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    “It’s in to see—these two women are victims. The Harpers sit on wealth and power. For the Harper family, crushing them would be as effortless as brushing aside a fly. You need to let them go now!”


    “Who was it that called the police?” The shout cut through the mor as four police officers stepped out of the elevator, their stern faces scanning the chaos as they approached.


    “Officer Archer!” Darrell rushed forward, shaking the lead officer’s hand. “Here’s the situation. Those two women inside…” Darrell briefly exined.


    The officer’s eyes swept over the crowd before he barked, “Take them all to the police station!”


    “What…” Keira muttered, stunned as everything unraveled before her eyes. She had expected the police to question Darrell first, then march straight to the Harper family to arrest Shepard and Giselle. But reality veered far from her imagination.<fnf370> Read full story at F?ndNovel</fnf370>


    Although Keira was taken away by the police, she noticed a throng of reporters waiting at the hotel entrance. These weren’t the ones she had staged upstairs with rented equipment—these were professionals. Instead of fear, a surge of excitement welled inside her. The bigger the spectacle, the more everything would y to her advantage.


    She deliberately turned her bruised face toward the cameras, ensuring every mark was captured. But her triumph was short-lived. Before she could get close, the Empire Hotel’s security swarmed in and escorted the reporters inside.


    Keira’s lips twisted with dissatisfaction as she watched them go. Would they be silenced? Threatened? Perhaps even roughed up to keep this quiet? What a pity. The Harper family’s scandal was ripe for exposure, yet it was being buried. Against the Harpers, she could never truly win.


    As Keira was guided to the police car, her thoughts churned. Sandra was loaded into a separate vehicle, while the troublesome reporters were carted to the station in the hotel’s cars. The situation was contained, and Keira and Sandra were both taken to the police station.


    Despite orders to bury the story, by morning, the scandal had still erupted across major media. Headlines screamed of Shepard’s legitimate wife attacking a mistress and an alleged illegitimate daughter, causing serious injury and forcing their detention. Though not the top trend, the story saturated Shirie and even reached Vand’s major outlets.


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    Ernst arrived at work, his face a storm cloud. In the conference room, the PR team sat slumped, drained of vigor. Despite their efforts to quash the news the previous night, it had resurfaced within thirty minutes, spreading like wildfire. By morning, the shares and views had skyrocketed to explosive levels.


    Even thebined power of the Harper Group’s and the Mitchell Group’s PR teams couldn’t douse the ze.


    Ernst’s phone buzzed. Ethan’s voice came through, steady but urgent. “Someone’s pulling strings behind this. Otherwise, our families’ joint efforts would’ve killed the story.”


    “What do we do?” Ernst had no good solutions left.


    “Go to the police station. Get Keira and Sandra released. Then, invite the media for a public DNA test of Sandra’s hair and blood. Give the public answers. I’ll handle steering public opinion. We can’t let mistresses think they can do anything. What would that say about marriage? What’s the point of it?”


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