Chapter 199


    Next week was Nora’s birthday. She vowed to host a grand and extravagant birthday party, inviting all the celebrities in Meawood


    City.


    At the party, Nora nned to tarnish Harriet’s reputation, branding her as an infamous adulteress who had an affair after


    marriage.


    Then Delbert would divorce her and cease his protection.


    Harriet would be alone and helpless. By then, Nora could resort to all means to humiliate her.


    Nora also thought about hiring trolls to spread favorable topics for her, which would help her turn the tide.


    Neither would she spare L, the culprit who ruined her face.


    She already had a n to expose the scandalous affairs between L and Vernon to Marc. Her enemies would all fall from


    grace.


    Unbeknownst to her, Clifton was nning to sell her to an elderly


    man.


    After Vernon sessfully assumed leadership of the Morton Group, he didn’t bring Nora back to the Morton family. Instead, he


    neglected her, spending his days indulging in pleasures at Holy Night.


    omeone captured photos of Nora in the hospital and Vernon in a drunken state. These images were posted on Twitter, sparking


    rumors and insults online. People suspected that their rtionship was only a result of these scandals.


    The trolls hired by Vernon put all the me on Nora, sparing the Morton Group from any major issues.


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    However, this action caused the stocks of the Munoz Group to plummet, even more severely than when the scandal between


    Noral and Vernon first erupted.


    The Munoz Group’s funds were already strained, and after several


    incidents of tax evasion and stock market crashes, it was on the brink of copse.


    Fearing Delbert, Clifton didn’t dare to go to the ind and ask Harriet for Miriam’s legacy. He could only repeatedly call Nora,


    requiring her to resolve the crisis on her own.


    However, Nora’s phone had been off. When he asked Bessie, she simply evaded his questions.


    Due to the stock market crash and the negative public opinion, more than thirty hotels under the Munoz Group closed within just


    a few days.


    If there was no further capital inflow, thepany would soon go bankrupt and face enormous debts.


    Clifton had no choice but to ask his friends for financial assistance.


    “Go away! Don’te to mypany. | have nothing to do with the Munoz Group. Leave!”


    After much persuasion, Clifton finally managed to meet his previous business partner. Back then, they helped each other and


    even swore brotherhood.N?velDrama.Org holds text ? rights.


    However, upon hearing about the situation with the Munoz Group, the partner outright denied their rtionship and kicked him


    out.


    Clifton’s other friends also treated him terribly, refusing to engage with him and driving him away.


    They all shied away from socializing with him.


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    In this society, public opinion was paramount.


    If anyone were to be associated with the Munoz Group, which was at the center of public opinion, it would lead to a lot of trouble.


    As capitalists, they would never engage in such a loss-making deal.


    Fortunately, Clifton eventually found a friend willing to help him.


    “Thank you, Mr. Russell,” Clifton said gratefully..


    But the demands put forth by the person next made his face turn pale.


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