True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 168

The moment Winnie began to spill the beans, the live chat went dead silent.

It was only after she revealed the truth behind the so–called Breakup Curse that the virtual dam burst open, unleashing a torrent of vitriol.

“I thought I believed in love again, but reality is just repulsive!”

“So this is what they mean by profiting off others‘ pain, huh?!”

“The girls you duped are just down on their luck!”

“I can’t even… she said the wite’s spirit stayed because she missed Carter, wanting to be near him, only to witness him betray her, step by step!”

“I had a gut feeling his act was a bit too much. How could so many fall for it?”

“What a total jerk!”

The more the B&B owner, Carter, had been idolized online, the harsher the backlash was now.

Carter stood there, dumbfounded, as Winnie narrated how he’d manipulated the sympathy of these girls to get them into bed. He felt the judgmental stares – some contemptuous, some disdainful. Though they no longer suspected him for his wife’s death, those looks were hard to stomach.

Facing the live stream camera, he knew he was in deep trouble. But he wasn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. He’d been a shoestring traveler for years, and now, he’d built a business, amassed a following, even trademarked his B&B, with plans to expand.

in jeopardy

done wrong? He’d just told stories online, and the girls had come to him willingly. He wasn’t a fraud, he hadn’t lured them, and he made sure

his account, he hadn’t crossed any legal

himself and quickly tried to salvage his reputation in

law or killed anyone. I’ve just done what any normal guy would do! I have my needs, isn’t that

Carter’s words

was right, wasn’t he? A widower shouldn’t be

world, it wouldn’t have been unusual for

sway in his favor until Candace stepped in with a fierce rebuttal.

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about leading girls on while playing the devoted widower online? That’s fraud!” Candace

to other men! None of the guys I know, none of my male fans, would ever stoop to your level of

with the moral majority and Implied that any

Carter now turned against him, with men Joining

were quick to

sweet as sugar. Just… not when she’s

live chat softened a bit with

scene to

rescue team arrived, whisking the injured Sara away, while Thorpe, caught in

metaphysical show kept entangling with