C4 Juan the woman hater!

"You need to look at this, sir" Vincent said as he brought his tablet to show Juan what he'd seen on the internet. "So sir, I went through all the articles that were written to tarnish your image and I traced them down to this site"

"Juan the woman hater?" Juan breathed in shock. That was the name of the site that posted all the lies about him. In fact, it wasn't just a site, it was an online club. An anti fan club. Juan gasped in horror. The founder of the club had over six thousand followers on his or her page and more than ten thousand view and engagements on the page.

Who had the effrontery to create an anti fan page...?

He didn't know he possessed such haters who were hell bent on ruining his career.

A good reputation was the backbone of a thriving career as a celebrity. If he was bad in the public eye, then it'll result to him losing deals and that was just too horrific to imagine. He wanted to get global recognition and he wasn't going to let it slip from his grasp.

"Set up a meeting with whosoever created this anti fan page. Pay her if you have to, do anything to make sure she takes down that page!" He barked at his manager

"Yes sir"

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Three days had passed and different invitations were sent and declined by the creator of the anti fan club. It drove Juan mad because the rumours hadn't stopped. He had began to lose commercial offers and just yesterday, the creator of the anti fan club who turned out to be a woman called Xena, went live on her page as she wore a nose mask and spewed a lot of lies and crap about him.

His agency tried to trace her IP address but it seemed impossible. They had to employ the services of a renowned tech genius who succeeded in tracking the address but she wasn't there when they arrived at the scene.

Juan didn't want to give up but he didn't like the way things were going. He didn't want this Xena lady to have the upper hand.

Days went by as his team were still searching for her and monitoring her posts, his manager got a direct message from an anonymous source but it felt like it was from Xena. The message said;

"Looking for me right? Well, I'm going to be considerate enough to not waste your time with this hide and seek game we've been playing for days. Meet me at Snooze cafe at 6pm on Thursday"

Oh so she was finally ready to reveal herself? Well, he too had to get himself prepared. He requested a thorough background check and got the results in no time.

Now, Juan too couldn't wait to see her.

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Thursday reached fast and Vincent drove Juan to the venue for the meeting. He took the appropriate measures not to get his identity revealed because he was going to a public place. But surprisingly, when he got to the venue, it was empty. It was as if Xena planned everything from the start, maybe she considered the fact that she was meeting with a celebrity. Well, he would tell the kind of person she was after meeting her.

After he got there, someone led him in as Vincent followed him behind.

And then he saw a tall, shapely and gorgeous woman standing up from where she sat as she fixed confident and cold eyes on him. The visceral reaction he was feeling right now was one he'd never felt towards a woman before. And he felt a part of his heart ache because of the fact that a woman as gorgeous as this was his anti fan.

"Good day, Mr Juan Gonzalez" she smirked as he approached her. "Nice to finally meet you in person"

For a moment he was dumbstruck too because she spoke with eloquence and confidence but she still had that cold look in her eyes.

"Juan the woman hater?" He asked her indignantly. "seriously?"

"Lets sit and talk, Mr Gonzalez. Surely I'm not doing too much by expecting a little finesse from you, am I?" She smirked again and sat down.

Such effrontery she possessed! If her neck wasn't too beautiful then he would have wrung it by now.

"What do you stand to gain by ruining my reputation, Xena?" He asked

"Don't make this sound like I'm the monster here when you're not a saint! You made me lose my job!" She lashed out at him.

"Did I?" He asked. "I assure I have no idea I did that"

"Of course you don't!" She retorted. "well, I just wanted to meet up to tell you that there's nothing you can do do stop me! Your anti fan base grows by the day and we won't let you win the best actor award again. Not under my watch!" She threatened

"You know I can sue you for slander right?" He said

"And risk more anti fans?" She scoffed at him. "I doubt you'll do that. By the way, I have solid evidence to prove that all I post about you are not lies" she smirked then brought her face closer to his across the table. "I even know about the sour relationship between you and your five brothers. I can write a long article about it and the heading would be; 'Animosity between the six Gonzalez brothers'. Imagine how much I'd make if I post something like that" she chuckled

"I'm just being a little considerate for your sake. If not, then I would have been more ruthless than I am right now. I have so many eyes on you, Juan. Digging dirt up is a piece of cake" she said and stood up. "that being said, I'll take my leave now"

Juan needed to act fast. This woman was a damnation on heels, sent to ruin his reputation. It's either he attacked her, knocked her out, abducted her and covered his tracks, which he doubted he could do seeing as he couldn't hurt a fly. He had to take a subtle approach. An idea struck in his head and he called her.

"Xena wait!"

She stopped in her tracks and he went to her.

"Let's go steady" he said to her

"What!" She exclaimed in shock, surely she didn't expect such a request from him.

"Let's go back and sit so I can explain myself to you" he said to her and led her back to the seat with a gentle hold on her elbow.

"You are wrong to think that I'll get more anti fans by suing you" he began

"You might not know about this, Miss Rosella Drakos but I know a lot about you than you think" he said and watched her eyes widen in shock as he called her real name, Rosella.

"I can take you and your so called anti fan club to court and drag you to the ground for spreading slanderous rumours about me and I don't give a damn if it affects my best actor award, I can get another shot next year" he said smugly

"I don't think you're being truthful, Mr Juan. You don't want another shot next year, you want it now" she said as the smirk returned to her face.

"One thing you fail to understand, Xena is that you're getting the short end of the stick here" he said. "I have more money, fame and power while you're just a pained clout chaser who's trying to make a few bucks by spreading rumours. Isn't that tiring, miss Rosella?"

Xena badly wanted to wipe off the cynical curve of his lip and tell him to do his worst but she couldn't because everything he said was right. In as much as it hurt her to admit.

"You're silence proves I'm right" he smiled. "Now Xena, I provide you with a different alternative to this problem. Let's get into a relationship. Not a real relationship of course. We'll just live together under the pretext of dating, at least until my award show is over"

Xena scoffed. What a smart move he's got. "What's in it for me?"

"Money. Weekly payments..." He said then mentioned an amount that made Xena weak in the knees. That money could change her life because she'd always wanted to relocate abroad and this money was going to make that possible.

But she was still suspicious. "How does a fake relationship solve the problem?"

"It solves everything Xena. First, you take down your anti fan page or club right after you make a live video, without wearing any nose mask and you'll tell your viewers that you no longer hate Juan Gonzalez, as a matter of fact, he's captured your heart" he smirked as he elaborated his well thought out plan. "make it look convincing, surely that wouldn't be hard for you"

He continued. "You being in a relationship with me will refute the rumours you spread that I'm a homosexual. And my ability to turn the creator of my renowned anti fan club into my girlfriend will make my anti fans turn into my worshipers"

Xena gasped in awe. How was he so smart? He elaborated a plan that she had never even thought about in just a few minutes. She felt a churning sensation in her belly and she let out slow breaths to calm her raging heart. In as much as she hated this man, she had no choice but to agree to his demands because she'd get the shorter end of the stick if she refused and she had nothing to lose from accepting his offer, instead, she had a lot to gain. Also, the reaction she just had towards him proved that there were more sides to him that she needed to unravel.

"So what do you say, miss Xena? Are you in or out?" Juan asked

"I'm all in, Mr Gonzalez!" She replied with injected enthusiasm.