He Waited She Wilted (Ottilie and Yorath) novel Chapter 83

Ottilie turned a deaf ear.

Was Yorath having feelings for her supposed to be some grand achievement?

Jevon dropped Ottilie off at the Meridian Villa and watched her walk inside.

He smoked a cigarette outside the gate before finally driving away.

Back inside, Ottilie cooked herself a bowl of noodles.

She planned to go to bed early so she could wake up and hand out more flyers.

Suddenly, her phone started buzzing incessantly.

She checked it. It was a flood of messages from old showbiz "friends" she hadn't spoken to in years.

They all sent the same thing: *[Congratulations on your discharge from the hospital.]*

Ottilie scrolled through her social media feed. It was flooded with posts wishing her a speedy recovery and hoping for the massive success of Echoes of Antiquity.

She exited the app and opened her browser.

The news was entirely dominated by entertainment moguls issuing joint statements, fully supporting her return to the spotlight.

They had explicitly linked her name with Nyssa Tarrant and Echoes of Antiquity.

A few highly respected industry veterans even weighed in.

*[We need to give patients a second chance. We shouldn't blackball someone forever just because they fell ill and made a mistake.]*

Even the "victim," Heath Schmidt, posted a statement.

*[Our acting was just too realistic back then. We failed to inform Ms. Sewell about the last-minute stand-ins, which led to the tragic misunderstanding.]*

Bryce Cameron publicly took the blame for the incident.

Nyssa even posted a three-minute video passionately defending Ottilie.

Just like that, Ottilie made a highly publicized, triumphant return to the entertainment industry.

At the very least, no major influencers were dragging her name through the mud anymore.

She knew Yorath was the invisible hand orchestrating all of this.

He had even calculated the exact domino effect of halting the release of Echoes of Antiquity.

But this only made Ottilie feel that Yorath was terrifyingly manipulative.

Lying in bed, unable to sleep, she tried calling him. No answer.

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