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Chapter 268
After Lavinia found out about Miranda’s hidden “assets“, she stopped pushing so hard for Miranda to join the company. But she still couldn’t resist dropping a hint every now and then -like mentioning how the company was short on young talent, or that there was some new issue cropping up that needed attention.
Miranda could see right through her godmom’s motive. She knew the Lancaster Group was doing perfectly fine. Lavinia had built the company up so successfully over the years that it was hard to imagine anything could go wrong under her watch.
Taking the hint, Miranda brought up Caius and Hannah, the brother–sister duo who were already stepping up. Caius was starting to help manage the family business, and Hannah had chosen a major that aligned with business management. She’d even earned many certifications.
Lavinia was a bit surprised when she found out but quickly saw the potential in these two. The Lancaster Group was at a point where grooming successors made sense. She couldn’t manage it for the rest of her life.
Since her daughter wasn’t interested, Lavinia knew she had to consider other options for future leadership.
While Miranda was having her meal, the internet was going wild. It all started when Miranda shared a post from Celeste. Celeste’s fans went into a frenzy, targeting Miranda with their anger.
But just as quickly, a video surfaced showing Celeste berating Hannah on the set.
The footage not only captured Celeste’s harsh words towards Miranda and Hannah but also showed her eating leftovers and storming off after Miranda confronted her. The internet erupted in chaos.
Comments flooded in.
“Is this Ms. Sterling? Thanks to whoever showed us the real Celeste. Her facade is completely exposed. I thought she was different from other haughty celebrities.”
“Come on, if you realize who Celeste is, you’ll know getting a bit of a princess complex isn’t really surprising.”
“This is so embarrassing. A princess eating leftovers and then blaming others?”
“Ms. Sterling was supposed to be above it all, but she’s not looking too classy now.”
“So that’s what Celeste meant by people stealing her stuff? Sounds like she led her fans to bully others from
the start.”
“Our girl is genuine and real, doesn’t this show how she’s never been dramatic and phony? Unlike whoever shot that video with ulterior motives.”
Hannah chimed in by sharing Celeste’s post too. “Next time I’ll make sure there’s enough for two, so you don’t have to hit me again.”
Hannah’s words, though clearly sarcastic, drew sympathy. The truth was, she had been unfairly targeted.
Afterward, she commented under Miranda’s post, “Sis, it’s my fault for being useless. You always have to protect me.”
The internet loved it. Even if it was an act, Hannah’s vulnerability drew empathy from everyone. Fans of sisterly love were fired up.
“Mistreating people just because she’s a princess? This is no different from bullying!”
“What did our Angelic Hannah ever do to her? She was just there to support her sister!”
“Miranda, the ultimate protective sister! I adore her!”
“Angelic Hannah, there, there, you’ve got our support.”
“So what about Ms. Sterling leading a witch–hunt against Miranda and Hannah? Is she just going to pretend it
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never happened?”
“Mira is so cool! I’m rooting for her!”
“Our sweet Hannah’s just an ordinary girl. What did she do to deserve this from Celeste?”
“Putting hands on someone is just too much!”
Consequently, Celeste’s reputation took a nosedive. Her image as a down–to–earth, drama–free celebrity crumbled. With video evidence showing her true colors, the public magnified her arrogance and entitlement. The leftover–eating incident became a running joke.
“You must be starving!”
“Even a dog wouldn’t snatch food like that.”
“I’m telling you, you’ve had it!”
These phrases from the video became memes, even used in fan battles over celebrity pairings.
“You must be starving for any ship.”
“Is there no other ship to sail? Even dogs don’t snatch food like this!”
“I’m telling you, you’ve had it! (Celeste–style rant)”
Celeste hadn’t anticipated the video would leak. As her reputation plummeted, she lashed out at her team. “What’s the point of having you around?”
Celeste had always been the darling of the entertainment world, untouched by scandal. The ridicule, which she’d never received before, was a slap in the face.
Normally, Celeste didn’t bother with PR, so her team had barely exploited them, but this time she couldn’t let it slide. She demanded her team remove all negative content.
Given Celeste’s status, platforms usually monitored and blocked negative content about her automatically, mostly for the sake of her influential family connections which rendered them benefit.
But people noticed that as quickly as the videos disappeared, they reappeared. No amount of PR spending could keep them down. Instead, Celeste’s attempts to control the narrative only fueled the fire.
“No way. Did Celeste really try a PR cover–up? Anyone else noticed those videos vanished for a bit?”
