A model’s desire

The scandal

CHAPTER TWO

TANIA’S POINT OF VIEW

It felt like the hallway was spinning and my vision became blurry as I struggled to fully grasp what I had just witnessed. My head was spinning from the different thoughts flying in my head at the same time, and it felt like my head would blow up with all the information it was trying to process.

“My s*x tape is trending online!”

That’s all that kept ringing in my head as a sudden migraine hit me like a tornado.

But I haven’t had s*x with anybody apart from Noah in the last two years. It was very clear that it wasn’t Noah in the video.

How then is it possible? How?

“This isn’t me!” I blurted out, my voice barely above a whisper. I couldn’t bring myself to speak properly, and my chest suddenly felt tight like there was a lump in there.

“Oh really? So explain this!” Megan shoved her phone in my face, swiping through another video online.

I gasped in shock and I covered my mouth with my hands, shaking my head in disbelief. My hands were trembling and my heart was racing faster than a car.

There’s more!

I remembered this video. I was at home and was feeling good that day, so I was dancing naked in front of the mirror and singing to my comb, using it as a microphone.

I remembered singing to my teddy bear on the bed but the video didn’t capture that. It made it look like I was singing to a man in front of me. To make it worse, a man's voice was in the background. It was obvious this video was edited and set up to frame me.

“Wait! This isn’t true. I was alone and singing in my room after I just had a shower. How on earth is the video on the internet and why is there a man’s voice in the background!” I yelled as tears of pain and embarrassment washed down my face.

My teeth were gritting anxiously and my leg had lost its balance. I almost fell but I quickly composed myself and managed to keep standing

“You deserve an Oscar for your acting skills but we’re not buying it and…”

I zoned out from what they were saying. All I wanted was to get to Noah and explain things to him. That’s what is important right now.

I quickly ran to his office but it was locked.

“Noah! Noah!” I banged his door in a frenzy, my hands shaking as my red puffy eyes released some tears that rolled all the way down.

“He has gone for a meeting,” one of the staff who was passing by said.

I ran to the bathroom and entered one of the toilets, locking the door and checking the videos online. Everyone was calling me a slut and all sorts of horrible names.

I didn’t realize when more tears began to pour out from my eyes. How could all of this be happening to me? I didn’t have s*x with the strange man in the video but there is video evidence in front of me.

Could it be photoshopped? But it looked clear and nobody would believe it was a photoshopped video, especially when there is another video of me dancing naked which is real but it was done in the privacy of my home.

Was someone secretly videoing me while I was dancing in my house? I knew they edited and added the man’s voice in the background to make it look like I was with a man.

How did someone even manage to get a video of me dancing naked in my own room?

All of this was a setup, but who could be behind this? Who hated me so much to do this to me?

I stayed in the toilet and cried some more. Just when I thought my life was perfect, a horrible scandal has been attached to my name. And if there is anything that could spoil one’s career as a model, it would be scandals.

I have to talk to Noah to clear the air. He knows I haven’t been with any other man and therefore, he will support and stand by me.

All I have to do is wait till his meeting is done. I

I held my chest in pain as I heard the voices of two girls who had entered the toilet, gossiping about me.

My heart broke as I heard the mean words they said.

“I know she’s f*****g Noah to be at the top, yet that wasn’t enough for her,”

“I don’t think so. Noah is quite professional and wouldn’t mix business with pleasure,”

“Not if a witch like Tania keeps throwing herself at him and tempting him all the time,”

The words were like a dagger to my heart, but I could only cry. My tears were almost choking me but I wiped them and came out of the bathroom.

The girls didn’t seem to care that I heard everything they said. I washed my teary face and dried it with a paper towel.

I didn’t want to look like I just cried my eyes out, even though I did.

I walked out of the bathroom and just as I was passing by, I saw Noah walking out with some bodyguards behind him.

I quickly rushed towards him.

“Noah! I…”

“You’re fired!”

“What! I can explain…please,”

“Pack your things and get out of my company!”