"You''re so disobedient. Didn''t I tell you to break things off with Amara? Why are you still in touch with her?"


    Right now, Keith and Amara were only friends. He could have simply exined that they had broken up and were just keeping in contact as friends, but he didn''t want to. Instead, he said, "Who I choose to keep in touch with is my business. I''m an adult—you don''t need to control my life."


    Edith''s anger red. "When have I ever meddled with your normal friendships? But is your rtionship with Amara normal? Is she even a normal person?"


    "What''s so abnormal about Amara?"


    Keith had been trying to hold back his anger, but when he heard his mother insult Amara, he couldn''t take it anymore.


    Edith was livid. "How could she be normal? What kind of woman gets pregnant before marriage?" She threw several things across the room, then turned on Keith and berated him again.


    Keith was done talking to her—he worried he''d lose his temperpletely. He shot her an angry look, mmed the door, and walked out.


    The office fell silent. After a moment, Edithposed herself and called Emma. "Mrs. Emma Everly, I have a question for you did the people you had following Amara find anything?"


    Emma responded, "I was just about to call you. Your son went to see Amara again today. They had lunch together at a restaurant. My contact took some photos-I''ll


    send one to you now."


    "All right, send it over."


    After hanging up, Edith quickly received the photo Emma mentioned. Seeing Amara and Keith sitting by the window, eating together, made her furious.


    She called Emma back and they plotted together, deciding to ramp up their online attacks on Amara.


    If they couldn''t deal with Amara in person, they''d at least ruin her reputation on the inte. Edith just couldn''t swallow her anger otherwise.


    Ever since the news about her pregnancy broke, Amara had still been checking trending topics online She noticed that in the past. Couple of days more and more people were attacking her, mostly focusing on the fact that she was pregnant out of wedlock


    There''s a saying: if you want to ruin a woman''s reputation, the easiest and most


    effective way is to spread rumors about her sex life.


    That''s exactly what people online


    were doing-iming she was promiscuous, that she must have


    slept around with many men, or she wouldn''t be pregnant withou


    knowing who the father was.


    Even though Amara didn''t care much about what others thought, seeing the nonstop stream of attacks online was still exhausting.


    She was in her room reading the news when she heard a knock at the door. "Who is it?" she called.


    “It''s me,” Finnian replied from outside.


    Amara bit her lip, reluctant to open the door.


    Didn''t they agree not to meet privately anymore? Why was he here again?


    "I need to talk to you," Finnian said through the door. "Can you please open up?"


    Amara sighed inwardly, got up, and opened the door. A few secondster, she saw Finnian standing there, looking out the window down the hallway.


    "I wanted to let you know-the people smearing you onlely, it''s Edith and my mother. They''ve paid a bunch of PR firms to keep stirring things up came to ask if you want me to help take the heat off you online."


    Amara had told him before not to interfere with the trending topics, so he''de to ask her directly.


    Amara paused for a moment, then said, "No, that won''t be necessary."