Thorns Grow After Betrayal (Celeste and Chester) novel Chapter 205

Celestine gripped her phone, tapping into the latest trending topic.

She quickly realized that the notifications she’d glimpsed earlier were now pinned to the top of every major social platform, their click counts soaring past a hundred million.

Under the post about Chester offering a massive reward, the comments section was on fire.

[No Day Off Tomorrow]: Chester’s married? His wife vanished? A five-million-dollar reward for finding her?! This is the juiciest drama ever! Where are the paparazzi—on vacation?

[Big Thunder, Little Rain]: Smells like billionaire family melodrama. Mrs. Fordham disappeared off the coast near my place, but everyone knows there are sharks in those waters around Portside. Spending that much to find her…I’m not holding my breath.

[Patch Up]: Well, well, didn’t the whole internet used to ship Joanna and Chester? Joanna’s fans were always calling him “brother-in-law” on the Fordham Group’s page! Guess who’s the clown now, ha!

[DAOSHI]: Truth above! Joanna’s fans are literally outside Fordham Group with banners—laughed so hard I almost choked.

As Celestine scrolled through the comments, her confusion gave way to curiosity.

She clicked into the Fordham Group Official account.

The first thing she saw was an onslaught of black avatars with Joanna’s fan tags, spamming black images with bold red letters: “Chester, how will you ever repay Joanna for what you owe her?”

Celestine’s gaze turned unreadable.

Below, the outrage only intensified.

[Joanna’s Butterfly]: Chester, what kind of man are you? Couldn’t you at least wait until your wife was dead before leading Joanna on?

[Beauty Joanna]: So you toss out a casual ‘I’m married’ and expect us to forget years of Joanna’s dedication? Do you even know how much she's been hurt? You’re no man, Chester.

[Love Joanna]: That woman better be dead! Everyone knows Joanna and Mr. Fordham are close—how dare some nobody come between them! What a shameless tramp.

Joanna’s fans lashed out at everyone—no one was spared, not even “the dead woman” herself.

Celestine included.

Her eyes went cold.

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