The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 267 The Person

Behind The Matter

At that moment, Shepard stepped out of the bedroom, clutching his phone. His face was dark with dissatisfaction over how poorly his team had handled the task.

He turned to Giselle and Brenna and began venting his frustration, saying, "How long has it been? I told them to take those posts down, but they failed. The posts are still everywhere! They make ridiculous salaries but are useless. This is unacceptable. I'll fire them all soon!"

With a chuckle, Brenna got to her feet and walked over to him. "Dad, don't stress yourself. Things spread fast online. There are thousands of posts. It's not so simple to clean all of them up."

Unconvinced, Shepard snorted and said, “They are just too incompetent. It's a simple matter of blocking keywords. But they failed miserably. I will fire them soon. The Harper Group has no room for deadweight."

Just then, Ernst and Dalton descended from upstairs. Their expressions betrayed guilt as they glanced at Shepard and Giselle.

Shepard didn't need them to speak. He could tell they had failed at their tasks. "What good are the two of you? You can't even deal with a minor issue. And you're supposed to be running the Harper Group? I honestly doubt either of you is up to the task."

Ernst's brow tightened, feeling guilty. "Dad, I've already given orders. My team is on it. The PR department is pushing back against the rumors and has contacted the right people to start removing the posts. But it's after work hours now. Everyone is glued to their phones, posting and sharing nonstop..."

Shepard cut him off with a sharp wave. "Enough! Explanations won't fix it. This mess proves you're not capable of handling even the smallest crisis."

spread like wildfire online. We're deleting the posts as fast as we can,

deep across his face. "Do you think I don't know

stepped in, hoping to comfort Shepard, saying, "Dad, everything will be okay. If we just let it be, things will quiet down on

can't do that. Letting it go is the same as saying it's true. If this keeps spreading, by the time you go to Shirie University on Monday, who

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267 The Person Behind

nodded solemnly, standing by Dalton's point.

statement on the school forum to push back against the rumors.

the forum admin, too. Those posts on the forum have been taken down. But on social media and personal accounts, the matter

any

again. "Our PR team released a formal statement on the Harper Group's official page. It's pinned right at the top. But honestly, it hasn't helped much. The issue

this. That was when Brenna realized it-the Harper family cared about her deeply, unlike the Barrett

laptop, and opened it. Her fingers moved fast across the

university. A second-year grad student had been identified as the one who had first posted the thread

had traced the IP address of the

straight to the graduate dorms at Shirie