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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at the black screen of her phone, Lily felt

a big production was hard. So hard. It took work, talent, perseverance. She’d clawed

someone else had crushed it with the

to cry–but she

“Come on, Lily. Keep

they want you filthy and broken. The higher you’ll rise above

Keep going.

All that trash thrown at

stood frozen in place for a long time, then finally returned to her

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

rush to post

getting louder. The scandal was growing

for her

Elsa

had solid evidence she

to

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

meant to be despised

the bed and soon drifted into a dreamless

Or so she thought.

it was everything that had happened today, but her mind

when

parents died, she was placed in an

too charming as a child. Within days

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adopting her.

who had just

the Boltons–Blanc and Nancy–the wealthiest family in the country

and had always

in her