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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of her

It took work,

someone else had crushed it with the

she forced herself

whispered, “Come on,

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

Keep going.

clothes still reeked of filth. All

place for a long time, then finally

scalding water—until she could no longer smell the rot

didn’t rush to

were getting louder.

one thing: that John’s bias for her would prevent him from

Elsa hadn’t

had solid evidence she wasn’t the

to

its boiling

Elsa taste what it meant to be despised by

on the bed and

Or so she thought.

everything that had happened today, but her mind

when she was

died, she

too charming as a child. Within days of

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adopting her.

a couple who had just

wealthiest family in the country and James’s

three sons and had

her. She held her in her