171 Sofia 2 The Sinners's Queen

The sky was already dark when the two women finally walked out of the blue sea motif restaurant.

After dropping Maila off to the condo building where she was currently renting a unit, the black-haired actress drove her car to another condo located in Northern Alina. While getting off, she glanced at the phone in her hand, her lips curling into a smirk as she read the message she received a couple of hours ago, before Maila's arrival in her apartment.

'Meet me, or else, I'll tell the world your secret, that you, the new phenomenal star had an affair with a married man before.'

With her long black coat draped over her exposed shoulders and her dark shades put on, she went into the elevator, joining the small crowd inside.

She got off at the fifteenth floor, marching towards the left in her black strappy high heels, her steps making faint click-clack sounds against the floor.

Sofia stopped in front of a door to her right side. After punching a few numbers on the door pad, the door slid to the left, revealing to her a stylish but masculinely decorated living room where a man was currently at, sitting comfortably on a peach furry classic round arm sofa situated near the entrance.

She coolly walked in, the door behind her promptly closing. Perhaps due to the sounds of her footsteps or the closing of the door, the man looked back to her, smiling widely after.

"Sofie." He stood up and greeted, walking and pulling her into his embrace.

"Greg, I didn't know you're already back. It's been three years."

The man didn't answer immediately. His eyes were greedily wandering on her face and body. His gazes were full of lust and longing. Sofia laughed as she received his hungry kiss, her eyes went down to his hands exploring her arms and chest.

"I miss you in my bed," he lustfully whispered after the long hot kiss.

He stole her lips again, all the while gradually leading the woman into the bedroom.

"Aren't you scared that your wife will find out about this? We luckily escaped her eyes three years ago. What if... this time, we wouldn't be as lucky?" she amusedly asked.

The man stripped her of her long coat impatiently. He didn't stay his hands after, undressing her until only her black lacy brassiere and black sheer lace garter panties remained. While unclasping her bra, with his lips running kisses on her fair smooth neck, he huskily whispered, "She won't. I already disabled the cameras in this room, the lobby, and the corridors leading here. We can enjoy each other without worry."

Sofia let out a soft chuckle. "So you are this prepared. How dependable."

"I'm just this hungry for you. It's been three years since the last time I got inside you. You're now so beautiful."

Sofia gave the man an enchanting lopsided grin.

He pushed her onto the wide bed, crawling on top of her as he said, "Compare to before, your body is now much more mature, seductive, and fragrant. I wonder how many men had taken you all these years. But I don't care. I want to have you again, to hear you crying out of pleasure. Damn, I miss you so much."

Erotic sounds and moans then continuously rang out of the room for an entire hour. Two people indulged in throes of forbidden passion, filling up the air with a curious smell mixed with the heavy odor of sweat and freshener.

Mysteriously though, after an hour, when the noises created by the two lustful people died down, it was immediately followed by a loud, sharp shriek that reverberated throughout the whole unit. The voice sounded like it came from the man.

It was not the kind made due to extreme bodily pleasure, but extreme agony, as though the one screaming had been tortured or showed something way outright scary. Were it not for the soundproofing on the walls, the whole floor would have been alarmed. It was that loud and frightening.

"Thanks for the good time. At least you did something great before you died." Sofia Mendoza whispered to the ears of the naked man lying wide-eyed on the floor. He was no longer breathing. Red blood sometimes mixed with something black was coming out of his mouth, the skin of his body turning a bit bluish or purplish.

As she put on her clothes again, she raised a brow and answered to the being inside her head, 'Of course, Send. Send it all to her. Why are you asking the obvious?'

'Whatever. Just sent what should be sent. Then, clean up everything that should be cleaned up in this place.'

She didn't comment about the points deducted. Only picking up his phone from the bedside table to delete their chat records. Annoyance crept up on her face when she deleted the latest text sent which was the same as the one she received this morning.

'Just wow. In just three years, he's really become annoying. I don't mind raking in points through an adulterous affair with him. But to actually try blackmailing me?'

When she was leaving, her eyes caught sight of the pinhole camera concealed on the ceiling near the entrance. A mocking smile bloomed from her face due to thinking that she managed to save points thanks to the carefulness of the man.

As the door behind her closed, she laughingly thought,

'Yeah, thank you for the good time and for decreasing the pieces of evidence I would have to clean up tonight, stupid jerk.'

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When Sofia arrived at Starlight's company building, it was still very early, only a minute or two past 9 am. This meant she came right after the main entrance was opened and the office hours started.

To her surprise though, there were already a lot of people in the halls and lobby. In fact, when she dropped by the restroom to check her makeup, she even saw one of her acquaintances, surrounded by her group of friends. For some reason, they ignored her today instead of acknowledging her presence through their glaring eyes.

She was able to inspect herself on the huge mirror before the sink peacefully and had even managed to eavesdrop on whatever had occupied the famous actress Lina Haze. Her eyes narrowed a bit when she heard an interesting piece of information.

She called out to her system AI.

'Hey, Mr. Damnable Devil. Why didn't you tell me that this pretentious b*tch who's always trying to act high and mighty in my presence is actually living in that condo building?'

'So what if I didn't. You should have still informed me! It's such a good opportunity wasted. I would have framed Lina as the murderer and adulteress if you told me about it.'

Though feeling a little pity about the incident, Sofia moved on from it and headed for her manager's office.

"Sofie, you're here. Good morning."

She returned the greetings with a smile. "Good morning too, Miss Julia. I hope I'm not being a bother."

"When did you? You've never been a bother. Actually, you're my lucky star." The forty-something years old woman dressed in a long-sleeved blouse and fitting black slacks carefreely laughed. After checking something on her tablet, the manager stood up and got out of the office, a shoulder bag slung across her right shoulder.

Sofia unhurriedly followed.

While the other woman was leading her to the company van, she briefed Sofia of her schedule for the day. As Miss Julia drove her to the venue of the talk show she'd be participating today, an idle conversation took place in between them, though it was mostly the older female giving her talent information about who she would be working with this morning.

"Director Anne is a friendly and humorous woman so you don't have to pressure yourself much in this interview. She would most probably try to bring up some random gossips though. If that happens, stay cool and don't be led around, okay?"

"Got it." Sofia nodded, "By the way, I just want to confirm, am I the only guest invited? How many people will be watching us live?"

"It's a five hundred people seater studio so I guess around that number. And I'm not sure about your first question. I didn't hear anything about that. But just in case there is another guest present, it's still the same advice, stay cool and don't be led around by the nose."

"Okay. Thanks for the information." Sofia gratefully smiled to the one in front, outwardly. Of course, as a host, she already knew everything the other woman told her. She could even recite the exact number of visitors joining the audience. Her questions were merely to have something to talk with her manager.

Half an hour later, after she arrived and spent some time in the powder room together with the program's makeup artists, she was escorted into the actual venue.

Since she was a popular actress and singer, the director, host, and producers approached her for some handshakes and light conversations, which she didn't refuse. Briefed about the topics and the general flow of the program, she waited for it to start, and when it did, she took in the passionate cheers from the crowd with a beautiful smile as she made her way towards one of the two seats in the center of the stage.

"Hello, I'm happy to be with you all today. From the bottom of my heart, I thank the producers, and of course, our dearest host slash director here, Ms. Anne. Thanks again for having me here today."

"It's actually our fortune to have our young diva here, everyone, a round of applause for our dear guest, Ms. Sofia Mendoza!"

Whatever that happened next was quite boring and uninteresting, to the point that she just couldn't help but praise herself for managing to hold on for so long being asked random questions by the other woman. From time to time, she was checking how long she had more to endure, contemplating whether to ask her manager never to accept invitations for programs again like this ever again.

It seemed she was in the middle of this thought when another question was thrown at her by the bubbly host.

"Alright, since you are already here, Ms. Sofia. Would you mind telling us what pushed you to take singing and acting as your careers and what do you think are the things that contributed greatly to your current popularity and success? Perhaps that would help inspire our aspiring future artists and singers!"

"What made me enter this industry you ask?"

Laughing softly, she tilted her head to the side, as if pondering over what to answer. Not long after, she opened her beautiful lips again, letting everyone hear her golden voice which was recently occupying a few top slots in some of the most notable music charts in the country.

"Actually, I'm just the same with everyone. Since I was little, I dreamed of being a good and popular actress or singer; either giving life to story characters in a film or TV series, or delivering good and meaningful music to my listeners. Now, I'm both, which I totally didn't imagine before. And I'm beyond grateful to everyone who enabled me to realize this dream."

Inwardly though she mused,

'Idiots, as if I could say that it's all because and for the sake of my beautiful and great Original, Immoral Host 137...'

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