The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 336

The Wilkinsons built their fortune in the media industry, where everyone understood the unspoken rules of the game.

Some journalists, for instance, seemed to dig up dirt, but in reality, they gave the person involved the perfect opportunity to set the record straight—often in the most memorable way possible.

And Stella was more than prepared for it all.

Any evidence that surfaced during the press conference had clearly been lined up in advance.

After this public clarification, Stella's reputation online flipped overnight. Suddenly, people saw her in a new light.

He'd always thought Jasper was a shrewd and cunning boss.

Turns out...

Well, maybe he'd given Jasper too much credit.

Jasper was still the same, hopelessly clueless Jasper he'd always been.

boss like this, it was hard to see any real future at

was already seriously considering

cameras, Stella remained calm and poised-confident without being arrogant. Audiences

people who rarely paid attention to social media caught wind of the drama and tried to follow her account-only to discover it had been suspended. Their curiosity piqued, they

on Instagram. Suddenly, the whole

been arbitrarily banned for crossing big corporations-came out

point, Stella was the name on

round of questioning, the police finally concluded that Stella had nothing to do with any corporate

terribly

every citizen's duty to cooperate with an

paused, her tone sharpening. "If I hadn't managed to clear my name today, I'd be dragged through the mud in front of the entire country-my career ruined. The person who maliciously reported me clearly had

won't let

about to say more, when she suddenly felt a strong hand

"Mr. O'Brien, is there something you need?" During the questioning, Haynes O'Brien hadn't tried to throw her under the bus- in fact, he'd helped clear her name. Still, Stella felt nothing but wariness toward him. The man was

Haynes you really had to watch out for- because

eyes were dark,

talk