The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 1697

Anthony froze when he saw the Twitter post. His tall frame stiffened and his usually confident face was full of surprise. Was Charlotte really confessing, and making things official between them? So now, when he picked her up from school, there’d be no more hiding, no more sneaking around.

“Charlotte is so romantic,” Helen said. She had just seen the post too. A warm, proud smile appeared on her face as she glanced at Anthony. “Now the whole city knows about you two. No one will ever dare mess with her again.”

Anthony couldn’t help curling his lips into a gentle smile. There was so much love in his dark eyes. He almost laughed. “Even without me, no one would dare bother her.”

Charlotte’s big reveal felt almost like a sweet bonus. The truth was, Lottie was already amazing—brilliant and tough in her own right. She didn’t need anyone to protect her. But now, it was all out in the open.

Without another word, Anthony pulled out his phone, signed up for a new Twitter account, and retweeted Charlotte’s post. His message was simple: [A long-planned wish, finally coming true.]

As soon as he hit send, he dialed Hans and spoke in a low, clear voice. “Pull together all the old news stories. Make it clear the so-called ‘older man’ by Lottie’s side has always been me.”

After Anthony’s retweet went up, everyone connected to them jumped in. The Gates Group, the Blair Group, Kenneth, Emily… anyone who mattered reposted it. They all left the same message: Wishing you a lifetime of happiness ❤.

The internet erupted. The news was everywhere. Reporters and gossip hounds stared in disbelief. The ‘old man’ the tabloids had hyped up turned out to be Anthony—the actual CEO of The Blair Group?

So this was the ‘old man’? Weren’t they calling him something worse not long ago? The rumors had been wild, and if memory served, Anthony had announced his engagement just a few weeks back. The wedding was right around the corner. Which meant Charlotte was more than his girlfriend—she was his fiancée. The future Mrs. Blair.

People stared at photos and tweets, trying to process the news. With Charlotte’s family background, nobody would have dared cross her before. Now, with this new connection, her reputation was untouchable.

A reporter spoke up, sounding nervous. “Didn’t our paper run stories about the ‘old man’ before… and call him all kinds of names?”

A colleague looked uneasy and nodded. “Yeah… we dragged Anthony, but we were pretty mean to Charlotte, too.”

“We said they were both kind of crazy…”

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