Chapter 0005

Chapter 0095

Ella POV

“Several women have come forward in recent days to confess that their stories about Alexander Black were fabricated,” the female reporter said, her dark eyes fixed directly on the camera.

I wasn’t looking at the television; my gaze was locked on my mother, who stared at the screen, her mouth set in a firm line as she absorbed the reporter’s words.

After the confrontation at the shopping center, Gretchen and Hyacinth posted apologies on their social media pages, confessing that they had no history with Alexander and that their stories had been planted. Cassandra had deleted all her social media accounts.

It seemed the confessions from the others had prompted some women involved in David’s plot to step forward. Two more had confessed, guilt–ridden, that they had been paid by an unnamed person to spread rumors about Alexander.

They didn’t need to say it was David; I felt it was obvious, and it would only be a matter of time before everyone figured it out. David had never been as sneaky as he thought

Satisfaction coursed through me as I listened to the reporter speak. Clearing Alexander’s name was crucial, and I had not only managed to make that happen but also to portray him as the sympathetic victim of this smear campaign. People would feel empathy for him, which would help with his public support.

will be speaking with him at a press conference set to begin in the

faded into the background as my mother

she said apologetically.

concern is understandable,” I replied. “I shouldn’t have gotten so upset about it.

slightly. “You’re not a little girl anymore,” she said. “I need to learn to trust your judgment. After all, you’re

I was capable of leading, but I felt my mother had always held back slightly, less convinced of my

I said. “And you’ll see that his reputation is not an accurate portrayal of

know better than to

has finally

attention was drawn back to the television screen, where I saw the image of Alexander

put together, his hands folded in front of him, a serious expression on his face. He stood back slightly, giving the two women better access

speak a word as Nadia nervously stepped forward and

presumably addressing the assembled reporters. “I’m sorry to have to call everyone here under these circumstances, but it’s important that the truth be

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