Chapter 375


    I’ve poured my heart into raising you, and you go and do something that drags the Gilbert family name


    through the mud. How could you do this to me?” Mandy’s face was raging. like thunder as she berated


    her daughter, her voice heavy with disappointment.


    Summer’s lips twitched into a faint, wry smile. “What have I done? I’m a victim here, too, Mom. Can’t


    you at least try to get the full story before you jump to conclusions?”


    “You said to someone over the phonest night that everything was under control, and now it turns out


    you were nning something evil again,” Aiden interjected, shaking his head in disbelief as he


    approached.


    Summer shot Aiden a frosty nce, knowing full well that her mother’s fury had something to do with


    her meddling brother.


    At that moment, Mandy’s voice carried through the tension. “If I hadn’t figured out what was going on, I


    wouldn’t have pped you earlier. Your phone conversation with that person is all over the inte


    now. How do you n to exin that? The Gilbert family’s reputation is in tatters because of you.


    What’s your excuse?”


    Summer pressed her lips together tightly, her hands clenching at her sides. Reputation, reputation–it


    was always about reputation with her mother. In her mother’s eyes, nothing and no one could ever


    trump the family’s image.


    “If you’ve already made up your mind about what happened online, why bother asking me at all? What


    difference does it make?” Summer said with a light chuckle, masking the hurt. “What kind of attitude is


    that?” Mandy frowned.


    Summer remained silent, her eyes downcast, the imprint of her mother’s hand vivid on her cheek. Her


    face, already worn thin from stress, looked even more pitiful under the mark of


    violence.


    Mandy watched her daughter quietly for a moment before relenting. “Enough. Have your agency take


    care of the mess online. We can’t have the Gilbert family’s name tarnished because of this.” With that,


    Mandy turned and left. She didn’t want to walk into her office and face whispers about having a


    daughter with such spiteful intentions.


    Summer watched her mother’s retreating figure, the chill in her eyes deepening. She soon pulled her


    gaze away and fixed it on Aiden. “Are you satisfied now?”


    Aiden frowned. “This is your own doing. What does it have to do with me?” If she didn’t keep stirring up


    trouble, there wouldn’t be any scandalous headlines online.


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    Summer gave him a nk look and walked towards the mansion’s grand entrance.


    Meanwhile, Leo had just woken up to find several missed calls on his phone, all from Collins. Puzzled,


    he dialed one back. The call connected quickly.


    “Collins? Were you trying to reach me about something urgentst night?”


    Collins was seated in front of hisputer, his face weary from a night with little sleep but still alert.


    “Have you checked Twitter in the past couple of days?”


    Hearing this, Leo immediately understood what he was referring to. “Yeah, I’m aware of what’s going


    on Twitter,” he responded.


    Collins raised an eyebrow. “Ah, so you know already?” He had thought Leo might have missed the viral


    truth bomb on Twitter the night before.


    Leo walked over to the floor–to–ceiling windows and drew the curtains. “Yeah, Zach’s already got


    people drafting a legal notice.”


    “I hope the legal notice is for Jay. The malicious nder, followed by an apology online iming he was


    misled and trying toe off like a victim–it’s just disgusting.” After a pause, Collins snorted. “Does he


    think his useless apologies were enough?”


    “Exactly, that’s why I don’t intend to–wait, Collins, what apology?” Leo asked, sounding


    confused.


    What apology? Misled by whom? It seemed like they were not talking about the same


    incident.