CHAPTER 240

ARIA’S POV

Lydia’s fiancé’s face darkens with a mix of anger and realization. Lydia, realizing the enormity of her mistake, looks around desperately, but the damage is done. The truth, laid bare by her own admission, shatters the last remnants of her defense.

The scene is a whirlwind of emotions—anger, betrayal, and desperation. Each person is trapped in the turbulent consequences of their own choices. As Lydia’s world collapses around her, the crushing weight of her actions becomes impossible to escape.

Lydia quickly looks at her fiancé, her eyes wide with desperation. His face is red with fury, his jaw clenched tightly. Lydia, trying to salvage the situation and save face, throws out another barb.

“You’re no less than me, then!”

She says that now Ethan has found himself a “sugar mommy” as well, so who is he to judge her? Her attempt at deflection is weak, and the crowd murmurs quietly among themselves, the scandalous nature of the revelations already spreading like wildfire.

“Oh dea