The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1870

Stella froze, then heard Joshua calmly say, "This is Solmaris. The Fordham brothers caused such a massive scandal at the engagement party of the Williams and Chapman families. Forget the Williams family; even the Chapmans would never let them get away with it.

"The Williams and Chapman families will do everything in their power to whitewash Aurora's image.

"The Williams family can't afford this humiliation, and neither can the Chapmans.

"Even if everyone knows the truth, some things can't be spoken of openly.

"The Williams family let the Fordham brothers leave without any resistance because they were using Aurora as bait.

"Aurora might suffer a little at the hands of the Fordham brothers, but if they could successfully capture them, it wasn't impossible to reverse the situation.

"The Williams and Chapman families would do whatever it takes to make the Fordham brothers recant their story."

As he spoke, Joshua's eyes held a chilling, detached light.

"Even if it's impossible to completely silence the public, it's better to bury their heads in the sand and maintain a semblance of dignity than to be in their current situation.

"Therefore, no matter the cost, they would never let the Fordham brothers leave Solmaris alive.

"As for whether the Chapman family will break off the engagement, that's a problem for later. Right now, the Chapmans will absolutely deny that the video is real and will never admit that Aurora is that kind of person."

Stella instantly understood what Joshua meant.

The great families valued their reputation above all else. Even if the Chapman family cut ties with the Williams family now, they would still be a laughingstock.

If they abandoned their fiancée as soon as trouble arose, they would be seen as ruthless and disloyal.

In short, after this scandal, no matter what the Chapman family chose to do, they would come out looking bad.

The only way to salvage the situation was to declare that everything the Fordham brothers revealed was fake.

Whether the public believed it, and to what extent, was not a problem they could consider for now.

Clinging to a shred of plausible deniability was still better than total exposure.

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