Chapter 272



“Belinda, what’s with the news I see trending on social media today?” Kenia asked in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Belinda was stunned for a moment. “Grandma, how did you learn about that?”

“Sarai told me,” Kenia responded.

After a brief pause, she continued, “You looked quite distressed at breakfast this morning. Did you see that post then?”

Taking a deep breath, Belinda responded, “Grandma, can we not delve into this now? I’ll explain everything to you later.”

On the other end of the line, Kenia’s tone was fraught with irritation. “Forget it! I’m tired of being dragged into this! But hear me out, Belinda, I support you getting a divorce! You should do it as soon as possible and put an end to this!”

Before Belinda had the opportunity to say anything, Kenia had already ended the call.

Biting her lip, Belinda was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

After a few seconds, she collected herself, put her phone away, and proceeded on her path.

Out of the blue, Ryan’s phone rang—it was his father calling.

He answered the phone. “Hello, Dad—I…”

He barely got the words out when Matias, irate, interjected, “Ryan! What’s wrong with you and Verena? Have you two been ignoring my words? Didn’t I tell you to keep Verena away from Lucas? Why is this happening now?”

Stunned by his father’s abrupt anger, Ryan was a bit confused.

After pausing to gather his thoughts, he queried, “Dad, what happened?”

With frustration lacing his voice, Matias retorted, “What happened? You should see for yourself on social media! It is utterly embarrassing!” With that, he abruptly hung up the call.

Ryan furrowed his brows slightly as he quickly checked the news.

Upon refreshing the page…

His face transformed in shock as he spotted the post dominating the top of the trending feed.

“Damn it!”

How could this have happened?

How were these two photos leaked online?

He had only shared them with Belinda!

Could it be that Belinda had uploaded them herself? A shadow fell over Ryan’s features as he considered the possibility.

He quickly scrolled down to the comments.

At first, the comments overflowed with compliments towards Verena, but then, a particular comment started gaining more attention.

“I work at Triumph Consortium, and I need to set the record straight: Verena is not our CEO’s wife! The CEO’s wife is actually someone else! From what I understand, Verena used to be Mr. Clark’s girlfriend before, but they split up years ago!”

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