Billionaire's match novel

---- Chapter 781 Less than half an hour later, another "helpful netizen" dug up Angela's past scandals-how, years ago, she had interfered in Khloe and Trey's relationship, spreading rumors and slandering Khloe. These old grievances, combined with the new "evidence', instantly thrust Angela into the eye of a social media storm. Online attacks hit her like a tsunami. Her social media accounts were hacked; her inbox flooded with curses and insults; some even began doxxing her-posting her home address, phone number, and family information.

Angela stared at her computer and phone screens, pale as paper, trembling all over at the hateful messages and ceaseless harassment. She hadn't expected Khloe's retaliation to be this brutal, this fast-not only forcing the media to grovel in apology but practically exposing every last shred of her past. "Barney! Barney! Look! Khloe's gone crazy! She's attacking me online! Those chat records-they're fake! Forged!" Angela clutched Barney's arm, her voice sharp with desperation. Barney stared at the escalating online frenzy, his face ashen.

He realized immediately-this was definitely Khloe's doing, a ---- coordinated strike meant to ruin Angela completely, dragging Solara Energy and himself into the crossfire. "You said the editor was reliable!" Barney paced the room in agitation. "What happened with him?" "|... [don't know! He took the money, | swear he did!" Angela wailed. Barney's eyes darkened as he stared at the screen. Then it hit him. "Khloe must have found a bigger leverage over that editor, or offered him a deal he couldn't refuse.

She's even more ruthless than | thought." Seeing Angela panic and realizing Solara Energy had been dragged in, too, fueling the fire of public outrage, an uncontrollable anger surged through him. He couldn't just sit by. He tried calling Khloe, but couldn't get through His first instinct was to manage the public relations online.

He immediately contacted his legal team, issuing warnings to the trolls who had been attacking him, and simultaneously redirected the narrative-portraying the whole incident not as Khloe's calculated attack, but as a commercial rivalry spiraling out of control, with Khloe allegedly manipulating the media for unfair competition. ---- Moreover, Angela's personal information had been exposed without reason-clearly a targeted act of revenge. Even if Khloe was the boss and Angela a subordinate, did that justify such public humiliation?

After a night of nonstop monitoring and damage control, the public opinion had split sharply. What had once seemed like a one-sided scandal now looked like a messy, unpredictable power play in a corporate battlefield. Barney had gone without rest all night. By morning, he headed straight to the Hunt Group. Angela didn't want him to appear publicly now, and Barney knew, this wasn't the time for a face-to-face confrontation. But this time, he wasn't just acting for Solara Energy; he was doing it for Angela. He didn't believe Khloe was so ruthless.

All this had been his misjudgment, and it had resulted in Angela suffering continuously. Angela couldn't stop Barney-she could only follow. Before getting out of the car, Barney held her back. This time, he would face Khloe alone.