[Edward POV]
After I finished filming the scenes for Enid's production, I realized she had posted something on her Instagram while I was driving home.
"What's this?" I checked the post an hour later as I got home.
Enid posted an edit of me waving my sword around. Like an angsty anime AMV, she carefully made sure to focus on my fanatical looks and my cool demeanour while covered in blood.
She used my song, 'Let it all burn' as the background music.
In her caption, she said, 'Just finished shooting a scene with Eddy for my series, Heart of a Monarch. Coming straight to Netflix on July 10th.
P.S. Doesn't Eddy look cool here? He even made the song just to get in the mood to play the character.'
❤️ 1,209,333 likes. 💬 122,222 comments.
She only had 20 thousand followers. Her followers count skyrocketed to 458 thousand in just one hour.
Oracle even flagged her account as a bot account. But Oracle has a 'Edward Impact' consideration in her codes, so Enid wasn't banned from the platform.
She would get at least 3 million followers in just a day after posting this.
The video had already been shared hundreds of thousands of times by the time I saw it.
"Enid, what are you doing?" I muttered with a slight surprise. I didn't expect Enid to leak out her own series to the public.
It would be better to keep my involvement a secret until the episode was posted. Even though it'd work better for the release as my name would attract a huge crowd, it will take a while for me to come out in the series.
Like a bait-and-switch technique where the studio put a big name actor in the trailer, but it turned out they had almost no impact on the plot.
I called Enid and said, "You're too hasty."
"It's marketing! Jenna said this will be good for our series!" Enid replied with a worried tone. "Are you mad?" She asked meekly.
"I honestly don't care. But you're going to get a lot of reviews from the superfan. Some may not be good. Because they aren't the target audience. They are just there for me."
"Damn it." Enid understood it immediately. "What should I do?"
"Nothing. You can put a glimpse of me or my backstory earlier. That way, it will be over sooner."
She went silent for a while. Then, she gasped in excitement. "I can do that?! Why didn't that cross my mind– I'll call you tonight after I make some edits."
I nodded and ended the call.
"This actually works out great." I yawned slightly. "Their series is already gaining traction before it's even released."
The scheduled release is a month away from now.
"I should let the marketing department begin their work now." I muttered and texted my employees to give them orders.
…
While I was standing in the kitchen talking to Frankie who's sitting on the dining table chair, Abby rushed towards me wearing a black pajama.
"Eddy~" Abby grabbed my hand and pressed her chest onto my muscles. "Can we do it again? Please."
"Abby. Frankie's here." I replied coyly.
Frankie gave us a weird look and said, "Should I give you two some space?"
"No. I'm fine if you want to come along. It'll be more fun that way." Abby said cheerfully.
"I'm sorry?" Frankie was taken aback.
I laughed and said, "She's talking about the Full Dive game."
"Oh. That." Frankie reacted flatly. "The second version is rolling out next week, right?"
"Yeah." I nodded and said, "The last game has the size of a country. This one has the size of a continent."
Frankie smiled softly and said, "It's also a very good revenue source for the company."
I grimaced at her and said, "Don't think like a money grubber."
"That's you." Abby interjected and teased me. "Come on! I want to finish up my quest!"
Frankie sipped her tea and said, "Three years ago, after you rolled out the first FullDive Console, the number of people going to the movies and even, going out of their house is dropping at an alarming rate."
"Yeah, the government asked me to limit the game to five days a week only." I grimaced slightly.
"Was it about the energy crisis?" Abby asked curiously. "Is that why they asked you to limit it?"
"No, I have resolved the energy crisis of the world. This is just the oil companies whining that their profit had gone down tremendously since I began shaking things around here."
My dad came to the kitchen with Heidi in his arms. Heidi was sobbing and burying her head on my dad's chest.
"What happened?" Frankie's voice changed into a warm tone immediately.
She tried to grab Heidi but I intervened and said, "What's making my baby girl cry?"
Heidi sobbed and said, "Megatron scratched me." She showed the tiny little wound on her thumb.
It's barely bigger than a needle size wound.
"Did you grab her tail again?" I asked her admonishingly.
She lowered her head and cried again.
"Want me to do a magic trick?" I asked her.
She stopped crying and nodded slightly. I touched her wound with my index finger and said, "Count to three. Then, the pain will be gone. One…"
"Two…" She continued. "Three…"
I healed her using my medical jutsu. She was excited as she realized her hand wasn't hurting anymore.
"Mommy! Look! Edward do magic!" The toddler said excitedly and showed her hand to Frankie.
Abby noticed it and studied Heidi's hand intently.
She turned to me in shock and asked, "Wait. Ed. Did you just heal the wound?"
"Kinda. Why?" I asked, confused. Then, I realized she didn't know about it yet.
Abby's face froze and she stared at me with disbelief.
"Um…" I stammered and said, "Well… Alright, you caught me."
"How many abilities do you have?!" She asked, astonished.
"She doesn't know yet?" Frankie turned to me and asked.
Abby was even more frazzled as she heard it. "She knew?!"
I turned to Abby and asked, "So do you want to play the game or not?"
"NO!" She replied with exasperation. "I want to know about this!"
…
In my mansion, Abby stared at me with suspicion the entire day after she found out about my healing ability. I was sitting on my office desk, waiting for the girls to react.
Alex paced in front of me like a prosecutor in a black tank top and said, "So. You had an ability to duplicate yourself."
She leaned in on the table, which showcased her deep cleavage and her soft supple skin.
"Then, internet digitization. I thought you have made a technology to dive into the internet– the same technology you use to create the Full Dive game, but I was wrong, aren't I?"
Abby walked towards me, slammed her hand on my office table roughly and snapped at me. "Don't even try to get out of this! Now tell us! How did you get the ability to heal wounds now?!"
Alex froze for a bit and pulled back slightly. She asked nervously, "Ed. You can't walk on water, right?"
I snorted derisively and said, "I'm not Jesus."
"Then–" Abby tried to interject, but I already guessed what she was thinking.
"I'm not the Anti-Christ either."
Alex sighed in relief but Abby was still suspicious.
"So the other guess would be… You're a time traveller." Abby said confidently. "That will make the most sense."
"Abby, I have to interject for a bit and say that, I'm really loving this foreplay by the way." I said casually.
Abby slapped the desk again and said angrily, "Do you think this is a game you son of a bitch!"
She leaned in close to my face, both of her hands were supporting her on the desk.
I took my pen and slid it in her cleavage slowly, which made her even more annoyed.
"GAHHH!" She yelled, trying to flip the table, but couldn't, since my legs were stopping it.
"Abby, stop doing that. Why don't you go outside, take a breath, and let me talk to him." Alex stopped Abby and led her outside.
She turned to me and said, "Edward. I know that you're a good kid. So just confess."
"Are you two trying to good cop bad cop me? 'Cause if playing with a handcuff is what you want, I am in." I said excitedly, pointing my index finger at her.
Alex slammed both of her hands on the table and shouted angrily, "Talk! You son of a bitch!"
"So it's two bad cops huh?" I smirked.
"Alex! I'm going down his lair! Stall him!" Abby peeked from behind the door and shouted.
"Don't touch anything you don't understand!" I told her with concern.
"That's definitely the only thing I'm touching!" She yelled from a distance.
Alex covered me to make sure I wouldn't follow Abby. I laughed and pulled her to sit on my table instead.
"What– what are you doing?" She asked, blushing heavily.
I lifted her skirt up and said, "What do you think? You want to stall me, aren't you? The only thing you can do to do that is using your sexuality to tempt me."
Alex blushed hard and then she hugged me slightly. "Alright then. I'll make sure to seduce you till she finishes exploring."
"It will take at least an hour. Let's see if you can make it until then." I smirked.
While Abby was exploring my secret cave, and I was exploring Alex's cavern, a picture was leaked online.
It was a photo of Alex, Abby, and I holding hands and dancing together at Jacob and Elsa's wedding.
The caption said, 'Edward and his new girlfriends'.
The photo caused an extreme reaction in my fanbase, as it was the first time any pictures of me and my date were released publicly.
@TexasGirlz: Is he dating two girls at once? 😮
@LilyThePresident: I think that's his college friends. This is just fake news trying to smear him.
@TexasGirlz: But this is released by…
Since the source was trustworthy, a heated conversation has begun online.
@TexasGirlz: They must be joking around. There's no way Ed is going to date two girls like that.
@AnnieEdison: Why wouldn't he? He has the looks, the money, and the intelligence to do it. So why not?
@TexasGirlz: I don't think she would lie. She said they are lovers.
Abby walked back into the room and gasped as she saw us. "You guys started without me!" She took off her clothes instantly and jumped right into it.
…
After we were done playing around, I finally saw the picture and the news article that has been popping out after the scandal appeared. We were in the large tub together to clean ourselves up.
New York Times: [A Flaw in Humanity's Hero Code?]
The Guardian: [What Else Is He Hiding Behind Closed Doors?]
Buzzfeed: [Is Polyamory A Bad Thing?]
"Why is this happening?" Alex asked, fully shocked by the sudden turn of events. "We were having a nice day!"
I chuckled and said, "Want to bet on why this happened?"
"Sure!" Abby agreed immediately. "A smear campaign! Trying to bring you down so you won't be president."
Alex interjected, "I mean. If the Monica Lewinsky incident didn't do anything, I don't think it will bring down his chances. In fact, maybe he's gaining more points in the male voters quadrant in the country."
"Don't speak like a political commentator and give us your reason already." Abby teased her.
Alex giggled and said, "I don't know. Maybe jealousy."
I nodded and said, "It can be that. But I think it's something more sinister."
"What?" Both of the girls were interested.
"Marketing." I smirked and pulled both of the girls close to me. "I'll handle this, so you don't have to worry about it."
I kissed them on their foreheads. They giggled and leaned close to me.
Abby suddenly said, "I found something in your lab by the way."
"What did you find?" I asked calmly.
At this point, I didn't really care about hiding things from the girls anymore. If they stumbled into it, then they deserved to know the truth.
"The esper serum formula." She looked up to me and swooned. "So you're the one who made that too."
Alex's eyes shook. "He did?"
"And he gave me one." Abby kissed my neck. "You want me to catch you."
Alex sulked and asked, "Why didn't you give me one too?"
"You want me to make it again?" I asked with a surprise. "Don't you remember how chaotic the world was back then?"
Alex scoffed and said, "Yeah. But it's me. I'm not going to turn into a villain and destroy the world. If anything, we need to be concerned that you're going to do that."
Abby hugged my arm, pressing her soft melons on my skin. "If she gets to do it, I want it too."
I thought about it and said, "I can give you a temporary serum. The effect will disappear in 2 weeks."
"Deal!" both of the girls agreed at the same time.
"So what are we going to do about the post?" Alex asked after a while. "Do we need to keep it a secret or–"
"No. I'll just admit it." I replied and pulled both of the girls' faces to look at me. "I will tell the world that both of you are mine."
"Eddy." Abby swooned.
"Ed." Alex smiled in contentment. "I mean, I'm not secretly hopeful or anything. But sure… I can go along with that." She added.
I received a call from Pepper after we got out of the shower.
"So how do you want to handle this?" He asked.
"Head on." I replied. "I'd like to handle this head on."
…
The next day, I decided to go to meet up with the perpetrator.
I walked into the Entertain building, and before I could meet anyone else, Annie Edison came to walk with me.
"Hey Eddy." She flirted, blushing heavily.
She wore her pencil skirt and tight shirt. Her black hair bounced slightly as she walked.
"Hello Annie." I smiled softly. "I thought you're at school."
"I– I saw the news. I'm really happy for you." She said with a difficult expression. "I came here to say that."
I patted her on the head and said, "Thank you."
She blushed and said, "So. I know you're mad at her, but take it easy on her. She hadn't had that good of a month so maybe she's lashing out because of that."
I waited for the elevator with her.
"Don't worry. It's not like I'm going there to spank her."
"Spanking?" Annie turned red immediately. "We didn't try that before." She whispered. "I kinda want to know what it'll feel like."
"I have a very good ear Annie." I teased.
She blushed even more. "So how are your studies going?" I asked her casually, changing the subject.
"It's going well. I'm learning forensics now– Wait. Oh god. I'm not learning forensic to become like your fi-first girlfriend. I just love happen that field I do–"
Her mind short-circuited from her own overthinking. I chuckled and said, "Good for you. I happen to love smart girls."
She gasped slightly and blurted out, "I want your babies."
I chuckled and waved goodbye to her as the elevator door opened. Pressing the button to the top floor, I whispered to Annie, "Talk to my girlfriends about it."
The elevator zoomed past all of the floors till it got to the top level. As I got into the floor, I bumped into a familiar face.
Her blonde hair caught my eyes.
"You changed your hair color." I greeted her. "Hey Ness."
She touched her hair slightly and let out a soft chuckle. "This? Does it suit me?"
"It really does." I nodded. "So are you going to explain yourself?" I asked abruptly.
Surprised, Ness's eyes shook and she looked up to me awkwardly.
"I don't know what you mean?" She asked.
"You know what I mean." I egged on with a smirk.
"Look. I only did that because I was drunk!" She stepped up to me and said anxiously.
I laughed and said, "So you sent me a text at 3 in the morning to buy you a pizza from Italy?"
"I'm also hungry." She smirked slightly. "And I got the pizza! So thanks."
She stepped away with satisfaction. I laughed and walked to the office. There, Pepper, Harvey and Taylor were waiting for me.
"So we're prepared to pay 10 million dollars for settlement." Harvey immediately said as I walked into the room.
"Nah." I rejected her.
"100 million. Final offer." She said again.
I paused and said, "No."
Taylor asked angrily, "So what do you want?"
"I want to know why you did it." I chuckled and sat in front of her. "Why did you leak the photo?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Taylor scoffed and looked me straight in the eye.
She smirked and said, "I fucking loathe you."