Thinking of this, Skyler sighed heavily again.


    His gaze swept over the faces of Israel, Coleman, and Ste.


    When his eyesnded on Ste, he paused for a moment before saying, "I''m going


    to check on Aurora. You all should get some rest, too."


    With that, Skyler turned and left.


    Because of Aurora''s scandal, Israel had also been thoroughly humiliated at the banquet.


    As he was leaving, he noticed many of his rivals looking at him with undisguised schadenfreude.


    He could already imagine the ridicule he would face from now on.


    This scandal was even uglier than the one he had caused when he was with Violet Yancey.


    At least he could marry Violet to take responsibility.


    Could Aurora marry the two Fordham family brothers?


    They were already dead.


    And even if they weren''t, were people like that marriage material?


    And she had gotten involved with two of them at once.


    Israel grumbled under his breath, "Aurora has really made it so I can never show my face in public again. I bet the shareholders at thepany will want to kill her tomorrow!"


    Coleman remained silent, but he nced over at Ste.


    Ste lowered her eyes slightly. "If there''s nothing else, I''ll be going."


    Although she had been recovering from her injuriestely, something this major had happened. She would definitely be at thepany meeting tomorrow.


    It was almost impossible to find a perfect solution to this crisis.


    The next day, despite Skyler''s best efforts to suppress the news, stories about


    Aurora''s ordid threesome still hit the trending topics.


    Aurora''s engagement party had been broadcast live worldwide.


    Although the explicit footage was only about ten seconds long, its cirction online was enough to cause a massive shockwave.


    Some "helpful" trolls who had been at the scene even shared theplete, uncensored, high-definition version.


    Even Leonard Lerman, who was still recovering from his injuries, received a call from Simone Lerman.


    After Ste''s surgery was sessful, Leonard had contacted Simone to tell her he wasn''t dead.


    His injuries from the fall into the sea hadn''t healed, and he had also been poisoned, so he couldn''t show his face for the time being.


    Simone wanted to visit Leonard but was turned down.


    He couldn''t let too many people know that he was currently recuperating at Mr. Gardner''s ce.


    Though she couldn''t see Leonard, Simone was still excited to share the gossip with him.


    "Leonard, did you see the video I sent you this morning? It''s first-hand footage I got my hands on!"


    Leonard''s reaction was utterly cold.


    "I didn''t watch it. I deleted it."


    In truth, he had clicked on it, but after a glimpse of the vile and obscene footage, he had


    immediately closed it, feeling no interest or even the slightest curiosity to continue watching.


    Simone, well aware of her brother''s dull and uninteresting personality, wasn''t bothered by his coldness and continued enthusiastically, "Those Fordham Group brothers actually tracked her down from the Triangle and yed that explosive footage in front of everyone Leonard, you should have seen how wanton


    Aurora looked.


    "I never really understood why you''d rather take a cold shower all night than touch Aurora back when you were drugged, but now I finally get it.


    "You had great foresight, ditching Aurora so early on.


    "Now, it''s not just guys like Sellers Burton, McCoy Chapman, and Sherman Burton who pursued her, but even her regr friends are beingbeled as her conquests.


    "Everyone is avoiding her like the gue, afraid of being associated with her in any way. Even Queenie Burton has had a bunch of scious rumors spread about her!"


    Of course, Simone herself wasn''t in a much better position.


    However, her falling out with Aurora was no secret among their social circle.


    They hadn''t been seen together in a long time, which had already sparked spection.


    But Simone had already hit rock bottom and didn''t care anymore.


    Seeing Aurora fall even harder than she had, she was absolutely ecstatic. Leonard remained silent.


    After chattering excitedly for a while, Simone seemed to remember something and asked in a hushed tone, "Leonard, the Williams and Chapman families have been trying to suppress the news, but it sti ended up trending. Those stories online... you let them out, didn''t you?


    "This time, no matter how silver-tongued the Williams family tries to be, it''s probably useless."


    If nothing else, Leonard controlled nearly half the mediandscape in Solmaris. When it came to suppressing news, none of the other major families couldpare.


    Leonard had a ruthless way of doing things and was often embroiled in negative press, requiring constant public rtions management.


    So, he had gone all in and seized control of the media.


    Even though it was only half, and some negative news still got out, it was enough for him.


    This time, without Leonard''s implicit permission, the news about Aurora might have caused a stir within their social circle, but it would have never hit the national trending topics.


    If it had been contained within their circle, Aurora''s reputation would have been ruined at worst, making it impossible for her to marry well.


    But with the public knowing...


    Aurora''s future waspletely finished.


    To ensure thepany wouldn''t be affected, Aurora would likely be removed from


    the family business.


    This was a far more devastating blow to Aurora than simply ruining her hand.


    Leonard, having been fond of Aurora for so many years, knew exactly what would


    be the most profound way to destroy her.


    Leonard was quiet for a moment before asking, "Is there anything else?"


    Simone felt helpless.