Ember was moved to the bed beside Atlas, so he could see her every time he turned his head.
He
e spent every day by her side, and he’d trace his fingertips gently on her eyebrows and eyes over and over again.
“Ember, the people who hurt you have already been dealt with. Please, open your eyes and look at me, won’t you?”
However, there was no response from the unconscious Ember.
Meanwhile, the Langford siblings, who had been disgracefully cast out of high society, were struggling
to survive.
Kaylee had previously leveraged her connection to Atlas to secure a modeling job with the Fergusons‘ company and access to the elite social circle.
However, her manipulative and insincere behavior had left her with few genuine friends.
Now that Atlas had blacklisted her, she not only lost her job and housing but also became a pariah within those circles.
Spencer was in an even worse position. A talentless drifter, he had been no different from a homeless vagrant before his brief association with Atlas.
With no status left and their lavish spending habits unchanged, the siblings quickly burned through their savings.
They had been living in a villa provided by Atlas, but they were forced to squeeze into a cramped 300- square–foot rental apartment now that it was repossessed.
“It’s all that cursed Ember’s fault! Now we have no money and no employment–what are we supposed to do?” Spencer grumbled angrily.
Kaylee frowned in thought for a moment before her face twisted into a sinister smile. “I have an idea.”
Not long after, a livestreaming account suddenly went viral across the Internet.
The stream featured a brother and sister: the man appeared downtrodden and dejected, while the woman looked pitifully delicate.
Kaylee wept in front of the camera as her tears fell like raindrops.
“Everyone, please judge this for yourselves…” she sobbed.
“My boyfriend was with me, yet he’s still obsessed with his ex. Now he’s kicked me out of the house for her and even dragged my brother down with me. We’ve lost our jobs because of this–what are we supposed to do?”
She painted herself as a helpless victim and pinned all the blame on Ember.
Her fabricated story quickly caught fire online, gaining support from countless clueless netizens who flooded the comments with words of encouragement,
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Some went as far as digging up Ember’s personal information, leading to an onslaught of cyberbullying
Seeing the overwhelming tide of support, Kaylee smirked in satisfaction. But she watched in shock as the comments section went completely blank the very next moment.
Her live stream was abruptly cut off, and there was a lid knock at the door.
Spencer’s face paled instantly. “What’s going on?”
He started toward the door to lock it, but it was smashed open before he could. A group of bodyguards then stormed into the tiny apartment.
Atlas stepped through their ranks with an ice–cold expression. His gaze was filled with murderous intent as he looked at the two of them.
“A–Atlas?” Kaylee stammered, nearly biting her tongue in fear.
Seeing the terrifying expression on Atlas‘ face, Kaylee immediately crawled to his knees, clutching at him while crying.