The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Aurora's sudden withdrawal from the competition caught everyone off guard.

Some had speculated she might crack under pressure and eventually drop out, but no one expected it to happen so soon. They'd barely finished the first round- wasn't she going to put up more of a fight?

Online, the conversation was relentless. No matter what Aurora did, a swarm of trolls were ready to pounce; she was damned if she stayed, damned if she left.

Sherman Burton, seeing the tide of hateful comments, decided he'd had enough and jumped into the fray himself. He didn't bother with an alias-he went in under his main account and started firing back.

To one particularly nasty commenter, he replied, "You jealous nobodies can't stand that Aurora's beautiful, talented, and comes from a good family, can you? Let me tell you, no matter how hard you try to drag her down, you'll never measure up."

Unsurprisingly, Sherman's words only fanned the flames.

Sure, there were plenty of bots and paid posters stirring the pot, but most of the backlash came from regular people.

"Jealous of Aurora? Please. Are we supposed to envy the fact that she's an illegitimate child? Get real. The rest of us actually come from decent families— why would we be jealous of someone like her?"

"Aurora's mother is basically the poster child for homewreckers everywhere. She's living proof that if you play your cards right, you can raise your illegitimate daughter as if she were an heiress-while the real heiress ends up cast out, living a life in exile."

by herself. In the end, Nora and her daughter got kicked out, and yet Aurora-born from an affair-still ended up with a chunk of The

do this to Nora? You handed over the company

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his head. "I had a friend look into it. Word's gotten out all over high society that Aurora is an illegitimate child. Families that