Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 274

Abby finished her explanation in one breath.

The moment the footage came out, she refused to believe Serena would hit Rosa for no reason. So, she quickly made a backup copy of the security video. Sure enough, after watching, it was clear Rosa was at fault. Abby had already edited the whole clip and was just waiting for Serena to call.

Serena, for her part, hadn't expected Abby to have everything ready so quickly. She'd thought she might need to do some convincing.

"Thank you, Abby," she said.

"It's the least I could do. I've already sent it to you-go ahead and post it," Abby replied.

"Got it."

Serena hung up. She hadn't even had time to open Abby's message before her phone rang again-this time, it was Gabrielle.

She picked up. "Serena! Oh my God, William was incredible!"

blinked, confused. "Wait, what are you

drama, and it's your own scandal!" She laughed, then continued, "A mystery account just dropped evidence on Instagram that Rosa paid for fake accounts to smear you. All those self-righteous

talking with the audience before the show started. Everyone's doing a complete 180. I'm dying-I can't wait to message those trolls I argued with and ask if their faces hurt from

Gabrielle get back to

exaggerating her phone was sluggish as ever, but it was clear: someone had posted proof of Rosa buying bots to attack her, and a video of Serena calmly answering audience questions before the show.

Serena anymore. Now, all the anger was aimed at

museum acted fast. Within minutes, an official statement announcing Rosa's dismissal was posted online, as if they'd

Still...

and scrolled, but she couldn't spot anything that clearly pointed to William's involvement behind

asked, "Do you really think William

obvious! Nobody else could have turned things around this fast. Unless someone's clueless, it's clear there was help.

a split second, Serena thought of Aaron. But she quickly dismissed the idea. She was overthinking it-after all, that afternoon, Aaron

only

"Mr. William clearly cares about you.

William and I are just friends. Don't read into it," Serena cut her