boxer to hollywood

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"Why are you here?" Link asked, looking at Taylor as she approached the villa.

She had her blonde hair in a ponytail and wore a blue patchwork dress. Her oval face was fair and plump, and her long legs were straight and slender.

She looked pretty good, not at all like a woman who had just gone through a breakup.

"I saw the song you just wrote. I think we should talk face to face," Taylor said, standing in front of him.

"Did you feel like stabbing me through the screen wasn't satisfying enough, so you had to do it in person?"

"Hmph! Don't act so innocent. If me not forgiving you is considered stabbing you, then how many times did you stab me by messing around with other women behind my back?" Taylor said with a cold expression.

"Alright, this might be our last conversation. Let's not argue. How about we talk calmly?" Link pointed to the sofa on the balcony.

Taylor glared at him, crossed her arms, and sat down on the sofa, staring at him intently.

"Want some beer?"

Link placed two cans of chilled Budweiser on the small round table.

"Did you ever think we would end up like this?" Taylor asked softly.

"I did. I thought about it many times," Link replied.

Taylor furrowed her brows slightly. "Why? Did you have no confidence in our relationship?"

Link took a sip of beer and said, "Actually, I never thought about dating you, let alone becoming your lover."

"What do you mean? Do you regret being with me?"

Taylor's face turned cold, and her white fists clenched again.

Link smiled gently. "Don't be angry. You're the one who dumped me. If anyone should be angry, it's me, not you. Now, to answer your question from earlier, why did I think that way? Because you're a singer, an entertainer. Statistically speaking, over 90% of people in the entertainment industry aren't very faithful in relationships. Breakups, cheating, and infidelity are commonplace. So, when I started dating you, I already anticipated a breakup."

"That's prejudice. Don't forget you're a singer too. Well, a cheating singer. It's people like you who ruin the atmosphere in the entertainment industry," Taylor scoffed.

Link didn't argue and took another sip of beer.

"Besides your profession, there's also you as a person. You're talented, have dreams, you're free, independent, and intelligent. People like you usually don't invest too much time and energy in maintaining a relationship. And it turns out I was right."

"What turns out? I think I did well in the past year, even better than you. And the mistake that led to our breakup was yours, not mine. Don't try to shift the blame onto me," Taylor said discontentedly.

"Think about it. If you weren't so outstanding, not so independent, and you heard about me cheating, would you choose to forgive or break up?"

"That hypothesis doesn't hold. If I wasn't so outstanding, you wouldn't have liked me in the first place," Taylor snorted.

Link thought for a moment and felt she had a point.

"Yes, you're too outstanding, so you become independent and don't know how to forgive. And I'm too outstanding, which also puts pressure on you. So, we were never a good match."

"You're wrong. If you hadn't cheated, if there wasn't that video of you and Emma Watson, I would never have had the courage to break up with you. This is all your fault," Taylor said coldly.

Link shook his head. "Both times cheating were accidents. They seduced me. And Emma, I was with her before you. If it weren't for her... Forget it, it's already happened. There's no point in talking about it anymore."

Link raised his beer in a toast.

Taylor snorted, took a big gulp of beer, and said, "Let's talk about Ivanka."

"What about Ivanka? I never slept with her. Don't you believe me?" Link also took a sip of the cold beer.

"I believe you! But I don't believe you're not interested in her, and I don't believe she's not interested in you. Ever since we started dating, she's been like a ghost, always hovering around us, trying to interfere in our lives in various ways. I asked you to leave Link Music, and you couldn't bear to. Hmph, now that I've left, you two can be together. You should be happy, right? Why pretend and write a song like 'Love Is Gone'? Don't you think it's too hypocritical?" Taylor sneered.

Link shook his head. "You're wrong. Ivanka is good, but we come from different backgrounds, have different living environments, and different tastes and hobbies. If I were to date her, it might be beautiful at first, but due to our differences in perception, there would be more and more conflicts, and it would be difficult to have a good outcome in the end.

In comparison, the music industry you're in is simpler, and we have more in common. That's why I partnered with her to start a company but chose to live with you."

"Hmph, you understand all this so clearly, so why did you cheat?" Taylor's eyes reddened as she scolded him.

Link sighed softly. "I'm just a beach boy who hasn't seen much of the world. After entering the entertainment industry, it's like a thief entering a treasure trove, full of temptations..." 

Can you imagine how exciting it would be for a beautiful and famous actress to sit on my lap? Can you imagine how tempting it would be for a popular female singer to take off her clothes and stand in front of me? 

Sometimes I know I shouldn't touch certain things, but I take a chance and touch them anyway.

Afterwards, I thought I would be exposed, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I also thought you would be angry, but I didn't expect you to break up with me so mercilessly. I overestimated our relationship and underestimated your decisiveness. That was my biggest mistake.

Link shook his head and took a sip of beer.

While the two were drinking and chatting in the villa, most of the media in the United States was alarmed.

Since Link released his third album on March 22nd, his popularity in the media has remained high.

Then, with the exposure of the 'Link and Emma intimate video', his popularity reached a new level.

Then Taylor left the Bay Villa with her luggage, and the 'golden couple' in the music industry seemed to be breaking up. The news about Link and Taylor almost occupied the front page headlines of the entertainment sections of major media every day.

Even many overseas media reprinted the reports and followed the gossip.

And today, the news about Link and Taylor directly reached a peak, and the Internet and TV entertainment programs were all about their news.

The initial news was in the morning when Link released a new song "Sorry" to apologize to Taylor. This song was of high quality, and the lyrics and melody were also very sincere.

Link's fans纷纷出动, apologized online for him, and asked Taylor for forgiveness.

There was news that the two sides had signs of reconciliation.

At noon, Link released another video recording, also a new song "Love Is Gone". This song was even better than "Sorry", with sincere emotions and a sad melody.

Especially when Link, a handsome guy, sat in front of the piano and sang while playing, the appeal increased tenfold. It was said that many female fans cried after watching it.

This also led many fans to change their views on Link, believing that Link's cheating was not a mistake.

If he could write "Sorry" and "Love Is Gone" after cheating, he should cheat more often.

Cheating every day, new songs every day, that would be great.

After the release of "Love Is Gone", tens of thousands of fans poured into Taylor's fan club to apologize on behalf of Link. The media also turned their attention to Taylor to see how she would respond and whether she would forgive Link.

At this moment, Taylor's car appeared in the Bay Villa area.

Taylor's appearance directly detonated the American media. Reporters from major newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, USA Today, and the American Express, sent entertainment reporters to the Santa Monica Bay Villa area.

TV media such as ABC, CBS, CNN, Turner Network, and Fox Network also sent reporters to station there in order to get first-hand information.

As for the tabloid reporters and paparazzi, there were hundreds of them.

They all wanted to see if Link and Taylor would break up or get back together.

The reporters waited from 3pm to 5pm, but they didn't see Taylor coming out of the villa. They only met Taylor's assistant Emily and Link's assistant Anna.

The reporters asked them about the situation, and they both said they didn't know.

Until after 6pm, it was time to get off work, and Taylor still didn't come out.

The media speculated that Taylor probably forgave Link, and the two got back together.

The headline of Yahoo News website also became 'Taylor stays at Link's villa, the relationship between the golden couple in the music industry eases'.

And in Link and Taylor's fan clubs, there were also fans updating their status every ten minutes. Until 8pm, the status was still 'Taylor hasn't come out, most likely staying overnight'.

Seeing these updates, fans who supported Link and Taylor's reconciliation posted various emoticons online to celebrate their reconciliation.

"Holy shit! The internet is full of Link's news now. I really don't understand what's so good about these crappy news."

In the bar, 50 Cent cursed while swiping his phone.

"This is hype. This bastard Link is too good at hype."

Lil Wayne looked at the bar TV, which was also broadcasting Link's news. He suddenly admired Link a little. 

This guy could make big news every time he released an album, so that the media would actively help him promote the album. 

Ordinary people couldn't do it at all.

Opposite him, Usher was holding a beer and drinking闷酒one sip at a time.

Last week, when he released his new album, the intimate video of Link and Emma Watson was exposed online. He originally thought he could take this opportunity to ruin Link's reputation and make Link's album unsalable, so that his album could sell well.

At the beginning, it did have some effect, and the sales of Link's new album declined significantly.

But that album was of too high quality and too能打. Link's fans also had strong purchasing power. After only two days, the sales of Link's new album rose against the trend.

It suppressed his album firmly.

Now it was the second week. He originally thought that after two weeks, the popularity of Link's album would decline, and his album would have a chance to fight back.

But the news of Link and Taylor's conflict was too hot, which led to no one watching the news of his promotion of the new album.

Just like yesterday, when he performed at the home court of the NBA Heat team, almost no media reported this news. They were all reporting the breaking news of Link and Taylor.

Netizens were also staring at the two, wanting to see if they would break up or get back together.

"Don't worry, the news says that Link and Taylor have reconciled. The popularity of this news will decline tomorrow."

Drake comforted him.

Usher nodded.

As Link's opponent, he should have been happy to celebrate hearing that he was dumped. But after Link was dumped, the media was full of Link's news, which made his album have no exposure at all.

So Usher now hoped more than anyone that Link and Taylor would get back together and stop messing around. If they messed around, others would get hurt.

(End of chapter)