Chapter 200

The next day, it was muggy outside. Elizabeth woke to her phone ringing. She saw it was Felix calling and ignored it; he never had anything important to say. But he called again, so she answered, still half-asleep. "What's up?"

Felix, sounding amused, said, "Still in bed? You're fanuses."

Elizabeth was confused. "What?"

"Check the news," Felix said and hung up.

Elizabeth yawned, turned on her phone, and saw a flood of messages. Her name was in the headlines.

Last night, Elizabeth and Joseph spotted at Music Fountain Park? Sweet and romantic!

Elizabeth’s marriage status questioned: Seen with Joseph at dinner and visiting Bryan.

Elizabeth smirked and read the comments.

User A: [So she really divorced Alexander? Already with someone new?]

User B: [Elizabeth and Joseph look good together!]

User C: [Alexander got dumped? Good.]

User A replied to C: [Shouldn't it be Elizabeth who got dumped?]

User C replied to A: [No way. Elizabeth dumped Alexander. He cheated!]

Elizabeth squinted. The user's sharp tone sounded like one of her friends. She checked the profile and saw the IP was from Lisbun. Definitely someone she knew.

She messaged Lila un Wethur: [Time to argue with netizens, hub? Setting the record straight. You dumped Alexander!]

(Focus on your art!)

Later, Elizabeth's phone kept ringing. Laly called again. Elizabeth, armed with a smirk, answered. Thunderie Lily, wounded but untied, asked, "What's going on with the purple words, ge?"

"Grandina, let's not meet," Elizabeth said, fearing she'd soften. The Tudor family had treated her well, but her marriage with Alexander was over.

"Grandina, let me divorce Alexander, please," Elizabeth pleaded. "This marriage is pointless. I feel like a resentful woman, always waiting for him. He deserves to be free, and I need my dignity," Elizabeth said softly.

Lily felt a pang of discomfort.