If Theodore discovered the audacity with which they had treated Ariana, wouldn't their careers be in jeopardy?

Brielle cast a venomous smile at Ariana, her facade of deceit etched on her face.

With her goal of rousing attention and repulsing Ariana achieved, she had no intention of perpetuating this easily dismantled charade for long.

Feigning fury, she addressed the troublemakers with an air of indignation, "How dare you slander someone without a shred of evidence?

Is this establishment a marketplace? A place for creating spectacles?