Across all media platforms, the revelation that Helena was Mrs. Hayes absolutely dominated the news cycle. The entirety of Riverton was in an uproar over Sebastian's secret marriage. It hijacked every front page, stamped with glaring, red "BREAKING NEWS" banners.
Sophia Zane fired off a screenshot to her phone.
Sophia: [This user nailed it! Janetta is totally the homewrecker! I smashed the like button so hard!]
Sophia: [Don't even look at the other threads. It's just that Two-Faced Schemer's Troll Army working overtime!]
Helena logged into X/Twitter and pulled up the comment section, scrolling until she found the exact post Sophia had screenshotted.
[Damn, if the math checks out, Janetta has been the side chick this entire time!]
The post actually had very low engagement, buried underneath a landslide of other replies. Still, Helena deliberately hit the like button. As she refreshed her feed a moment later, she realized that single like had launched the comment's visibility into the stratosphere.
Her messaging app pinged with another rapid-fire text from Sophia.
Sophia: [Someone must be running a smear campaign against Janetta right now. That comment just hit the top of the trending list. Serves her right! I hope she gets canceled!]
Helena frowned, typing nothing back. Staring at that aggressively pushed comment, a sickening knot of unease twisted in her stomach.
Before she could even process the dread, her screen glitched. Not only was the comment gone, but the entire trending topic had been wiped clean from X/Twitter.
The digital outrage was smothered in an instant. The controversy was completely erased before it even had time to gain traction.
Helena realized immediately what had happened—Sebastian had pulled the strings.
She let out a dry, bitter laugh. This was Janetta, after all. Sebastian would never let his darling mistress drown in public backlash. Having his PR team scrub the internet was exactly his style.


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