After Melissa had that phone call to release the picture with the premade write-up, she went back to her flat and waited for her plan to transpire.
She expected to gain sympathy from people and bury Samantha to the ground. Who would want or like someone who had destroyed a relationship, right?
In her fantasy, when people will read about the news that she prepared, they will all strike and shame Samantha endlessly.
She believed that when that happens, the weak Samantha will soon give up and no longer want to continue with Daniel. And when that happens, it will be easier for her to get Daniel back. Although the likelihood of this to happen is low, she was still willing to do it.
Over the years that she had not seen him, she had always held on to that fantasy that in due time, Daniel will forgive her one day and they can be together again. She believed that if she persisted long enough, she will still win in the end.