Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 425

The Charity Gala did not end immediately.

The host was escorted off by the organizers, and the massive backdrop screen went black for a few seconds before cutting back to the Pediatric Rehabilitation Charity Gala's main visual. The soft, gentle music resumed, the contrast making the atmosphere almost unbearably awkward.

But the audience could no longer pretend nothing had happened.

Some whispered in hushed tones, others discreetly snapped photos with their phones, and a few pretended to study the itinerary while stealing glances at Wren Whitaker and Lawrence Langford.

Wren returned to the Stellaris table and calmly closed The Cobalt Folder.

Phoebe Price suppressed her anger and asked, "Are you okay?"

Wren nodded.

"I'm fine."

Her fingers were a little cold, but her voice was steady.

Robert Lawson stepped over from the back row and handed her the onsite recording log. "The statement was very clear, and Thorne Corp and the Han Foundation both made their positions known publicly. If the organizers or Langford Medical try to bite back later, we have the complete video."

Wren took the documents. "Thank you."

The moment the words left her mouth, a notification from Joey Jenkins popped up on her phone.

[Ms. Whitaker, the internet is blowing up. First it was 'Vivian Vance's statement', and now people are pushing a hashtag claiming 'Stellaris leaked screenshots of Langford Medical patient complaints'.]

Phoebe's expression changed drastically.

"That fast?"

Wren unlocked her phone.

As the page refreshed, several posts with identical keywords flooded her feed.

[Major disaster at charity gala: Stellaris lead Wren Whitaker publicly calls out Langford Medical.]

Even more explosive was a post claiming an insider had revealed Stellaris recently received internal screenshots of a Langford patient's family complaining, allegedly using a competitor's negative materials to stir up trouble.

Attached were several blurry screenshots.

The voice-to-text transcription of Mrs. Lester's complaint.

The message from the Langford Medical internal group chat saying, "We can use this as gala material."

And a screenshot of the anonymous email hitting the Stellaris public inbox.

The last picture was the most malicious.

[They preach about protecting children's privacy, but use a kid's complaint as a weapon? Hypocrites.]

[Wren really turned her divorce into a corporate war. Kids and dead people are just poker chips to her now.]

[I feel so bad for the kid who complained. His name got doxxed.]

At that last sentence, Wren's expression finally cracked.

She clicked into the thread.

An account had re-highlighted the censored portions of the screenshots, claiming to have deduced the child was Logan Lester based on the voice-to-text content and Langford's project reports. They even dug up a photo of his back from Langford's promotional materials.

Even though his face was obscured, his school, age, and medical condition had been pieced together perfectly.

This was the absolute worst-case scenario.

Not that Stellaris was being dragged through the mud.

It was that Logan had been shoved right into the center of the mob.

Wren stood up abruptly.

"Phoebe, contact The Thorne Regulatory Channel. Tell them to issue a child privacy warning immediately and ban any further distribution of the complaint screenshots."