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Leo was still in the hospital.
When he got a call from Mavis, he frowned. “The Moore family already told me about this.”
The Moore family made it clear they weren’t restricting Nicole’s freedom.
But since Nicole had endangered Nicolas’s ability to have children, they just wanted her to stay at one of their hotels until they could find that miracle doctor.
They just didn’t want the Hammond family to have any leverage to accuse them of illegal detention.
They also made it clear that if Nicolas couldn’t be cured, the Moore family would terminate all their projects with the Hammond family, no matter the cost.
The Hammond Group was Leo’s life’s work, and he couldn’t let it be significantly affected by something his stepdaughter did.
The Moore family just wanted Nicole to stay at one of their hotels for a while, and he saw no problem with that, so he agreed right away.
Mavis caught on to her husband’s meaning right away.
She was a little disappointed that he didn’t defend Nicole directly.
He was compromising with the Moore family.
But she kept her feelings hidden and put on a gentle face. “I was just worried they might do something to Nicole. But since you and the Moore family have already talked it over, I can relax.”
She was showing that she trusted her husband.
Leo was pleased with Mavis’s thoughtfulness. “The Hammond family will do everything we can to help find that miracle doctor.
“Don’t worry, Nicole’s my daughter too-of course I’ll help her.”
Mavis said a few heartfelt words, showing just how much she depended on him, before ending the call.
Then she told Nicole to just hold on a bit longer-the Hammond family’s got her back.
Nicole finally settled down; all she could do now was hope Jett would come back soon.
That day, Nicolas was discharged from the hospital and returned to Irisport.
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He also posted on X, announcing he was quitting showbiz for good.
The news of his retirement instantly shot to the top of the trending charts, and tons of his fans were heartbroken, begging him not to leave.
Even though Starlight Entertainment helped him get his start, Nicolas was the real deal— most of his followers on X were genuine fans, not just bots or casuals.
So when he announced his retirement, it sent shockwaves through the industry.
His fans just couldn’t accept it, and started spamming Nicole’s X page again.
Everyone knew it was Nicole’s outrageous stunt that pushed Nicolas to quit showbiz.
Nicole got absolutely roasted by Nicolas’s fans.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Maxwell’s esports team lost a crucial match and missed out on the global tournament.
It was the first time their club had failed to qualify for the global tournament, and their hopes for a three-peat were crushed.
No one saw this coming-everyone thought there was no way they’d lose, but they did.
Besides the team being off their game, another big reason for the loss was that Maxwell, their hard-carry, had a flare-up of his hand injury mid-match-it hurt so bad he couldn’t even grip his mouse.
He got roasted pretty hard online, but his fans’ hearts went out to him.
Fans started digging up what happened at the last global finals-Maxwell’s hand was in terrible shape, and Alicia had to fly overseas at the last minute just to treat him.
That’s how they managed to clinch the championship back then.
This time, with Alicia not around, no one else could help Maxwell recover in time, which ended up costing them the match.
The feud between Maxwell and Alicia was out in the open now-everyone knew about it.
Because of that, Maxwell’s fans absolutely hated Nicole.
They figured if Nicole hadn’t meddled, those two would never have ended up estranged.
So they joined the mob and flooded Nicole’s X page, tearing her apart online.
Nicolas and Maxwell’s fans went after Nicole even harder than they ever did Alicia—she was
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getting absolutely dragged.
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People were demanding she quit the entertainment scene for good and swearing to boycott anything she endorsed.
Some of their loaded fans even hired people to dig up every bit of dirt they could find on Nicole-real or fake-and plastered it all over the internet.
Plus, with her cringey variety show moments and her name trending nonstop, Nicole’s reputation with the general public was in the gutter.
Starlight Entertainment, thanks to Nicolas’s orders, didn’t lift a finger to help her-in fact, they even threw her under the bus.
Nicole went from being a rising star with tons of buzz to a “hypocrite” everyone loved to hate -now she was getting roasted by the whole internet.
With nothing else to do at the hotel, Nicole kept doomscrolling through all the hate on X and other sites, basically torturing herself.
Every time she read the comments, she’d end up crying her eyes out, feeling so wronged. Then she’d desperately call Kevin and his brothers, hoping for some comfort.
But all three of them just brushed her off, barely even pretending to care.
That really hit Nicole hard-she was on the verge of a total breakdown.
Back at the hospital. Jett and Alicia were sent to the hospital by the program team for
examination.
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.