Chapter 81

Selena was fuming the second she saw the news. While getting people to suppress the headlines and dig into whoever was pulling strings behind the scenes, she also tapped into her showbiz connections to leak every bit of dirt she could find on Ethan—and Claire didn't get away, either. Soon, the narrative flipped. At first, everyone was going after Emma, but now they were calling Ethan out for cheating and being the "other guy." Claire got dragged into it, but thanks to Michael locking everything down, digging into her past was next to impossible. Which ironically made people even more suspicious of Ethan—looked like he was going all out to cover for his mistress. The mess got worse by the hour. Public opinion took a sharp turn, and both the Hunt and Grace family stocks took a nosedive. Claire hadn't expected someone to take Emma's side, bringing all the heat down on her. She was totally caught off guard. Luckily, when she fed the reporters that tip, she hadn't used her real ID. Meanwhil