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CHAPTER 10

作者: Angela Ray
last update 最終更新日: 2025-10-21 22:41:21

Serena's POV

I woke up to noise the following day after the news came out. There wasn't the usual calm hum of the mansion. Instead, there was chaos: the sharp echo of phones ringing, hurried footsteps, and voices rising and falling like waves hitting stone. The peace I was trying to build was gone in an instant.

As soon as I stepped into the hallway, Leo was already pacing with his phone in hand, talking fast. “No, that’s not true. Delete it now. I said delete it!” He hung up and turned toward me, eyes burning. “The news is everywhere, Serena. Every gossip page, every news site. They’re calling you a fraud.”

My heart dropped. “What are they saying?”

He ran his hand through his tangled blonde hair, frustration written all over his face. “That you faked the identity. That you tricked us for money. It all started with Damian's interview but Vanessa’s videos are the real fire.”

I went with him to the living room, where the TV was playing on mute. The news broadcaster's li
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