The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 22 Not Dead Yet

Lily’s hotel name, her phone number… even her ID number had all been leaked online by the ever-“resourceful” netizens.

All because John was that famous.

And the rumor of her being a mistress? It dominated the trending searches.

The internet was flooded with slander, abuse, and mockery. Strangers from every corner of the web cursed her, told her to go die, even damned her entire family.

Too bad for them–those curses were wasted.

Her family… had already perished sixteen years ago. And she had no plans to die.

She was going to live. Live long, just like her parents had told her to.

Lily could guess with near certainty: the photo of her leaving the marital home had been leaked by Elsa’s people, stirring public opinion and weaponizing the internet mob.

She was still contemplating how to counterattack when her phone rang.

It was the director of God of War.

“Mr. Applebee, good morning. I—”

Just a little incident, she meant to say. I’ll be there soon to sign the contract.

But before she could finish, Mr. Applebee’s voice, cold and full of contempt, cut her off. “Lily, don’t bother coming.Our studio doesn’t work with voice actors who have moral stains. We’ll never collaborate with you again.”

Lily froze. He’d seen the headlines too.

She’d auditioned five separate times to get the role of Athena.

And now, because of baseless slander, it was gone.

“Mr. Applebee, please, there’s been a misunderstanding. I’m not a homewrecker-”

Click.

The call ended.

She redialed.

Busy signal.

He had blocked her.

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screen of her

hard. It took work, talent,

had crushed it with the flick of a

wanted to cry–but she forced

“Come on, Lily. Keep

The more they want you filthy and broken. The higher

Keep going.

filth. All that trash thrown at her–she

frozen in place for a long

and over–shampoo, body wash, scalding water—until she could no longer

her hair was dry, she didn’t rush to post her proof or clear

getting louder. The

Elsa was counting on one thing: that John’s bias for her would

Elsa

solid evidence

wanted to

wait–wait until this scandal reached its boiling point, and then she’d crush

meant to be despised by the

and soon

Or so she thought.

her mind

when

died, she

too cute, too charming as a child.

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adopting her.

a couple who had just lost their six–year–old daughter

Nancy–the wealthiest family

sons and had

held her in her arms and