Ste shook her head. "It''s nothing. It''s just... Joshua, you seem to be getting more and more decisive."


    Joshua offered a faint smile. "Mercy for your enemies is cruelty to yourself. That''s why you can never give them a chance to get back on their feet."


    As the two were chatting quietly, a few of the braver guests began to walk outside to see what was happening.


    Outside the door, Aurora sat on the ground in a daze. Her snow-white dress and face were sttered with the blood of the two brothers, creating a vision that was as demonic as it was beautiful, like a subus who had drained their very lifeblood.


    When people recalled how miserably Aurora had made the two brothers of the Fordham Group suffer, only for them to die in public, that bloody beauty transformed into something terrifying.


    Someone shouted, "Murder! Auroramitted murder!"


    Onlookers who didn''t know the full story were just emerging when they heard the cry, "Auroramitted murder!"


    Seeing Aurora covered in blood, the crowd didn''t have time to sort out the truth. They simply assumed she really had killed them.


    In an instant, Aurora was branded a murderous she-devil.


    Even those who could tell she hadn''t done it were so disgusted with her that they eagerly kicked her while she was down, spreading even more oundish versions of the story.


    "This Aurora is really something else. She''s not just ruthless, she can kill without even batting an eye."


    "It''s horrifying! A woman like that can kill you in a lover''s embrace or with her own two hands."


    "Aurora is quite the character! I heard her biological mother was some lowly fishmonger. The mother gutted fish, and she kills people. They''re both bloodthirsty to the bone."


    Even Skyler Williams thought the Fordham Group brothers had been killed by Aurora.


    Skyler had always thought highly of Aurora, believing her to be not only intelligent but also patient and capable of forbearance.


    He had assumed that when he didn''t intervene earlier, Aurora''s intelligence would have told her that he had a n in ce. She just needed to wait until the Fordham brothers were brought under control before finding an opportunity to turn the tables.


    Skyler couldn''t help but say, "Aurora, how could you..."


    With the crowd growingrger by the second, Skyler couldn''t speak too bluntly in front of so many people.


    He could only let out a heavy sigh and signal for Israel Williams and Coleman Williams to take Aurora away.


    They couldn''t afford any more public humiliation.


    As for the aftermath, they would have to deal with itter.


    Aurora was quickly led away from the scene.


    She was


    eplete daze. Not


    het


    even falling into the clutches of a terrifying


    o ge like the Tangle had


    left her in such a wretched state.


    In that moment, all herposure, grace, elegance, and dignity had vanished,


    leaving her as pathetic as a stray dog on the street.


    Everyone knew with absolute certainty that Aurora Williams was finished.


    At the Williams family estate.


    As a member of the Williams family, Ste naturally had to go home to watch the fallout from such a major event.


    With Jonathan Williams in aa and Aurora''s reputation in tatters, Skyler seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.


    Still, he pulled himself together and began issuing orders methodically.


    "Immediately block all the news and videos circting online. Announce that the videos are deepfakes... The deaths of the Fordham Group brothers have nothing to do with the Williams family. Go investigate the Chapman family. Perhaps they didn''t want any loose ends and arranged the assassination to avoid being ridiculed."


    The situation had unfolded too suddenly and was extremely unfavorable for the Williams family.


    Even though Skyler was trying his best to suppress it, with so many powerful and influential people present at the scene, it was nearly impossible to keep the news from spreading.