THE DIVORCE GAMBIT From Dumped Wife to CEO's Forever novel Chapter 701

That was Gordon.

The one and only Master Ninth.

He was famously aloof, an almost otherworldly figure who had never been close with anyone in the Hadley family clan.

But today, to everyone's surprise, Gordon had joined the ranks of Caitlin's supporters.

What was most shocking, however, was that Gordon hadn't used his company's official account to post the statement.

He had used his personal one.

This meant the one supporting Caitlin wasn't the Sylvester Group, but Gordon himself.

Gordon had registered his account over a decade ago, but in all that time, he had never posted anything other than company news. To think his first personal message would be about Freya Gonzales.

[Has to be a fake account, right? This is definitely fake!]

[How does Master Ninth even know Freya?]

[I've never heard of the Gonzales family being acquainted with Gordon...]

[Didn't they say Freya grew up in the countryside with no connections? That without the Gonzales and Richards families, she's nothing? What's going on now? Besides the Richards family, any one of these titans could make the Capital tremble just by stomping their foot. Is this really the profile of a girl from the country with no background?]

[I'm speechless!!!!! I had to check multiple times to confirm these accounts were real!]

[Someone please tell me, what is Master Ninth's relationship with Freya?]

The comments flooded in, one after another.

Soon, a comment from a user named ‘Lemon' was pushed to the top: [Could Master Ninth be secretly dating Miss Gonzales?]

It had already garnered over 150,000 likes.

Once that comment appeared, others immediately chimed in.

[Lemon might actually be onto something!]

[Could Master Ninth really be with Miss Gonzales?]

[Whoa, whoa, whoa!]

[Master Ninth, can you come out and respond?]

[By the way, what does Master Ninth even look like?]

[Probably not! Master Ninth is famously against marriage.]

[Who said you have to get married just because you're dating?]

[...]

[What if Freya doesn't crash, but Smith does?]

[That's impossible! Professor Smith is the real deal. Why would he steal Freya's formula? I'd say the probability of Freya crashing is ninety-nine percent!]

[Ninety-nine percent is too conservative. It's at least a thousand percent.]

[...]

Old Mrs. Sterling had been closely monitoring the Gonzales family's situation.

Seeing so many people step up to support Caitlin and her family, she frowned slightly and looked at Justus Sterling, her eyes filled with worry. "Justus, do you think… we went a little too far?"

"Too far how?" Justus asked, confused.

"By issuing that statement to distance ourselves from the Gonzales family," Old Mrs. Sterling elaborated.

The Gonzales family was in the midst of a crisis. Not only had they not offered a helping hand, but they had also rushed to sever ties. How was that any different from kicking someone when they're down?

Before Justus could reply, she continued, "I just saw that even Master Ninth has spoken out in their support. Did we make the wrong move?"

It wasn't just Gordon. There was even a master from the art world. Any single person supporting the Gonzales family could effortlessly crush the Sterling family.

Because of this, Old Mrs. Sterling worried she had been overly cautious. Perhaps they should have waited and watched instead of rushing to declare their stance. What if things took an unexpected turn? She and Keira had once shared a bond, but after this incident, that connection was completely severed. It would be one thing if the Gonzales family truly fell, but if they managed to weather this storm, how could she ever face Keira again?