Rural Belle & Three Heirs

Anissa's words left Quentin speechless for a moment.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, he finally spoke, his voice heavy with emotion, "Look, Anissa, some things are better left in the past. I really hope you won't stir up trouble.

You know why I married you back then, and you know how you gave birth to our three kids.

I've given you respect, so please don't make things difficult for me. If we can live peacefully, everything will be fine. Otherwise..."

Quentin didn't finish his words. Without waiting for Anissa to respond, he hung up the phone.

Staring at the abruptly disconnected phone, Anissa burned with fury. Yet years of practiced restraint allowed her to forcibly swallow the scalding anger rising in her throat. She blinked hard, the tears threatening to spill from her eyes now trapped behind an iron-willed dam.

To wield power, she reminded herself through gritted teeth, one must endure the invisible crown's weight-its responsibilities like barbed wire, its pressures like molten lead. Within moments, her features recomposed into their signature glacial mask, colder than midwinter frost crystallizing on glass.

Standing beside her, Isidora watched the complex changes in Anissa's expression carefully. At that moment, she suddenly understood why Anissa could hold her position as Mrs. Martin.

Because she could endure the grievances that ordinary people couldn't.

To impress Anissa, Isidora posted a message on a mysterious Facebook account. Overnight, a video of Aurelia slapping an ordinary people appeared on major media platforms across the country.

The TV, the internet, and video channels were flooded with discussions about the incident.

Some media outlets, to attract traffic, even edited high-definition footage of Adelaide slapping Isidora. In the video, Adelaide's slap landed clearly on Isidora's face. Isidora covered her face, looking aggrieved and afraid to retaliate.

Uninformed netizens were led to believe that Aurelia was abusing her power, using her status in the industry to assault an ordinary people.

Chloe woke up early and saw the news first thing in the morning.

She grabbed her phone and went to Adelaide's bedroom, intending to wake her up and discuss how to handle the situation.

Unexpectedly, Adelaide was indifferent.

Through the door, she told Chloe, "Chloe, don't worry. Let me finish my beauty sleep first."

When Adelaide stood up for Chloe, her hands trembled with panic at the thought of anyone so much as ruffling Chloe's hair. But now, as she found herself drowning in the whirlpool of public outrage, Adelaide yawned and applied eye cream with the serenity of a sloth on Valium - her "beauty sleep" took priority over collapsing reputations. Chloe was at a loss. She wanted to find Adelaide's assistant to handle the situation, but Adelaide's assistant, Juliet Scott, was just as unhurried as Adelaide.

Chloe was speechless.

Online, the discussions among netizens grew increasingly intense.

In just an hour, the news of Adelaide slapping a stranger became a trending topic.

The comments below numbered in the millions. Whenever someone mentioned Aurelia, a flood of netizens would immediately join the conversation.

Passionate netizens speculated about the incident, and Chloe roughly divided them into two camps.

The first camp firmly supported Isidora, saying that Adelaide, as a public figure, was wrong to hit someone.

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The second camp supported Adelaide, arguing that she had always had a good reputation and never had any scandals. If she was driven to the point of hitting someone, it must have really pushed her to the edge.

Of course, there was a third camp, who remained neutral, waiting for the truth to come out.

Zara and Rena also saw the news online.

Zara, with her fiery temper, kept messaging Chloe in the group chat.

[Chloe, the internet is blowing up. When is Adelaide getting up? Shouldn't we be doing some damage control? If this keeps up, it's only gonna get worse.]

Rena was also anxious: [Chloe, don't stress. I have evidence. Should I release all the videos? Isidora is so sneaky. I saw the edited video online; it's really well done.]

But no matter how worried the onlookers were, it was useless if the main character wasn't concerned.

Zara and Rena, seeing the situation spiraling out of control, took a car straight to the Davis Family's villa.

To lower the heat of the situation, the three of them each grabbed a computer, registered various accounts, and replied to comments.

Unfortunately, the combined efforts of the three of them were laughably outgunned. Every post they managed to publish vanished within minutes - like digital snowflakes melting under a flamethrower.

At this point, it didn't take a genius to realize there was a puppet master pulling the strings. Those suspiciously enthusiastic commenters? Probably bots fueled by espresso and stock photos, hired to drown out reality with keyboard warfare. Isidora? It didn't seem possible.

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With her financial resources, hiring so many people would be difficult.

The three of them had no choice. When their posts were deleted, they reposted them again and again, almost wearing out their keyboards.

While the three were struggling, Nicholas from the Davis Family in the Northwest also learned about the situation from Felix.

Felix sent the video he saw online to Nicholas's phone. "Mr. Davis, Ms. Davis has caused trouble. Look, it's a trending topic."

Felix pointed at the video, showing Nicholas. Nicholas watched the entire video and shared his thoughts. "I saw it. Adelaide's slap is as precise and firm as ever, leaving no chance for the other party to retaliate."

Nicholas was always confident in his daughter's ability to handle herself.

Felix was anxcious, "Mr. Davis, the internet is in chaos, and you're still admiring Ms. Davis's slapping technique? It's a trending topic. Shouldn't we help Ms. Davis lower the heat?"

As soon as Felix finished speaking, Nicholas shook his head. "No need, no need. Adelaide is in the entertainment industry. What's the fear of a trending topic? It's just a matter of hitting someone. Adelaide can handle it."

Nicholas was confident in her.

Felix was anxious. The situation had been fermenting for over ten hours, and Adelaide still hadn't taken any action. It seemed she hadn't been a trending topic for years and wanted to relive her glory days.

Nicholas was unconcerned, leaving Felix speechless.

In Sovereign City, Chloe, Zara, and Rena were still fighting fiercely with the netizens...noveldrama

Meanwhile, Adelaide, the person involved, finally woke up naturally. She shuffled into the living room with her assistant Juliet, wearing her slippers.

Seeing Rena, Zara, and Chloe busy, she asked in a playful tone, "Hey, girls, what are you all busy with?"