Chapter 7: The Counter-Strike
Elena wasn't going quietly. Furious that she had lost her golden ticket, she went to the tabloids. An article dropped online: Billionaire Groom Abandons Bride at Altar, Keeps Million-Dollar Ring.
Arthur’s PR team panicked, but Arthur was eerily calm. ""Let her talk,"" he told them.
He had his security team pull the indoor security camera footage—the very cameras he had installed for safety but never checked. The footage showed Elena kicking Mayia, yelling at Lily, and finally, the confrontation in the kitchen where she cared more about a piece of carbon than a weeping child.
Arthur released a single, brief statement accompanied by a blurred version of the video to protect Lily. The public backlash against Elena was instantaneous and nuclear. Her socialite status was destroyed overnight.
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