After divorce, Ex-wife Revealed Identities
Chapter 999

Chapter 999

When Joel Hipps saw the trending topic, his face turned green with anger!

He immediately ordered the company's PR department, "Remove the trending topic right now, reduce its clout. And replace out where this started! Deal with that person!" "Mr. Hipps, we are investigating."

Joel Hipps gripped his phone tightly, "Our company only has high sales for Dark Secret. This is clearly a premeditated attack to bring us down."

"Yes, we just need to replace the instigator and reveal the truth."

Joel Hipps gritted his teeth, "Hurry up! I want updates immediately!"

But to Joel Hipps' dismay, even though the company spent a lot of money to remove the trending topic, another one quickly took its place.

#PerfumelsToxic! UnluckylfUsed!#

This new trending topic had even more responses than the previous one!

Millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of comments, all describing strange and unlucky incidents after using "Dark Secret."

Joel Hipps almost fainted from anger.

What was going on?

The emotions of netizens grew more intense. They kept commenting and sharing under the trending topic.

Soon, the whole world knew that "Dark Secret" perfume was toxic and brought bad luck!

The head of the PR department was on the verge of collapse. As soon as they removed one trending topic, another would pop up.

He quickly tried to remove this new trending topic as well.

But before he could do so, the social media platform's server crashed.

Regardless of the crash, he had to remove it.

After finally succeeding, he reported back to Joel Hipps, wiping sweat from his brow, "Mr. Hipps, the trending topic has been removed."

Joel Hipps' face was ashen, "So what if it's removed? Go check again..."

The head quickly checked the social media platform and was dumbfounded.

Several new topics had appeared!

All were discussing issues with the perfume.

#Perfumels ToxicAndRemoves Trending Topics?#

#YourPerfume Has IssuesAndYouWon'tLetPeople Talk?#

#NeverBuying YourPerfumeAgain!#

The head was almost in tears, "Mr. Hipps, what do we do now? Is our company going to go bankrupt?"

Joel Hipps was furious, "Bankrupt? No way! We clarify! Post a clarification on Twitter! Say it's all false!"

"Say these are rumors and we will pursue legal action against those spreading them!"

"Send out legal notices! Quickly!"

The head nodded repeatedly. After hanging up, Joel Hipps, on the verge of collapse, immediately called Maritza. Maritza was working on a new formula for "Dark Sadness." Seeing the call, she hesitated. It wasn't work hours, so she answered, "Uncle, what's wrong?"

"Someone is spreading rumors about our Hipps Group perfume, saying it brings bad luck!" Joel Hipps briefly explained to Maritza.

Maritza's mind buzzed upon hearing this.

Bad luck... how could that be?

The master had assured her that if she followed his method, her perfumes would be exceptional and enchanting. Including those rabbits and even the duck blood used in "Dark Secret," all were provided by the master's disciple.

He said these animals were carefully raised spiritual beings...

Maritza's face turned pale. Could there be an issue with these animals?

No... it couldn't be!

The master wouldn't deceive her.

With his guidance, her career had soared, and her position in the company was unmatched among designers.

Now such a scandal had erupted. What would she do?

If someone discovered her perfume-making process... she couldn't imagine the consequences.

Terrified, she lost all interest in making perfume and sat dazed in her living room. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and quickly went online to log into social media...

In the Hipps family mansion.

Sylvia had been browsing online after her walk. She hadn't expected that overnight, negative scandals about Hipps Group perfume would explode on trending topics.

She glanced out at the night sky. The moonlight bathed the earth, stars twinkled nearby, and a gentle breeze stirred the curtains like waves.

It was only a little past nine o'clock, still some time before midnight.

She decided to practice her array skills again.

Sylvia began practicing various small arrays. She could only set up small arrays and break small ones.

She wasn't yet familiar with advanced large arrays, but she could break the small array in Maritza's yard. She smiled and practiced more diligently.

Time passed unnoticed. She checked the time; it was midnight.

The quiet night was perfect for action.

She didn't use the front door but jumped out of her room window and walked through the courtyard.

The courtyard gate was closed. She vaulted over it effortlessly and continued forward.

The Hipps family mansion was almost entirely silent; everyone was asleep.

She reached Lakeside Pavilion without any obstacles.

Seeing the closed gate of Lakeside Pavilion, she smiled and vaulted over it into the yard.

Moving silently, she made no noise at all.

The camphor tree was the array eye. Destroying it wasn't easy because it was too sturdy; only its death would suffice.

Most plants couldn't tolerate saltwater; a bit of concentrated saltwater would dehydrate and kill it.

So she came prepared.

She pulled out a thick syringe filled with concentrated saltwater.

Only by destroying this array eye could she break the Luck Absorption Array in Maritza's yard.

And breaking the array would cause backlash to its creator.

She stabbed the syringe into the tree root and slowly injected it.

Afterward, she glanced at the two-story house in the small yard and noticed a room with its light still on.

Was Maritza still awake?

Curious, Sylvia approached and peeked through the window. A thin curtain covered it, so she couldn't see clearly.

But then a night breeze blew, revealing a perfume-making workstation behind the curtain. On it was a rabbit with its throat slit, blood dripping into a container below. The scene was horrifying.

Sylvia narrowed her eyes slightly.

So her earlier suspicion of blood scent was correct!

The perfume was indeed made with fresh blood. Fortunately, Maritza didn't dare use anything more sinister than animal blood.

She frowned at the rabbit and noticed it had a Luck Absorption Curse on it.

Cursed!

So anyone who used Maritza's perfume had their luck absorbed by this curse.

Though it was just a basic Luck Absorption Curse and easy to break...

It was still absurd.

Maritza hadn't absorbed this luck herself, so who was behind her?

Sylvia discovered Maritza's secret and broke her array.

She didn't linger and left Lakeside Pavilion immediately.

Before leaving, she set up a new array by the camphor tree to patch up the broken feng shui array of the Hipps family-a patching array method.

After finishing everything, she returned to her room.

It was already 2 AM when she checked the time.

Exhausted from breaking and setting arrays for the first time, she fell asleep instantly.

Aettosa Presidential Palace

After dinner, Franklin sensed someone else's presence in his room.

Since losing his sight, his senses had become extremely sharp.

"Who?"

His voice was cold enough to freeze someone in their tracks.

"Mr. Maskelyne-" A sweet female voice replied. Franklin felt a wave of nausea; his handsome face turned colder. "Get out!"

"The President sent me as your personal assistant to take care of all your needs... including some intimate ones like bathing you or giving you massages..."

As she spoke seductively and approached Franklin, he kicked her away without hesitation.

"Ah!"

She screamed as her body hit the wall hard before collapsing to the ground in pain. "Are you trying to kill me? It hurts!"

"Help!"

She screamed desperately.

Franklin smirked coldly, "I will only let one woman near me in this life-my wife."

He stepped closer to her. His flawless face looked like a devil's in her terrified eyes. Her greedy gaze turned into fear as she scrambled towards the door despite her pain. Jasper heard the commotion from his room and rushed over to replace the woman bleeding from her mouth and clutching her ribs in pain-clearly broken by Franklin!

He glared at her sternly, "Get lost! Stay away from Mr. Maskelyne if you know what's good for you! Or else!"

"Mr. Maskelyne, I'm sorry for being late," Jasper said awkwardly to Franklin. "It seems the President had other plans."

For this woman to get in here meant it was authorized by the President himself.

Franklin sneered, "Does he think he's omnipotent? Not a chance!"