Queen Of Revenge And Glory (Victoria and Jackson) novel Chapter 442

Chapter 442

Chapter 442

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Even over the phone, Victoria could sense Jackson’s excitement. She laughed and said, “Congrats!”

Ever since Jackson found out Stephen was really his younger brother, even if he never said it, Victoria could tell he wanted to make it public in a proper way and let everyone know Stephen was family.

He definitely didn’t want his brother to keep suffering from all those false accusations and unfair treatment.

But he also didn’t want to force Stephen to accept him, so he chose to respect Stephen’s wishes.

Now that Stephen had finally decided to reveal who he really was, Jackson couldn’t help but feel happy.

Victoria got out of the car, closed the door, and headed toward the villa in the east district. She asked, “So, when are you planning to go public with this secret?”

On the other end, Jackson let out a deep, magnetic laugh. “Depends on how you want to play this hype.”

Victoria’s lips curled into a knowing smile. “You always get me, Jack.”

She paused, then continued, “I’m thinking of letting the buzz build for two more days. On day three, when it peaks, I’ll clear Stephen’s name and set the record straight about all those rumors.”

Jackson replied, “Then five days from now, I’ll go public about Stephen being my real brother.”

Victoria reminded him, “By the way, what’s the situation with Gary right now? If you’re about to make Stephen’s identity official, Gary might make a move.”

Jackson, already expecting this, replied, “Yeah, I thought so too. But I’ve made all the necessary preparations. Whether it’s my grandpa or Gary, they won’t be able to stir up any trouble. It’s finally time to bring the Thornton family feud to a close.”

Victoria laughed, sounding genuinely happy. “Then I wish you all the best!”

Jackson smiled back. “Same to you. Hope everything goes smoothly for you too.”

*****

As rumors about Victoria and Stephen spiraled out of control, the official X account for Chasing the Dream announced that filming had officially kicked off.

The reply section was full of congratulations, anticipation, and plenty of trolls and haters.

Brian’s name had already been cleared, so most of the online hate was still aimed at Stephen’s old scandals and the latest gossip about him and Victoria hooking up.

That night, stories about Stephen beating up a director on set and bullying classmates at school started making the rounds again.

But this time, instead of trashing him, people stepped up and revealed Stephen had been falsely accused.

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The keywords [Stephen was framed] blew up on X and went straight to the top of the trending topics.

The director Stephen punched even posted a video himself, explaining everything and admitting he tried to use his position to prey on actresses during filming.

Stephen couldn’t stand it and lost it, so he punched the guy.

As for the school bullying rumors, Stephen was set up there too.

He wasn’t a bully. He actually helped the real victim, but the person he helped stabbed him in the back and accused him of being the bully.

The student who was bullied finally stepped up, admitting he was too scared to offend the real bullies, so he ended up betraying Stephen, the one who tried to help him.

Stephen seemed to get where that guy was coming from and never defended himself, just quietly took all the hate from the internet because he knew the bullied student was forced to do it.

When reporters interviewed him, Stephen just said, “I don’t blame him for betraying me. I only blame the real bullies, because they’re the ones who can turn a decent person into a pitiful villain.”

[Stephen is freaking awesome!]

[Oh my god, we’ve been wrong about him for years! He’s the real deal!]

[Honestly, since nobody’s cleared up the rumors about him and Victoria, doesn’t that mean it’s probably true?]

[Wait, why hasn’t anyone cleared that up? Could it really be true? No way! I just started shipping Victoria and Jackson as the dream couple! Is there really no true love left in this world?]

[No matter how much you guys try to hate on her, I trust Victoria’s character. She and Stephen are definitely innocent! Just a few random photos and people are saying they’re hooking up? That’s absurd!]

[Yeah, now that the truth’s out about Stephen, it just shows he’s legit!]

Three days later at 8 PM, Jackson, whose X account had been pretty much silent since he signed up, suddenly tagged Stephen and dropped a post: [Welcome back, my real brother.]

Almost at the same time, Stephen fired back on his own account, tagging Jackson: [This is my brother.]

X was going wild and blowing up all over again.

[What?! Stephen is Jackson’s real brother? So Cassian was never his real brother?]

[No wonder. Everything makes sense now! I always wondered how Cassian could plot to kill his own brother and then get sent to prison by him. Turns out he was never his real brother!]

Not long after, Stephen posted again on X, explaining Victoria had always had his back, and Jackson was in on it from the start.

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[So Stephen and Victoria were never a thing? It was just some people spreading baseless gossip.]

[This is so messed up! Who’s gonna expose the rumor spreader?]

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Netizens went rampant. Soon enough, someone tracked down the car’s make and plate just from the photo’s angle and timestamp.

After a bit more digging, turned out it was Angelica’s ride all along.

[Ha! Turns out Angelica was the one spreading all those rumors! Seriously, who doesn’t know her true colors by now?]

[She’s just a fake girl who wormed her way into the Binder family, and even after getting kicked out, she still can’t stay out of trouble!]

[With a personality that rotten, she should be locked up with her mom! Keep her off our screens already!]

After dinner and a shower, Victoria was lying in bed, scrolling through the trending comments online, when Mara called.

“Miss, the person we sent to the talent academy said there’s a girl named Sabine who came back after Angelica took her out, and now she’s so depressed she’s even thinking about ending it all.

“It took forever to get her to talk, but today she finally spilled. Turns out Angelica took her to see Nathan, made her change into some sexy outfit and show off her talents right in front of him. She refused, so they beat her up.

“After that, Angelica’s been threatening and intimidating her nonstop, day and night. Tomorrow, she’s supposed to be dragged to see Nathan again. If she still doesn’t give in, they might ship her overseas and force her into prostitution.”

Hearing this, Victoria’s relaxed look instantly turned ice–cold.

“Understood. Tell our people it’s time to reel them in. Tomorrow night, we’re exposing all the dirty secrets behind Greenville Talent Academy. Bring Angelica straight to me, and make sure Sabine and the other girls who’ve been tricked and forced are safe,” she said.

“Got it,” Mara replied.

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