Serena arrived at the private dining room in the restaurant as fast as she could. Hugh hadn''t ordered anything. Instead, he pushed a tablet across the table toward her on the screen was surveince footage from another angle.


    In the video, a man wearing a baseball cap was seen crawling under Ruth''s car. Serena''s pupils shrank instantly. "Cutting the brakes? That''s attempted murder!" Hugh, seeing her fury, also furrowed his brow.


    "I''ve already handed the footage over to the police. They''re tracking him down. I had Chandler investigate him beforehand this guy used to operate in the gray areas overseas.


    "When he came back, he couldn''t get a normal job because of his dirty record, so he started working as a problem-solver for shady people.


    "He''s a repeat offender, most likely a hired hand. These mercenaries are easy to find, but getting them to give up their employer? That''s another story."


    A heavy silence followed.


    Serena gripped the edges of the tablet tightly. "The scapegoat will take the fall, sure. But the mastermind? They won''t get away either."


    Hugh''s eyes darkened. "What are you nning?"


    Serena set the tablet down, her voice icy when she said, "Legal consequences are one thing. But the person behind this? I''ll deal with them myself."


    ...


    News of Ruth''s car ident quickly made it to the headlines in the entertainment news. Inte users soon flooded thements.


    "This is Luna Orchestra''s star performer! Who the hell would target her? Thank God it was just her leg and ribs-if she''d lost her hands, the culprit would have to pay for the rest of their life!"


    "No way this was just random-this guy had nothing to do with Ruth! Who


    believes there''s no mastermind? Someone list all her known enemies, and let''s go through them one by one."


    "Oh please, wasn''t there one just the other day? That one woman who threw a fit because Ruth invited a friend to be a judge? The same woman who bought fake trending topics to nder her? Wasn''t herst name Smith? Add her to the list."


    "I work in the industry-Ruth actually fired a violinist for breaching a contract a while ago. The name''s well known, but I won''t say it. You guys can look it up yourselves."


    "Oh, I know about this! It was KW, right?"


    "Bingo! You got it!"


    It didn''t take long for them to dig up two names-Wendy and Kade.


    When Wendy saw the news, her face went pale.


    If Zach saw this...


    She hurriedly spent her own money to pay off the media, bury the trending searches, and suppress the scandal.


    That kept the mainstream news quiet, but within the violinmunity, people were already whispering behind her back.


    She didn''t dare fight back. She could


    only


    , watchingmente


    aftment dragging her alment dragging her name


    through the mud, seething with rage.


    "This is all Kade''s fault! That stupid idea ruined me!"


    Sure, they''d found a scapegoat, so she wouldn''t go to prison. But public opinion wouldn''t let her go, either.


    She had wanted to climb the socialdder but now she was cklisted from the industry.


    She had shot herself in the foot.


    Furious, she nearly smashed her


    phone. But then she noticed


    something. Among the discussions about the fired violinist, someone had cracked the initials.


    It was Kade.


    "Fired?" She muttered to herself, ncing at the timestamp.


    Kade had already been kicked out of Luna Orchestra while she was stil coaching her? Then how dare she make her pay an absurd amount for private lessons?


    Wendy trembled with rage.


    "Kade Winter! Not only did you give me that awful n that ruined my reputation


    but you lied to me? I swear, I''ll tear you apart!"