Chapter 179The backlash online almost drove Diane crazy that night.
Her life was a mess. Edmund had broken up with her. She was yet to come to terms with it when
netizens began to tear her to pieces on the Internet. Diane's heart ached severely. The pain squeezed
out the air in her lungs as she read the insulting comments.
As the spoiled child of rich parents, no one had ever scolded her, let alone hurl insults at her.
novelbinDiane had it all. She was wealthy, beautiful, and successful. People worshipped the ground that she
walked on. Now that they were attacking her, it pierced her soul.
In the beginning, they accused her of hyping up her relationship with Edmund. But after a Twitter user
tweeted that she was a homewrecker, everyone turned against her.
Diane screamed, "How am I a mistress and homewrecker?
That is Chelsea!
She had climbed into Edmund's bed while we were taking a break from each other.
If Chelsea hadn't shown up, I wouldn't be in this situation now. Edmund had been head over heels in
love with me at that time. I thought he would still take me back no matter how long I took.
Everything changed when Chelsea came into the picture. She thwarted my plan!" Diane was so delusional that she forgot an important detail; she had broken up with Edmund, not taken
a break from him when Chelsea climbed into Edmund's bed.
Another important detail she failed to acknowledge was that Chelsea was legally Edmund's wife, not a
side chick at that time.
The fault was on Diane even if she didn't want to admit it. She was the one who threw herself at a
married man. This made her the mistress, so the netizens who were dragging her were not wrong.
Diane bawled her eyes out. Philip gritted his teeth and said furiously, "Since he is so ungrateful, I will no
longer have mercy on him. The battle line is drawn!"
Philip had stalled teaching Edmund a lesson because he thought that the latter would come to his
senses soon. But now that he broke up with Diane tonight, Philip was so livid that he didn't intend to let
him go.
Flora's heart broke when she saw her daughter crying like this.
Tears welled up in her eyes. She embraced Diane and said to her husband, "Honey, I totally agree with
you. We must show that bastard that no one could hurt our precious daughter and go scot-free. But
that should come after we deal with the slanderous rumor that is spreading online."
Philip said crossly, "I'll ask someone to delete the posts."
The posts were taken down after he made a few calls. However, this didn't stop the rumors from
spreading. Diane's reputation was getting destroyed. Deleting the posts was a wrong move. Another uproar erupted on Twitter once it was done.
One of the tweets read, "Gosh! Money is indeed everything. Look at how the posts were taken down
with the speed of lightning!"
Another tweet read, "I'm so shocked. Influence and wealth really rule the world.
Diane must be filled with guilt now. Deleting the posts shows that she did all that she was accused of.
What a bitch!"
Philip suffered a migraine when he saw that his daughter was getting dragged again. He regretted
pulling the strings to delete the posts. It turned out that Diane would always be wrong in the eyes of the
public no matter what.
Flora suggested helplessly, "Diane, how about you go abroad like Sonya?"
The backlash against the Stevenson family was getting out of hand. Flora feared that Diane might be
attacked for a long time, so she felt sending her abroad was the best decision.
Diane shook her head vigorously. After biting her lower lip hard, she uttered resentfully, "No, I won't run
away! I will stay back and fight all my enemies. Why should I run like a coward? Since they made me
suffer, I will make their lives a living hell. They must pay!"
This decision didn't go down well with Flora. She said persuasively, "Let it go, Diane. Edmund doesn't
deserve you. You need to move on since he dumped you. Your father and I will deal with him while you
live a good life abroad." Flora didn't want Diane to risk her life just because she wanted to get back at Edmund and the others.
She wanted her daughter to move on even though she loathed Edmund too.
She believed that going abroad would give Diane a fresh start. After all, Edmund wasn't the only man in
this world. Love might find Diane if she put everything behind her, including that scum of a man.
At the thought of this, Flora continued, "Forget about that idiot. I'll help you find another man. This one
would cherish you with his life!"
"Mom, stop it! Do you ever care my feelings?" Diane yelled at her.
Flora was taken aback by this. After sighing deeply, she said unhappily, "I'm your mother. Of course, I
care about you. But you felt nothing big when you broke up with your foreign boyfriend and came back
to date Edmund back then, didn't you? Why now can't you move on from Edmund?"
Flora didn't think her daughter could be obsessed with a man. She and Philip had groomed her to see
men as stepping stones. Power and wealth were just as important to them as food. Love took the
backseat in their books.
At that time, Diane had immediately broken up with her foreign boyfriend and returned home when her
parents told her to do so. Flora thought she was still that sensible. She was shocked to learn that Diane
had a different mind now.
Diane wiped her tears and said resolutely, "I don't want to stay back because I love Edmund. In fact, I
hate him now. The only reason why I want to stay back is to take revenge on him and Chelsea! Why
did Edmund choose her over me? I won't let it go!" Diane didn't want to back down because she couldn't swallow her pride. She couldn't accept rejection
because she had gotten whatever she wanted since childhood.
She always did the dumping, not the other way around!
It was a slap in the face that Edmund dumped her when she badly wanted to marry him. To make
things worse, he did it because of Chelsea—a woman whom she felt wasn't worthy to stand side by
side with her. What an insult!
Flora was so helpless. She could only keep mute and watch her daughter behave so stubbornly.
"What's your plan?" Philip asked all of a sudden.
Staring into space, Diane clenched her fists and uttered, "First, I have to make a comeback to the
entertainment industry as soon as possible. Only when I am active in the circle can I teach Chelsea an
unforgettable lesson!"