But what if Chloe was just putting on an act? Who would even come up with such an astonishing plot?

Then, someone who said they were Chloe's neighbor spoke up, claiming that Chloe really did treat Annalise like that. Soon, more people joined in, backing up the neighbor's story because they'd seen it for themselves. Before long, everyone was trashing Chloe.

"No way. I can't believe that. It's the modern age! Who still treats their daughter-in-law like a nanny in their house?"

"She still shouldn't be treating her like that, even if she's a nanny."

"Yeah, exactly."noveldrama

"I don't get what she was thinking. Maybe she just couldn't stand seeing her son happy?"

"What about her daughter-in-law? Is she still putting up with it?"

"No, they're already divorced."

"The ex-daughter-in-law's a comic artist now."

Once people knew Annalise had gotten out of the Pelhams' nightmare, they all let out a big sigh of relief.

"Good for her ex-daughter-in-law! She's finally free from that family."

"She was awful to her daughter-in-law and grandson. Karma's bound to catch up with her eventually!"

Chloe sat in her car, glancing over at the villa. She saw the front door of the living room open, and a car drove off. She watched until it was out of sight, then looked away. So Rowena hadn't been lying to her after all.

Chloe pulled out her phone and saw a flood of online comments ripping her apart. It made her so mad. She honestly didn't think she'd done anything wrong.

To her, mothers-in-law and

daughters-in-law were always going

to clash. If she came out on top, it just meant her strategy worked, The moms who felt sorry for their.

daughters-in-law would only end up getting walked all over.

Chloe scoffed, figuring all these people online were just jealous of how good her life was. Why else would they be trashing her? That thought made her feel a little better.

...

Meanwhile, Eric was in his car, calling Zane. "Mr. Huxham, can you put Ms. Jamison on the phone? I need to talk to her about something important."

Zane handed me the phone while I was drawing. I took it and purposely put it on speaker.

Eric was working outside when he got a call from someone in the marketing department telling him to check out the trending news online. As soon as he saw it, he knew right away it was a perfect marketing opportunity. They could spend hardly anything and get huge results.

"Drop what you're doing and open any website. Check out the top trending news." Eric cut to the chase.

I pulled out my phone and saw that

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the accusations about Chloe mistreating her daughter-in-law were the top trending topic. I clicked on it,

ale enough, there was Chloe's

smug face front and center.

Even though I already knew she didn't like me, it was still a shock to see how calculated she'd been in mistreating me.

I didn't think people like that actually existed. And yet, here she was, laid bare for everyone to see.

I looked down. Back then, when she went after me, I actually wondered if I had done something to deserve it. It turned out that I hadn't done anything wrong, and she was just picking fights on purpose. "I've seen it. So what now?" I asked flatly.

"The marketing team wants to take advantage of this publicity. They're hoping for your input." Eric sounded like he was worried I might push back.