?<strong>Chapter 418:</strong>


    Adrian squeezed her hand tightly, his eyes glistening with unshed tears. “Let’s say goodbye together.”


    Eventually, Joelle allowed herself to be guided away from the grave, walking alongside Adrian.


    Her heart shattered as she watched the coffin being covered with thick soil, sealing Rnd’s final resting ce as if creating an imprable barrier between her and the life she had lost.


    After the ceremony, Joelle’s fragileposure finally crumbled, and she broke downpletely in Adrian’s arms.


    Joelle still hadn’t woken up when Adrian brought her home.


    He gently cleaned the dirt from her hands with a warm towel, taking special care with her fingernails. As Shawn entered the room to speak with him, Adrian ced a tender kiss on Joelle’s forehead before standing up to leave.


    “Take a look at this,” Shawn said, handing Adrian a tablet. The screen disyed pictures of Joelle at the cemetery, taken secretly and now spreading across the inte.


    Thements online were harsh and cruel, criticizing Joelle’s wless appearance at her son’s funeral. Some even questioned the authenticity of her grief. The vitriol in thements was overwhelming.


    Adrian knew that seeing them would break Joelle. He handed the tablet back to Shawn. “Don’t let Joelle see this.”


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    Shawn nodded and then asked, “Who invited those reporters today?”


    The news of Rnd’s death had not been made public yet, so someone with a hidden agenda must have contacted the media. Adrian instructed Can to investigate.


    It was soon revealed that the person behind the reporters was someone with thest name Potter.


    “Wade Potter?” Shawn asked, recognizing the connection to Rnd’s real parentage.


    Adrian suspected Wade was retaliating against Joelle for not returning Rnd to him.


    “This is too much! Does he realize how damaging thesements are?” Shawn eximed.


    Adrian’s face hardened with anger. That night, he struck back by tanking the stock of Wade’spany. Simultaneously, he leaked several of Wade’s scandals to shift the public’s focus away from Joelle.


    It was uncovered that Wade had umted significant debts before his brother’s death, transferring them into Chris’ name and exploiting his death for financial gain.


    Wade had always imed that his actions were motivated by love for his brother, but it was merely a facade.


    Opinions on the inte quickly split into two camps. Some argued that all rich peopleckedpassion, while others continued their relentless criticism of Joelle. During this time,


    Joelle’s loved ones cut off their inte ess to avoid the upsetting headlines. Unaware of the online fallout due to their absence, they didn’t realize that the Finch family had publicly supported Joelle.


    However, this support was quickly overshadowed by the prevailing negative sentiment online.


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