Chapter 70: The cold challenges
When Gianna woke up the next morning, she immediately checked her phone to see the explosive headlines, slandering Ava. But she didn’t find any, much to her surprise.
The smile on her face vanished, and her eyebrows creased. She checked the social media, expecting to see people cursing Ava. But there was nothing. No one discussed Dylan and Ava’s divorce. There was no mention of the reporters questioning Ava the day before. It was as if that incident hadn’t happened at all.
"What is going on?" she grumbled. Her initial excitement dissolved into frustration. "How can no one talk about Ava?" Her plan to publicly humiliate Ava had somehow failed, and she couldn’t comprehend how.
Unable to contain her frustration, she dialed the number of the reporter she had paid to release the news. The phone rang and rang, heightening her impatience until, finally, the woman picked up.
"What is happening?" Gianna snapped. "Why didn’t you publish the news? I gave you money, remember?"
"I don’t need your money anymore." The voice on the other end was curt, icy. "Because of that news, I lost my job. Now, stop calling me."
Beep
The line went dead, leaving Gianna staring at her phone in shock.
"She was fired..." she exclaimed, stunned.
A slow, chilling realization began to creep over her. Someone might have intervened and stopped the news from spreading. But who? Dylan or Nicholas?
"No, no, no..." she muttered, shaking her head. Dylan was unlikely to help Ava, especially after their fallout. "Dylan won’t do this. He hates Ava and has already divorced her. Why would he bother to help her? This must be Nicholas."