When Two Winters Met (Henrietta and Yosef) novel Chapter 357

To manage the fallout, Henrietta's company released an official statement.

They claimed Matteo had caught a severe flu from filming in the freezing cold and needed a period of strict bed rest.

That explanation successfully pacified the fans' wild speculations, channeling their anxiety into rabid anticipation for his return.

Thanks to the show's runaway success, Matteo and Artina's popularity skyrocketed to insane heights.

Matteo's social media following had hovered around thirty million, but in just over two weeks, it surged past the eighty million mark.

And the numbers were still climbing, albeit at a slightly slower pace.

Artina, who had started with barely ten million, exploded in popularity, matching Matteo with her own eighty million followers.

They had poured millions of dollars into the marketing campaign, so the explosive results were completely expected.

It was exactly the return on investment they needed.

Halfway through production, they had doubled down on the budget, ensuring the sets and wardrobes were undeniably premium.

The script was already solid, and Charlotte Tatum was a visionary director.

She managed to capture Matteo at his absolute most charismatic, while Artina came across as stunningly beautiful and endearing.

The intimate scenes Henrietta had insisted on adding were filmed with raw, authentic tension—no camera tricks, no body doubles. The raw authenticity elevated the entire project.

Charlotte was notorious for demanding absolute emotional surrender during romantic scenes, forcing the actors to completely lose themselves in the moment.

The final cut was a masterclass in seductive chemistry, leaving the audience utterly captivated by their on-screen passion.

The sheer heat of their performance practically brainwashed their warring fanbases.

The toxic rivalries vanished, replaced by a united front of shippers swearing that the two were either secretly married or simply acting gods.

The show became a cultural juggernaut, completely dominating the top ten trending spots every single day.

Matteo and Artina were officially superstars.

Lying in his recovery bed, Matteo felt a profound wave of relief and triumph.

Jolie immediately started demanding that Matteo finance her own acting career.

Leon could only soothe her, promising that once Matteo got back to work and the millions started rolling in, he would absolutely fund her projects.

He framed it as a win-win situation for the family.

The promise delighted Jolie, sending her right back into her delusional Hollywood fantasies.

She spent her days glued to the internet, obsessively tracking Matteo and Artina's success, even joining several of their fan groups.

She convinced herself that once Matteo bankrolled her debut, she would be just as famous as him—no, she'd be even bigger!

As for the attempted murder on Henrietta, Yosef had handed over all evidence of Artina's prior contact with The Extra to the authorities.

The police hauled Artina in for multiple interrogations over the past few weeks, aggressively trying to break her psychological defenses and extract a confession.

Unfortunately, Artina didn't crack. She stubbornly maintained that she had merely been comforting an overly enthusiastic fan.