For several seconds, the scene seemed frozen in time.

Then, a wave of mocking laughter swept through the crowd.

"Oh my God, look at her now! She looks ridiculous!"

"Goddess? More like a stray dog, if you ask me."

"Quick, quick, get a picture of her like this. We have to post it online."

Aurora had never experienced such a humiliating, nightmarish moment in her

entire life.

It felt as if everyone around her was eager to kick her while she was down.

As the daughter of "the other woman," she was fair game for anyone's ridicule or

scorn.

She didn't even remember how she managed to walk out of the competition hall.

No sooner had she stepped outside than Sellers and Sherman came rushing

toward her.

Seeing Aurora disheveled and broken, they both stopped short, stunned.

They had never seen her like this-so vulnerable, so defeated.

But once the shock faded, it was replaced by a tidal wave of anger and helpless

concern.

Sellers clenched his jaw. "It has to be Stella!"

Stella's scandal hadn't even cooled off, and now Aurora's parentage had been

blasted all over the news.

It was obvious-this was Stella's revenge.

to steady Aurora, just about to ask if

she

was an illegitimate child sent

society.

reigning socialite, the one every prominent

wanted to marry into.

reputation was flawless-until now. And suddenly, she was

scandal.

on heritage and propriety scrambled

themselves from her.

stock

the news, he

wasted no time and went straight to

still flipping through Nora's old files when

leaving Skyler momentarily speechless.

thought he must have misheard. "Jonathan,

Jonathan's face was ashen.

the

Even

losing his

all

world's

Aurora-and into Dad. Williams

held an emergency

They're

removing Aurora from the

company."

did this happen? Why would

this suddenly come out?"

investigated everything before coming to Skyler.

the whole story.

voice was cold as

called out as

herself,

Aurora's secret is

This is deliberate retaliation.

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