Bella had made a promise to herself: she would never fall into the same trap again.
As she sat in her office, her phone buzzed with messages from the “Thompson Family Secret Bureau.
”
[Asher: Bella, all the defaming news about you was taken down yesterday.
The social media accounts spreading rumors were suspended.
]
[Asher: Justin did all that.
]
[Bella: Oh, I guess I should thank him.
]
[Drew: He’s naive if he thinks deleting those posts will solve everything.
]
[Declan: Salvador Corporation’s stock price only fluctuated slightly this morning.
What a pity.
]
[Axel: Bella, we still need to take revenge on the Gold family, even if we can’t do anything for now!]
[Bella: Of course! I’ll take my time.
]
The messages made Bella pause for a moment, but she quickly refocused.
She called her assistant using the internal landline.
“Steve, come in.
”
Steven entered promptly.
“Any orders, Ms.
Bella?”
“Did you compile all the documents and evidence I asked for?” Bella asked, sitting in her leather chair and turning to face him.
“It’s ready.
We can hand it over to the authorities at any time,” Steven replied confidently.
“No rush yet,” Bella said coolly.
She leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs.
Her skin looked flawless in the soft sunlight streaming through the window.
“First, I want you to find a few media outlets closely linked to KS Group—something like ‘Hatchbay News.
‘ We’re going to release this news and draw public attention.
”
Steven frowned.
“Bringing the media into this could complicate things.
Wouldn’t it be better to catch the Golds by surprise?”
Bella’s lips curved into a small, calculating smile.
“I like a sense of ritual.
I won’t strike quickly.
I prefer to hold my prey down and let it bleed out slowly.
” Her fingers gently caressed the jade bracelet that Nigel had given her, and her gaze grew colder, more ruthless.
“After this is exposed, the Golds will be in trouble.
Zeke and his father are powerless against me, and Rosalind will have to beg Justin for help.
”
She muttered to herself with a smirk, “Justin, I’m curious to see how concerned you’ll be about your fiancée.
”
Later that evening, when internet traffic peaked, the news broke.
Within an hour, it went viral.
“KS Group terminates all cooperation with Gold Corporation due to serious quality issues!”
“Shoddy goods? Cutting corners? The quality of Gold Corporation’s subsidiary, Alia Furniture, is alarming.
”
Zeke and his father were caught completely off guard.
Their public relations team was unprepared and inexperienced, unable to control the spread of negative comments or delete them.
[Gold Corporation? Isn’t that Justin Salvador’s fiancée’s family? It’s unsightly for something like this to happen before their wedding.
]
[I thought his fiancée came from a wealthy family.
Turns out, they only sell poor-quality furniture!]
[Although I don’t want to judge a person based on their family, this is quite low-level.
]
[OMG, I have to return the furniture I just ordered from Alia Furniture tomorrow.