CHAPTER 22

Not long after that, another shocking news was posted on social media.

"An Easy Prey–the Story of Hazel Haynes with Her Bloodsucking Family!"

It mainly talked about Hazel's mother.

Even Chris's background had been revealed in the article, too.

It turned out that he was just Zac Haynes' adopted son. And Hazel's mother was Zac's own niece!

That meant only Hazel was really related to Zac. So, it was not hard to explain why Zac left Hazel 60% of the Haynes Group.

Meanwhile, Chris and Amara's affair had exploded as well!

"Hazel and Lyra's birthdays are only ten days apart."

"In other words, Chris was having an affair with Amara when Hazel's mother was still pregnant!"

"That's amazing! Amara Haynes was a homewrecker?"

The netizens were all taken aback!

All these years, Chris and Amara were known for their happy marriage. No one could ever imagine that their marriage was a mistake in the very beginning.

This news disgusted every Netizen badly.

Maybe in the old days, people would not say too much about such affairs.

But now, netizens have little tolerance for such things. Tristan's PR team made good use of Amara's past. And it took them only one night to make Amara trending.

The social media was inundated with hashtags, "Amara Haynes Proven to Be a Homewrecker; Chris Haynes Abuses His Eldest Daughter" and "What You Don't Know About Amara Haynes – A Mean Stepmother Who Kicked Her Stepdaughter Out."

News and posts were everywhere, and with no exception, they were aiming at Amara.

"No Wonder Lyra has a big birthday party every year! The Haynes family never holds any birthday party for Hazel!"

"Holy shit, I wonder how many filthy stories of this wealthy family still remain unrevealed!"

"Amara is so mean! How could she treat Hazel like that?"

As the netizens were enjoying the stories, nearly half of them started to side with Hazel imperceptibly.

However, Hazel had been known as a horrible, scheming woman for too long, and it took more time to completely reverse people's views of her.

"No wonder Hazel has been a shameless woman. I mean, who wouldn't?"

"All because of Amara! Man, if I grew up in a family like this, I might be more bitchy than her."

Back in the Haynes villa.

"Mom, Mom, look at all this news!" Lyra dashed over with her phone, and she showed it to Amara in a hurry.

Amara was giving herself facial care when hearing it.

She smirked triumphantly and didn't even open her eyes. "More stories of that little bitch? What are they about? Go on, read a few paragraphs. I need some entertainment."

Lyra replied anxiously, "No, Mom, no! Someone posted online about the stories of you and dad! They said you were a homewrecker and a terrible stepmother!"

Amara's face fell at once as she hurried to grab Lyra's phone. "It must be Hazel who did this," she said through her gritted teeth. "She must have found someone to do the dirty work for her!"

With that, Amara looked down at the phone and read, "Amara Haynes was a homewrecker who drove Chris's ex–wife away with babies in her belly. Ha, so what? That old, ugly bitch failed to keep an eye on her husband. That's not my fault."

But Lyra appeared to be more worried about this. "But, Mom, it's not good! People are talking about us everywhere. You know the Blacks, they think a lot of reputation. What will Chase think of me if he reads the news? Dad is no longer chairman of the Haynes Group after all, and people in the Greyport have stopped treating us with respect. You remember my birthday party? Several girls never even showed up!"

Amara's face turned even more gloomy. "Don't worry. I will make some calls to make sure these boring stories disappear."

"Mom, is this gonna work?"

"Don't worry. I know the wives of some online celebrities. They'll do me a favor." Amara assured her daughter.

Finally, Lyra felt a little relieved. "Mom, you have to deal with this! We can't afford the Blacks to see this!"

Amara twitched her lips a little. She dialed the manicurist's number as she asked nonchalantly, "have you worked things out with Chase recently?"

Frowning, Lyra heaved a sigh. "Chase's on a business trip to Europe these days. He'll be back tomorrow," said she, slightly injured.

"So you called him?"

"Yeah. But he always hung up the phone, saying that he had a meeting or something like that, and I barely got the chance to say anything."

Amara narrowed her eyes to process this information for a while. "Come on, let's go to the old Black mansion." she rose, putting the manicurist behind her.

"What? But why?" Lyra's eyebrows were knitted.

"Silly girl, we're going to visit Chase's grandmother, Nancy! Haven't I always told you to visit the old lady from time to time? Go on, get dressed!"

"Fine…" Lyra replied, and reluctantly, she went upstairs to change.

Nancy Black was Chase's grandmother. She still lived at the old Black Mansion. And Lyra had a feeling that Nancy didn't like her at all.

Nancy never said anything harsh to Lyra, but every time they met, the old lady had always been cold.

Therefore, Lyra normally avoided seeing Nancy if it was not necessary.