CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN – THE LINE IS DRAWN

"This is outrageous!" Veronica raged, her perfectly coiffed hair a tempestuous halo around her imperious features. "Jasmine is a true artist, a visionary! How dare they accuse her of such duplicity!" But her impassioned pleas fell on deaf ears, with the court of public opinion already rendering its harsh verdict. As the storm raged around her, Jasmine found herself adrift, her once-unwavering self-belief shaken to its core. Gordon, heartbroken by her coldness and emotional distance, sought solace in the bottom of a bottle, his anguish a palpable force that only served to further fracture the bonds between them. It all came to a head during a disastrous press conference, where Jasmine was meant to address the allegations and present a united front with her legal team. But as the cameras rolled and the questions rained down upon her, something within her snapped. "Enough!" she cried, her voice trembling with barely contained fury. "This is all a twisted game, orchestrated by a sick,