian.

Thinking of Ethan Sterling’s past behaviors, his indifference this time made Ruby a bit puzzled, even a bit... slightly disappointed. She thought back and forth and felt even more that she shouldn’t be the one to call.

But the person behind the scenes worried her a bit, so she contacted Jessica, hoping she could help investigate.

In the evening, when Ruby Sullivan was coaxing Seth Sterling to sleep, she couldn’t help but ask, "Did Dad ask about me today?"

Seth gave his mom a strange look, "Mom, why do you ask me this question every day? Dad was just the same as usual today, only asking routine questions like did I sleep well yesterday or eat well."

Ruby Sullivan sighed, wondering if she could talk to her son about it.

Her son held her hand with an understanding look, "Mom, you can tell me."

Ruby raised her eyebrows, "Remember Mom went to have coffee with Ian some time ago?" Seeing her son nod, she continued, "I didn’t expect this would be photographed and hyped by domestic media."

"Are you worried Dad will be upset?"

Ruby thought about it and found it strange. Why should she worry that Ethan would be upset? According to the agreement, announcing a divorce at this time wasn’t a big deal. If affected, she would be more influenced, right?

Seeing her silence, Seth thought he got it right and continued maturely, "Mom, instead of asking me and Honey every day, you should just talk to Dad directly. We kids express ourselves more directly — if you like someone, tell them, if you don’t, stay away. I think emotions don’t need to be so complicated."

Ruby laughed, "Son, what kind of relationship have you experienced recently?"

"Nothing much, just... receiving a love letter, from Jack’s classmate. She said I was too cute and couldn’t help herself." Seth described the content of the love letter matter-of-factly.

Ruby was utterly shocked, "When did this happen? Oh my, my son received a love letter, and I, as his mother, didn’t know at all!"

Seth glanced at her, "The love letter was written to me, it didn’t inquire about my mother, so why should you know? I don’t think it’s a big deal, and I already cleared up that I like girls who are younger, not older."

"Then you might find it hard to get classmates as girlfriends," Ruby looked at him with a bit of regret but was somewhat mindful of his comment that the love letter didn’t ask after her.

"That’s okay, Dad managed to marry you, so I’m not in a hurry." Seth continued seriously, glancing at his mom, "Hurry up and call Dad, it’s no big deal, good luck!"

Ruby thought her son was very much right but something seemed off, leaving Seth’s room with a mix of laughter and tears.