The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 278

Tara's challenge pushes Jade straight into the flames. To the public, it is the most logical solution. No two voices are entirely identical, just as no two leaves are exactly the same. Loretta has been confidently singing live, taking spontaneous song requests from fans, completely clearing her of any suspicion. Meanwhile, Jade cowers behind her corporate shields like an ostrich, terrified to make a sound.

Inside Dennis Media, it is pure chaos. The senior executives convene an emergency meeting, but it instantly devolves into a screaming match of finger-pointing and blame-shifting.

Jade is drowning in despair. She truly believed she could coast through the entertainment industry forever, shielded by lies and a flawless facade. Now, her entire empire has vaporized. Hiding in her dim room, she scrolls through the endless tidal wave of negative news, suffocating under a mix of rage, panic, and helplessness. Watching her follower count plummet by the thousands every hour is driving her insane.

Her career is effectively dead, and the fallout infects everything she touches. Her latest movie, already suffering from terrible reviews criticizing her exaggerated acting and heavily altered plot, collapses entirely. The original novel's fanbase, who had been protesting the changes, intensifies their boycott.

Sensing the sinking ship, the movie's director immediately throws her under the bus to save himself.

"I was forced to alter the script by the Dennis Group executives and Jade's direct demands. It was never my creative choice," the director posts online. "My team and I fought against it, but we couldn't fight the billionaire investors."

Instantly, the screenwriters and assistant directors echo his statement, desperately clearing their names to escape the wrath of the novel's furious fans.

"Who did this? Who leaked the audio files of Loretta ghost-singing?" Jake roars, pushed to the absolute edge of his sanity.

"It has to be Lina, Jade's manager! She hasn't shown up to work in days, her phone is turned off, and she practically vanished!" Alec paces furiously, gutted by regret. If he had known the woman would turn traitor, he would have gathered blackmail material to keep her on a tight leash. He had been too young and naive back then!

Alec's stomach twists with regret. He never should have listened to Jade's pleas and hired a ghost-singer in the first place.