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Chapter 120 - The Aftershock

Author: Ms.O The Writer
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-15 13:13:46

The world woke up still buzzing from The Hour.

Clips of Celeste’s interview had already been cut into dozens of viral edits, her calm rebuttal to the Veronica myth, the way she’d looked the host dead in the eye when she said, “This isn’t about rivalry. It’s about the way this industry chews women up and spits them out.” Every angle was trending, dissected and praised.

But if the internet was ablaze, Arden Rowe’s camp was in full containment mode.

By nine a.m., the “We support Arden” hashtags were appearing in suspiciously uniform bursts. Her PR team had clearly been working overnight. And now, less than twelve hours after Celeste had dropped the mic on national television, Arden herself was stepping out into the public arena.

Damien and Celeste didn’t plan to watch it at first, but when Damien’s phone lit up with a news alert: Arden Rowe Responds to Celeste Laurent’s Explosive Interview, he silently switched the television on.

They were in the sunlit corner of their penthouse living r
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