Chapter 572
Sweet Subterfuge
The revelation of Yvetteâs scandal in the past by the anonymous social media account not only completely ruined her chances of making a comeback in the entertainment industry, but also pushed her illegitimate daughter into the spotlight.
The article that was published was written by Larissa herself, so she blurred out any information that would identify her. During the editing process, Rena carefully reviewed the article to ensure that Larissaâs identity wouldnât be exposed before uploading it online.
Nonetheless, no secret could be hidden forever.
Larissa had lived with the Seymour family for many years. Although she was publicly introduced as Yvetteâs niece, those who were close to the Seymour family could guess that she was actually Yvetteâs illegitimate daughter after reading the exposé.
In the initial stages, this incident was just casual gossip discussed among the upper echelons.
However, after the gossip had spread further, it naturally reached the ears of the media Several media outlets had called the Winston Hotel to schedule an interview with Larissa, but they were all turned down by her assistant with various excuses.
Unwilling to give up, the journalists even put on disguises and loitered around the hotel for a few days to lie in wait for Larissa. When that didnât work, they pretended to be hotel guests and made multiple complaints, creating a scene so that they could demand a meeting with the general manager, which was Larissa.
Finally, the exhausted manager of the housekeeping department revealed that Larissa had been hospitalized due to a car accident.
The media outlets had an extensive network of information sources, so it wasnât difficult for them to find out which hospital Larissa was admitted to and even which ward she was in.
The only problem was, there were two groups of men taking shifts, guarding outside her ward around the clock. Not even a fly could enter her ward, let alone a human.
When they could not get an interview with Larissa, the journalists harassed the attending doctors and nurses who were in charge of her, even fellow patients on the same floor who had never met Larissa before.
Fed up with the mediaâs disturbances, the hospital received numerous complaints from everyone on Larissaâs floor. In the end, the hospital had to negotiate with Lewis, hoping that he could handle the media, who were becoming a terrible nuisance.
Lewis had been working alongside Gary since he was young, so he picked up some tricks from him on handling troublesome people ke the journalists.
Knowing the importance of media in the Internet era Lewis didnât engage in conflict with them.
Conversely, he politely invited all the journalists to a coffee shop nearby and provided them with sensational news that satisfied their curiosity. In exchange, they were prohibited from coming to the hospital to disturb the staff, nor could they try to dig up information about Larissa from other channels.
That night headlines that read âYvetteâs Two Daughters at Oddsâ were trending on the Internet.
Surveillance footage of Lana ramming her car into Larissa was uploaded online, and the number of views exceeded ten million.
Lanaâs actions were deliberate and intentional, making it clear that she had attempted to murder Larissa. There was no way that it could be brushed off as an accident.
The whole Internet was shocked.
Countless viewers online were terrified and alarmed at Lanaâs brazenness of committing murder in broad daylight, showing her contempl for the law.
Except for a few individuals with psychopathic tendencies and paid posters by the Seymour family, most of the comments left by netizens. online expressed their hope for severe punishment of the culprit.
At such a heated moment, an anonymous insider who described himself as a legal worker dashed everyoneâs hopes with a status update on Facebook. âThe culbrit is known to be men tally ill so she wonât go to prison. Everyone, just calm down and move on.â
However, public outrage by the netizens wasnât extinguished Instead, it grew more intense.
âNow, all the murderers will claim that they are m entally an excuse to get off scot-heel her?
âitâs terrifying! What il Lencounter a p sycho one day? I canât even imagine it! I urge the police to lock the culprit up and prevent her from harming others in the future!â
âWhy canât m entally il people be sentenced? Does that mean the victims who were killed by these people died in vain? Da mn it, I canât accept this! Who exactly is the law supposed to protect?â
âYvetteâs husband must be extremely rich, It wouldnât be difficult for him to take a medical certificate for his daughterâs diagnosis. I suggest that the police investigate thoroughly in case she is trying to pretend to be m entally il,â
The anonymous insider replied to the comment above. âThe investigation has been carried out. She does have a me ntal illness, and itâs quite severe, in fact. So yeah.â