Chapter 9
After uploading the recordings and Summer and Ethan’s marriage certificate online.
Within two hours, it shot to number one on trending topics.
Public opinion came crashing down like a tidal wave.
Summer, who was still retching at my house, was quickly whisked away by Ethan’s agent
The scandal spread too fast – Summer’s downfall became fact.
Their press statements were useless, online users wouldn’t buy it.
That’s when Ethan contacted me
“Ace, you’ve gone too far!”
“Won’t you be satisfied until you’ve destroyed Summer and mo?!”
“Since you’re forcing me to divorce, fine you win!”
Ho was in such a hurry that we went to the county clerk’s office that very day.
I was more than happy to comply.
Outside the clerk’s office, Ethan gave me a meaningful look.
“Ace, don’t regret this.”
Then he rushed off.
I guessed he was hurrying back to explain he was divorced, desperately trying to salvage Summer’s reputation.
After all, since quitting the geological survey team, he’d been living off Summer.
Watching his anxious, somewhat disheveled figure retreat, my eyes darkened with an unreadable expression.
As expected.
Within half an hour, the trending topics had shifted.
They were all about Ethan’s redemption.
“Always loved Summer, was married to Ace but without love.”
“Already divorced, no affair, no mistress.”
Through those lines, I could imagine Ethan’s smug face.
Ha deliberately confused the divorce cooling–off period with actual divorce, intentionally focusing on the romance
He posted hundreds of photos of his beautiful younger days with Summer to divert attention.
What skillful PR management
I curled my lips in a cold smile, silently waiting for public opinion to forment.
After trending all night, the comments gradually shifted from abuse to attacking me as love–starved and crazy.
Around down, seeing the timing was right.
I contacted the media again, sending them the marriage certificate
Another hour later, the trending topics imploded.
Top tranding topic: Scumbag Ethan Pierce and Shameless Summer Brooks.
Summer’s facado completely crumbled.
