Escape from Mr. Whitman (Emma and Theodore) novel Chapter 555

The moment he realized his own son could be dragged down in the fallout, Sebastian's father hesitated.

Isla's parents were furious. The Remingtons had been so eager to push for a marriage alliance, but the second they needed real help, they were full of excuses.

The once-lively ballroom went ice-cold. The atmosphere turned agonizingly awkward.

Sensing the impending trainwreck, the guests quickly fabricated excuses to leave.

Humiliated but desperate to maintain their dignified facade, Isla's parents forced tight smiles as they saw their guests to the door.

Meanwhile, the online inferno was spreading faster than ever.

Serena, the original lead dancer for the routine, finally managed to cut through the noise.

When Isla had launched her initial smear campaign, Serena had tried to defend Emma, but her voice had been a drop in the ocean. Now, with the algorithm tipped in their favor, people were finally listening.

She uploaded her own clips of Emma breaking down the thematic concepts with her. She even dropped a brutal compilation of Emma pushing through agonizing physical therapy just to get back on stage.

In a matter of hours, public sympathy wildly swung in Emma's favor.

The sight of the young woman trembling, drenched in sweat from the pain of recovery, brought countless people to tears.

The speed of the internet was terrifying, and the backlash was brutal.

While Isla was still frozen in the ballroom, the narrative had already rewritten itself. Factor in the aggressive fandoms of the celebrities who had attended the banquet, and the engagement skyrocketed to an all-time high.

Isla simply couldn't accept that she was losing to a nobody like Emma.

"Mom, Dad, just pay whatever it takes to bury the trending topics," Isla demanded, convinced there wasn't a problem money couldn't solve.

"It's not going to work," Sebastian warned casually. "But feel free to try."

The Greenwood family tried anyway.

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