Chapter 6: The Counter-Attack
Chapter 6: The Counter-Attack
Patricia Whitlock was not a woman who went down without a fight. Seeing her son humiliated and facing prison time herself, she decided to play dirty. She contacted a famous tabloid journalist, Evelyn Vance, known for destroying reputations.
"I have an exclusive," Patricia told Evelyn over a secure line. "Clara Mason is using her corporate power to launch a personal vendetta against my family. She trapped my son into an engagement under a false identity, manipulated our business finances from behind the scenes, and then staged an arrest at the wedding to ruin our names. She’s an emotional psychopath."
That evening, a smear campaign launched online. Articles titled “The Hidden Tyrant: How an Heiress Manipulated an Aristocratic Family” started trending. The narrative claimed Clara had intentionally hidden her wealth to entrap the Whitlocks into a vulnerability loop, using her father's tailor background to gain sympathy.
Clara watched the news report in her apartment, sipping a glass of red wine. Chloe was pacing around the room, furious.
"Are you going to let them get away with this? They’re turning you into the villain!" Chloe cried.
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"Let them talk," Clara said calmly. "A tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep. Patricia thinks she’s playing chess, but she doesn't realize I own the board."
Clara picked up her phone and dialed a number. "Mr. Harrison? The security footage from the ballroom. The unedited version, with full audio of Patricia calling my father a 'common peasant' and Andrew telling me to apologize for her destroying my dress. Leak it to the main networks. Now."
