She sat on the edge of the bed, the eerie blue light from her phone screen illuminating her twisted face.
Fingertips kept swiping the pregnancy test stick photo on the screen, the two red lines glaringly obvious in front of the camera.
“Roderick, since you only have Andrea in your heart, I will destroy you both.”
She flashed a hint of malice in her eyes, sent the photo to the marketing account she had already contacted, and added some words.
“Unmarried mother betrayed by wealthy playboy.”
The next morning, the whole internet was set on fire by an explosive
news.
“The Hodgson Group heir impregnates woman out of wedlock” entry skyrocketed to the top of the trending topics at an astonishing speed.
The video Matilda carefully shot quickly went viral on short video platforms.
In the video, she appeared without makeup, deliberately wearing loose maternity clothes, gently touching her not–so–obvious belly in front of the camera, tears welling up in her eyes.
“I never thought it would come to this…he said we were just having fun, and that only being with his sister was true love…”
When it came to the emotional part, she covered her face with a tissue, choked up and couldn’t speak.
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The comment section was instantly flooded with angry comments.
“Sibling romance in a wealthy family? That’s just too cliche!”
“The Hodgson Group actually produced such a disgrace!”
“Andrea? That girl who recently married into the Shillingford family? She looked innocent, but turns out she was a third party in someone else’s relationship!“.
All kinds of disgusting insults were flying around, and a few marketing accounts took the opportunity to release so–called “insider information“, exaggerating Roderick and Andrea’s “forbidden love“.
In the meeting room of the Hodgson Group, the atmosphere was so tense you could almost wring water out of it.
The stock price plummeted 15% as soon as the market opened, with red numbers flashing continuously. Shareholders slammed the table and angrily demanded to know how Roderick would turn the situation around:
Roderick stared at the online public opinion report on the computer, his knuckles turning white.
The phone suddenly vibrated, and the message that popped up made his pupils shrink.
His private social media account was hacked, and it was filled with “shameless” and “vulgar” malicious comments.
He never posted anything on social media before. The reason he created this account was to like Andie’s videos.
He was completely blank, could be found, scolded like that, then over there with Andie…
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Roderick quickly swiped across the screen, jumping to Andrea’s
account.
Sure enough, he had fallen, and the situation was even worse than he could have imagined.
“Send a lawyer’s letter right away!”
Roderick suddenly stood up.
“I’m going to sue all the rumor–mongers, contact the legal department!”
But he knew, in the face of public opinion, these measures were probably just a drop in the bucket.
He turned and rushed out of the meeting room, with only one thought in his mind: I must find Andie first.
On the other side, Matilda looked at the trending topic and likes soaring, a smug smile creeping up on her face.
She called the marketing company.
“The trending topic kept buying, further guiding public opinion, and shifting all the blame onto Andrea.”
After hanging up the phone, she gently caressed her still–flat belly and whispered softly.
“Sweetheart, you have to help Mom keep Dad…”
At that time, Andrea was being surrounded by dozens of reporters at the entrance of the mall, with countless microphones and cameras shoved in front of her/
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.