On the way, she calmed down and reyed the events in the elevator, puzzled by Finnian''s behavior.


    When they were trapped, the elevator must have been stuck somewhere between the sixth and seventh floors. If it had plummeted from that height, they would have undoubtedly been killed on impact.


    Yet in that critical moment, Finnian''s first instinct was to rush over and hold her tight, pressing her firmly against the elevator wall.


    By doing that, Finnian had minimized her chances of getting hurt, but he''d put himself in incredible danger. Why would he do that?


    This wasn''t the first time he had saved her at his own expense. It was precisely because of these repeated, selfless acts that she couldn''t bring herself to truly hate the man, even after what he''d done to her yesterday.


    And now it had happened again. Why?


    He was in love with Liliana, so why did he keep saving her, time and time again? Amara''s mind was a chaotic mess.


    She was disappointed about missing the press conference for *Whispers of Winter* and had been waiting eagerly for the media reports toe out.


    The next day, when she finally saw the coverage, she was furious.


    #UglyAmarise


    #AmariseSkipsEventAfterDisfigurement`<fne4b7> Newest update provided by Find_Novel(.</fne4b7>


    #Keith DefendsAmarise


    The hashtags were ringly prominent in the trending topics. The first two linked


    to articles from reporters viciously attacking her, iming she was too ashamed of her disfigured face to appear in public.


    They spected that she couldn''t


    get over the CEO of the Everly Group and was consumed by jealousy and insecurity at the thought of seeing Liliana, his soon-to-be fiancée, which was the *real* reason she''d stayed away.


    The articles used paragraph after paragraph to tear apart her appearance; painting her as a pitiful, sensitive, and jealous woman. They imed the difference between her and tiliana was night and day, and that Lilianapletely outshone her. Reading it, Amara didn''t know whether tough or scream.


    The third trending topic detailed how Keith had fiercely defended her against the reporters.


    Because Keith was a heartthrob and


    Amara was now painted as an "insecure, disfigured woman," his actions caused a huge stir. Trolls sw?rmed his social media, sting. him for his poor taste, and some of his fans even announced they were unfollowing him.


    Amara scrolled through thements, her stomach churning at some of the nasty things people were saying:


    "Is Keith blind? Why would he like Amarise? His taste is so bad it makes us fans look pathetic. I''m so pissed! Unfollowing!"


    "Same, I''m out. It''s not that he can''t date, he''s old enough, but can''t he find someone normal? Amarise is ugly AF, how could he even stand to look at her?”


    "Back off! Our Ama is incredibly talented! All you superficial, judgmental trolls can just get lost!"


    "LMAO, someone''s triggered. Can''t handle people calling your precious screenwriter ugly? Well, she is. Ugly, ugly, ugly."


    "Ugly my ass! Ama never said a word about dating Keith, so his fans need to back the hell off!"


    "Are you all insane? Stop making up fanfiction! My man just defended a friend. He said they were just friends! Can the stans and the haters please stop adding all this extra drama?!"