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!"

what are

missing all the 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

leaked a video of you talking with the audience before the show started. Everyone's doing a complete 180.

laugh and let Gabrielle get back to her online sparring

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. Even Mr. Wilkes' comment—“The next generation is impressive”—had

no one was doubting Serena anymore. Now, all the anger was aimed

official statement announcing Rosa's dismissal was posted

Still...

couldn't spot anything that clearly pointed

asked, "Do you really think William

could have turned things around this fast. Unless someone's clueless, it's clear there was help. Besides Mr. Grayson, who else cares this much

overthinking it-after all, that afternoon, Aaron had made

only

conspiratorial. "Mr. William clearly cares about you. Are

just friends. Don't read into