Chapter 7
Marcus called it right. That night, after Lucifer’s interview went viral, the internet exploded.
Next came posts about me trading sexual favors for interviews with industry bigshots.
They even posted the video of me kneeling and apologizing in the lobby.
The caption read: “Famous reporter sells her body for fame, vandalizes CEO’s luxury ride, shows up in lingerie begging for attention.”
Suddenly, the web was flooded with posts spreading lies about me.
[Ophelia Ravencrest teams up with elderly scammer to seduce Mr. Sinclair-wannabe homewrecker!]
[Reporter throws herself at CEO, gets rejected on the spot!]
[After getting turned down, desperate reporter destroys luxury car with crane for attention!]
When Marcus saw these headlines, he lost his shit, yelling about fighting back online.
I stopped him: “Hold up!”
He stared at me like I’d lost my mind: “Ophelia, where’s your backbone? Venomia’s walking all over you and you’re just taking it?”
Soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted being so crude
I waved him off, cool as a cucumber.
“Let the bullets fly a little longer! I promise you’ll get your chance to tear them apart!”
Over the next few days, with Dorian and me pulling strings behind the scenes, I completely dominated the trending
topics.
I shut down all my phones and social media.
Went completely dark.
Dorian stuck to me like glue-when we weren’t at the hospital, he was camping out in my apartment.
I tried telling him I’d be fine staying in.
He just pretended not to hear, flipping through financial reports without a care in the world:
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“No worries, I’m not busy anyway. Good chance to make up for all these years
“Dad’s got the company handled. Nothing’s gonna fall apart.
I couldn’t argue with him, so I let him crash at my place.
The day Grandma got discharged.
en distant.”
Marcus, who was bouncing back to his old self, couldn’t contain himself anymore. He posted something from a burner account.
The post anonymously laid out my entire eight-year relationship with Lucifer, from start to finish.
Though he didn’t name names, the clues were obvious:
[Financial sector rising star, just did an interview]
[Allegedly sexually harassed by famous reporter, had his car vandalized]
Internet users are sharp-they immediately figured out the guy was Lucifer.
Then other gossip accounts started dropping more dirt.
Car ownership transfer records, evidence of Lucifer playing both sides.
Finally, Dorian went nuclear with his main account:
“Lucifer Sinclair from the finance world is a total leech-driving his ex’s car, using his ex’s connections, climbing to the top on his ex’s back, then spreading lies about her while cheating with the producer’s niece. A real modern-day Benedict Arnold!”
This call-out post went viral instantly.
Internet sleuths mobilized, digging up everything about Venomia’s connections and work history.
Marcus wrote a detailed comparison of what Venomia and I had actually accomplished since joining the station.
Users reached their conclusion:
Venomia was the real homewrecker.
Public opinion completely flipped.
Tons of people flooded my social media with apologies, while Venomia became everyone’s punching bag,
Unable to handle the pressure, she posted a statement that same day.
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