The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 343

Yulen answered quickly, his voice gentle. "Grandma? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, it's not that. I'm calling about Winona..."

She gave him a frantic rundown of the horrific video circulating online, ending with a heavy sigh. "I really want her to quit that awful job immediately, but she won't listen to a word I say. Can you think of a way to help?"

Yulen, naturally, wanted nothing more than for Winona to quit working altogether. He smoothly played along. "It looks bad, but it's actually an easy fix. I'll have my legal team handle it. But you know how it is—whenever I mention her resigning, she loses her temper with me. My hands are tied."

"She dares to lose her temper with you?" Nikita bristled with indignation. "It seems she's forgotten everything I taught her!"

Yulen sighed softly. "It's not really her fault. Winona didn't use to be like this. She's probably just being negatively influenced by her friends and coworkers."

"It all comes back to that ridiculous job of hers!"

Nikita thought about the women of her generation. They had always put their families first, and things like separation and divorce were virtually unheard of.

Young women nowadays threw around the word 'divorce' at the drop of a hat, and it was entirely because they went out to work and got arrogant.

Sure, they might enjoy the 'freedom' of being single now, but when they grew old with no children around to care for them, they would bitterly regret it.

Nikita refused to let Winona make a mistake she'd regret. "I'll leave the internet mess to you, Yulen. I'll figure out a way to force her to resign. She absolutely cannot keep working there."

"It's the least I can do for family. It's no trouble at all."

After ending the call with Nikita, Yulen summoned his assistant. "Have you had all those defamatory videos of my wife scrubbed from the internet?"

His assistant hesitated. "Mr. Locke, taking them down isn't the best strategy right now. The videos are AI-generated. The only way to truly clear her name is to publicly prove they're fake."

"There's no need to prove anything," Yulen ordered coldly. "Just force them offline."

All he cared about was shielding her from the brunt of the public abuse.

As for clearing her name?

She didn't need that.

Only when she was thoroughly beaten down by the world would she finally be willing to quit her job.

***

Seeing the Goddard Group's official account post the forensic report and watching the public tide begin to turn, Winona finally let out a breath of relief.

Nolan called her again.

"Winona, the PR department thinks we should host a live stream on the official account to formally clear the air. What do you think?"

"Let's do it," Winona agreed without hesitation. "It's the perfect opportunity for everyone to see the difference between my real face and an AI."

The next afternoon at two o'clock, Winona walked into the company's streaming studio.

Nolan and the PR team were adjusting the equipment. Seeing her arrive, Nolan offered a quick warning. "Winona, if any trolls hop into the chat to stir the pot, stay perfectly calm. Don't let them get to you."

"I know what to do," she nodded.

Nolan had the PR department boost the stream across multiple trending tags. As soon as the broadcast started, tens of thousands of viewers flooded in, hungry for drama.