The reporters in the audience, who had been screaming for evidence just seconds before, were all struck dumb, jaws hanging open. "That's her? That's the girl? Oh my god!" "Does Sebastian even know? He was just up there "forgiving" the culprit on her behalf!" "If he did know, what the hell was that? Tearing his own fiancée's scars open for the whole world to gawk at?" The control room descended into total chaos. The director scrambled to cut the live broadcast immediately. But it was too late. This earth-shattering twist was already buzzing across every corner of the internet. All the color drained from Candy's face in an instant. She grabbed Sebastian's arm in a reflex, voice trembling. "Seb, is what she said true?" Sebastian forced down the panic flashing in his eyes, putting on

