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    Criticism of Cathy’s poor acting skills, lip-syncing during performances, stic surgery rumors, and allegations of climbing over her former friends during her three years abroad to bully neers flooded the trending topics.


    Watching the news spread like wildfire, Belinda raised an eyebrow.


    No wonder Kristopher wanted her to clear things up!


    The pressure from the online bacsh must have be too overwhelming for Kristopher to manage alone.


    At that moment, Madisyn’s call interrupted her thoughts. “Belinda!”


    Madisyn’s excitement was palpable. “Have you seen the news online? Karrna’s real! Cathy thought she could manipte public opinion to destroy you, but it backfired spectacrly! Now her reputation is in shambles! She was really shooting herself in the foot!”


    Belinda furrowed her brows. “Madisyn, besides me, who else has Cathy wronged?”


    Although she was pleased to see Cathy facing bacsh, she knew the scale of this public outcry couldn’t have emerged from mere public sentiment alone.


    Madisyn coughed lightly on the other end, her guilt evident. “Well, Cathy’s personality would naturally ruffle a few feathers, wouldn’t it? She…”


    “Madisyn.”


    Belinda’s tone sharpened. “Manipting public opinion like this, how much money did you spend?”


    She knew Madisyn too well. Whenever Madisyn lied, her voice always faltered.


    “I can’t hide anything from you.”


    After a long pause, Madisyn sighed. “I couldn’t stand seeing Cathy hurt you, so I chipped in over a hundred thousand to sway public opinion…”


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    “Madisyn.”


    Belinda’s frown deepened. “If it was only a hundred thousand, Kristopher’s team could easily quash thosements.”


    Her voice grew serious. “Tell me the truth, how much did you spend?”


    “It was just over a hundred thousand.”<fn9874> Chapters first released on F?ndNovel</fn9874>


    Madisyn sounded anxious. “But my hundred thousand was just a drop in the bucket. Most of the funds came from Allen and some mysterious benefactor behind him!”


    Belinda’s hand holding the phone paused. “Allen was involved?”


    “He was.”


    Madisyn hesitated. “But Allen’s just the executor. The real financier is the mysterious man behind him. I tried asking who it was, but he wouldn’t say. Maybe it’s some wealthy admirer from the upper echelons of Nawrin.”


    Madisyn’s words sent Belinda’s mind into a whirlwind.


    This mysterious benefactor…


    It probably wasn’t a secret admirer.


    But…


    “Mr. Cox.”


    Meanwhile, in a corridor of a hospital in Nawrin, Marc handed Kristopher a document. “Everything’s been traced. Allen orchestrated the smear campaign, but before he manipted public opinion, he received two significant transfers. One was for one hundred and fifty thousand, from Madisyn. The other was a muchrger sum…” Marc paused. “It was transferred by your grandfather.”


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