Chapter 3: Helene is disgraced.

Freya's POV

The projector screen glowed like a judgment seat.

The hallway footage looped silently—Dylan’s hands sliding under Helene’s dress, her leg hooked high around his waist, their mouths fused in a hungry, shameless kiss—over and over, twenty feet tall, impossible to unsee.

The ballroom froze for one perfect, suffocating second.

Then it shattered.

A collective gasp ripped through the crowd, followed by a wave of murmurs that grew into a roar.

“Is that… Helene? The famous model and ambassador?”

“She’s supposed to be the face of Elegance Luxe—dignity, class, all that bullshit.”

“Look at her—legs spread in a hallway like a cheap escort.”

“On her own sister’s wedding day? That’s not just shameless, that’s evil.”

“I always knew she slept her way up, but this? This is disgusting.”

“And Dylan Voss? What a spineless prick. Left his bride for that?”

The words flew like knives—sharp, public, amd merciless.

Guests pulled out phones, recording the screen, recording each other’s reactions, recording Helene’s and Dylan’s absence like vultures circling a fresh kill. Socialites whispered behind diamond-crusted hands; billionaires shook their heads in open disdain; fashion executives exchanged disgusting glances.

And then, the phones began to buzz.

Notifications exploded across the room like gunfire.

Within seconds, the footage had leaked.

It was everywhere.

T*****r timelines flooded with screenshots, clips, and hashtags:

#HeleneFamousModelExposed

#WeddingScandal

#RagDollBride

#SluttyStepsister

Comments poured in—vicious, and relentless:

“Thought she was classy?? She’s literally fucking her sister’s groom in a hallway”

“Brands should stop using her as their model. She's disgusting.”

“Helene’s whole ‘elegant model’ persona just died on live TV.”

“Poor Freya. Imagine walking in on THAT.”

“Disgusting. Both of them. Hope they rot.”

“Hey Helene. I'm free come fuck me too.”

“Helene babe slide in my DMs I’ll give you the deep stroke Dylan couldn’t finish your sister’s man wasn’t enough huh? Bring that model pussy over .”

Helene and Dylan stumbled in through the double doors—hair mussed, clothes hastily straightened, faces flushed with the afterglow of sex and the arrogance of people who thought they’d gotten away with it.

They froze the second their eyes landed on the screen.

Helene’s mouth fell open. The color drained from her face so fast she looked like she might faint.

Dylan’s smirk vanished. His eyes widened, pupils blown black with panic.

The footage looped again—his hand cupping Helene’s breast through her dress, her head thrown back in ecstasy.

Helene broke first.

“No—no—no!” She rushed forward, voice shrill, grabbing at the projector cables like she could physically strangle the image. “What's this? This is a lie! Take it down! It’s edited—it’s fake!”

She spun toward Elaine, clutching her mother’s arm, tears already streaming. “Mom, tell them! Tell them it’s not real! Why's my video on the screen?!”

Elaine’s face was stone, fury warring with calculation, but she said nothing.

A tall man in a tailored charcoal suit stepped forward from the crowd—one of Helene’s biggest brand executives, the one who’d signed her to a seven-figure ambassador deal just last month.

He looked at the screen, then at Helene, disgust curling his lip.

“Consider every contract terminated,” he said, voice carrying across the room. “We don’t partner with whores who fuck their sister’s groom on her wedding day. We’re done.”

Helene’s knees buckled. “No—please—no, it’s a misunderstanding—”

Another executive—a woman in crimson—stepped up beside him. “Elegance Luxe is pulling every campaign featuring you. Effective immediately. We can't accommodate a slut.”

A third voice—cold, amused—came from the back. “I represent three magazines. Your face won’t appear in any of them again. Not even the back pages.”

One by one, they turned away.

Guests began leaving—slowly at first, then in waves. They walked past Helene and Dylan without looking them in the eye—shoulders stiff, lips curled in disdain. Some muttered loud enough to be heard:

“Disgusting.”

“Pathetic.”

“Never buying anything she endorses again.”

Helene’s sobs turned hysterical. She clawed at her mother’s sleeve. “Mom—do something! My career—everything I built—it's ruined!”

Elaine yanked her arm free, eyes glittering with something darker than anger—calculation.

“You should have thought about that before you spread your legs for your sister’s fiancé,” I said, voice low and steady.

The words cut through Helene’s cries like a blade.

Elaine whirled on me, face purple. “How dare you? Do you know what this has done to this family? To our reputation? You’ve humiliated us all!”

I met my stepmother’s gaze without flinching.

“Next time, warn your daughter not to overstep her boundaries. She fucked my fiancé right on my wedding day. In my venue. In front of me.” My voice dropped colder. “Maybe if you’d raised her with some dignity, we wouldn’t be here.”

Elaine’s mouth opened—then closed. For once, she had nothing.

Reporters pushed through the doors now—cameras flashing, microphones thrusting forward like spears.

“Helene! Is it true you seduced your sister’s fiancé?”

“Dylan Voss, did you plan this?”

“How long have you two been sleeping together?”

“Any comment on the footage?”

Helene screamed—raw, animal—covering her face with both hands as flashes blinded her. She shoved at the microphones, trying to push the reporters away. “Get away from me! Stop it! It’s not true!”

But they pressed closer, overcrowding her, voices overlapping, relentless.

“Helene, look here!”

“Just one question, did you regret it?”

“Sources say you’ve been sleeping with executives for years—is that true?”

Helene’s sobs grew louder, body shaking as she backed into Elaine, who tried to shield her daughter with her arms. “This is a private family matter!” Elaine snapped at the reporters. “We’ll handle it ourselves. Leave us alone!”

The reporters didn’t budge. More poured in. Phones were still

recording. The entire scene was live-streaming to millions.

Helene collapsed against her mother, crying so hard she could barely breathe. “Mom… everything I worked for… it’s gone… it’s all gone…”

Phones kept buzzing. Guests who hadn’t left yet were glued to their screens, some reading aloud in hushed, gleeful tones.

One woman near the back snorted. “Listen to this one: ‘Helene come over here baby I got free cock for you. No strings attached, unlike your sister’s wedding. (laughing emoji) #HeleneExposed’ — twelve thousand likes already.”

Another guest laughed outright. “This guy says: ‘Helene if you need a real man after Dylan fumbled, I’m here. I’ll fuck you better than he ever did. No wedding ring needed’ — Jesus, her DMs must be flooded.”

I stood motionless, veil dripping, watching the digital execution unfold. I didn’t need to check my own phone. The comments were everywhere—scrolling across screens, shared in group chats, trending higher by the second.

“From runway queen to hallway side-chick real quick.” someone read.

“Community pussy confirmed.” another voice added.

Helene’s cries turned to wails. She clawed at Elaine’s arm.

“Make them stop! Make it stop!”

But Elaine could only stare ahead, face pale, realizing too late that the scandal had outgrown her control.

I felt nothing but cold satisfaction.

They had laughed at me.

Now the world was laughing at them.

The room was emptying fast now—guests streaming out, heads shaking, phones still raised to capture every second of Helene’s breakdown and Dylan’s frozen silence.

Dylan stood rooted, face drained of color, eyes wide and glassy. He looked at me really and for the first time since the screen lit up. Fury. Shame. Helplessness. All of it flickered across his features.

He opened his mouth but nothing came out. I met his gaze but said nothing. Just a long, cold stare that said everything.

Then I lifted my skirts, stepped over the threshold, and walked out of the venue, head high, veil trailing behind me like a fallen banner. The doors closed on the chaos I’d created.

And for the first time in my life, I felt victorious and powerful.