Unloved Unwanted Unstoppable (Seraphina and Dominic) novel Chapter 216

The gossip drifted clearly into Seraphina's ears, making her eyes widen in horror. That was not a rumor she wanted spreading.

She instinctively glanced at Gideon, but he was busy tending to Phoebe and didn't seem to have heard.

Relieved, she quickly turned her attention back to playing with the little girl.

A few days later, Seraphina had recovered enough for the doctors to discharge her.

It was a cloudy, overcast morning.

Knowing her brother was swamped with work, she hadn't asked him to pick her up.

The private caregiver ran around handling the discharge paperwork, eventually handing her the receipts. Gideon had pre-paid every single expense, right down to the room fees.

Seraphina stared at the zero balance, filled with a profound sense of gratitude.

With the paperwork settled, she got ready to leave.

She casually checked her phone, and her pupils instantly contracted.

Arthur was being subjected to a massive cyberbullying campaign.

Her notification feed was flooded with articles and videos about her father.

Crowds of reporters were swarming the entrance to The Applied Science Institute. Protesters had hung massive banners reading, "ARTHUR SINCLAIR GET OUT OF SCIENCE," "ACADEMIC FRAUD," and "SHAMELESS PLAGIARIST."

Her fingers flew across the screen, her face growing paler with every swipe.

Piecing the fragmented reports together, she grasped the horrific truth.

Arthur had failed his final career assessment.

This was his last chance to secure a lifetime achievement grant before his retirement. Winning this would have cemented his legacy, allowing him to step down with flawless honor.

He had prepared for this for years, pouring his soul into the research.

It was supposed to be a guaranteed victory. But he had lost.

Lost without warning.

Simultaneously, a mysterious whistleblower had dumped fabricated evidence online, claiming Arthur had stolen all his major breakthroughs over the years and calling him a cancer on the academic community.

The foreign backers had offered Arthur millions in cash and guaranteed immigration for his entire family if he defected.

Arthur had flat-out refused.

Furious, the syndicate launched a smear campaign to ruin his career and destroy his life.

They elevated Charles—who had conveniently just returned from studying abroad—using him to crush Arthur and seize the position.

In exchange for the backing, Charles had promised his brother Daniel that once he became Chief Engineer, he would illegally transfer the department's resources to the Ross family business.

But the Ross family was nearly bankrupt; they lacked the capital to pull off such a massive coup.

So Cynthia went crying to Dominic.

Without batting an eye, Dominic wired a two-hundred-million-dollar grant directly to the Institute, explicitly mandating that Charles lead the new project.

Armed with Dominic's fortune, Charles rapidly seized control of the facility, systematically stripping Arthur of his resources and isolating him.

The final assessment was nothing but a rigged execution, designed to ensure Arthur was destroyed so thoroughly he could never fight back.