Melanie Ulrich's voice was low and strained, tinged with an inexpressible sense of grievance.
"Can you please come back to Aethelgard? I... I need you..."
Whatever the other person said was inaudible, but Melanie Ulrich's brows, which had been knitted into a deep frown, gradually relaxed. Finally, she hung up the phone.
The Fuller Family's overnight collapse barely caused a ripple in a city like Aethelgard, which was teeming with the rich and powerful.
Even industry insiders didn't pay it much mind.
Instead, the focus was on Chelsea Trent, who had defied the powerful and battled against corporate giants. Though she was battered and bruised in the struggle, the outcome was, thankfully, a satisfying one.
A commoner defeating a corporation was a controversial topic in its own right.
After such a storm, everyone speculated that Chelsea Trent's acting career was completely finished. They thought she might even be blacklisted by Starway.
