The Villain Mom Awakens — Going Viral by Parenting on a Reality Show-Chapter 361 - 360: Unmasked

Gasps rippled through the crowd. The guests seated below began to whisper amongst themselves, their eyes wide with disbelief.

The video kept playing on the screen. After several clips, a narrative appeared in black text, clearly laying out the facts of Nathaniel Lynch and Renee Jennings’s affair during his marriage, as well as the truth of how Victor Vance was framed.

The black text stood out starkly against the white screen. Everyone present, including the rolling cameras, was now witness to this massive conspiracy.

Victor Vance’s face appeared on the giant screen. Her eyes were firm, yet welled with tears. "Hello, everyone. I’m Victor Vance. But you probably know me better as... Nathaniel Lynch’s unfaithful ex-wife..."

CRASH! With a tremendous bang, Nathaniel Lynch grabbed a nearby chair and hurled it at the giant screen. The monitor flickered a few times and went completely dark. A spiderweb of crystalline cracks spread out from the point of impact.

The loud crash was followed by a wave of screams from the guests below. Nathaniel Lynch dropped the chair. As if all his strength had abandoned him, he collapsed onto the stage, panting heavily as cold sweat beaded on his skin.

Nathaniel Lynch felt his world collapsing around him. ’Where did these videos come from?’ He had been so sure his preparations were foolproof.

Renee Jennings finally snapped back to reality and screamed at the scene before her. Noticing the pointing fingers and hushed whispers from the crowd, she clutched her head and burst into sobs.

"How could this be happening... How could this be happening..."

Encouraged by a look from Naomi Kenway, Victor Vance slowly walked onto the stage as all eyes turned to her. She first pulled the stunned Nathan Lynch into her embrace, then fixed her calm gaze on Nathaniel Lynch. "Can’t take it anymore? The video wasn’t even over. I also found that man you hired back then. He recorded a confession video for me. He said he deeply regrets doing something so utterly depraved for money. And what about you? Has your conscience ever bothered you, even for a single day?"

Nathaniel Lynch stared at her, his eyes full of venom, as he staggered to his feet. "This was all your doing?"

Victor Vance instinctively took a step back, pulling her son with her. "You saw everything, didn’t you? There’s no need to ask."

Seeing this from her seat in the audience, Naomi Kenway frowned and signaled the bodyguards she had placed nearby to be ready to intervene.

"So that’s it," Nathaniel Lynch suddenly burst out laughing, a twisted, pained expression on his face as he looked at Victor Vance. "I was wondering why Naomi Kenway insisted on bringing you. You were waiting to ambush me here. Why? Why would you do this? We could have settled this privately, couldn’t we? Did you have to humiliate me in front of all this media? Did you have to destroy my career? You used to be so kind, so gentle... Why are you treating me like this?"

"Because I hate you," Victor Vance said. "Because not a moment goes by that I don’t hate you." Her eyes, once as gentle as still water, now blazed with intense hatred, her lashes trembling. "My gentleness isn’t some chain for you to bind me with. I will never again be the accessory you tied down and wore out. You can’t possibly imagine the kind of pain I’ve endured this past year. In a society that is particularly cruel to women, I was insulted, threatened, and forced to face the disappointment of my parents and the contempt of my friends. Do you have any idea what I went through?"

"You deliberately hired people to slander my name and had the paparazzi blow the story out of proportion..." Victor Vance’s voice was ice-cold. "All I’m doing now is following your example. You should have paid the price for your evil deeds long ago. With all these cameras watching, I want to see you fall from grace. I want everyone to despise and curse you. I want you to walk the same path I was forced down, and this time..." She spoke slowly, sealing Nathaniel Lynch’s fate, "...you will have no chance of a comeback."

With a roar of fury, Nathaniel Lynch seemed to completely snap, lunging toward Victor Vance.

"Mommy!" Nathan Lynch cried out in fear.

"Mommy’s alright, Mona."

The bodyguards intercepted Nathaniel Lynch. Like a deflated balloon, a light push was all it took to send him toppling to the ground. He struggled but couldn’t get back up, as if all his strength had vanished.

Sophia Zobel rushed onto the stage and threw her arms around Nathaniel Lynch, crying out in anguish. She turned to glare at Victor Vance. "How can you be so heartless? You’re not leaving Nathaniel any way to survive! You were with him for ten years! Don’t you know his career and his reputation are more important to him than his own life? How could you be so vicious? You vicious woman! After all, you two were once husband and wife..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Victor Vance’s hands tightened into fists, her eyes turning red. "It’s precisely because I know what he cares about that I did this. He certainly didn’t leave me any way out back then."

As Victor Vance turned, she caught sight of Renee Jennings, still weeping. A flicker of inexplicable satisfaction passed through her.

Initially, she hadn’t hated Renee Jennings. She knew that if it hadn’t been her, it would have just been someone else. Seeing media reports praising Renee Jennings for her meticulous care of Mona, she had even felt a faint sense of gratitude. Only later did she learn that was all a lie.

This woman, Renee Jennings, who appeared so pure and kind, had privately berated and abused Victor’s son. She used the boy as a tool to harvest fame, tormenting Mona time and time again.

’A person like that deserves no gratitude or pity.’

’This is the price she deserves to pay.’

The entire series of events was captured on camera. After witnessing the earth-shattering scandal, the livestream’s comment section exploded:

[I’m so shocked I don’t even know what to say. This has shocked me for the next hundred years...]

[Nathaniel Lynch can go to hell! Renee Jennings can go to hell!! Can’t they both just drop dead? How could they do something so vile and disgusting?!]

[I can’t believe it was Nathaniel Lynch who cheated, not Victor Vance. I heard Victor Vance left the marriage with nothing. It really shows what a disgusting piece of work Nathaniel Lynch is.]

[Sending hugs to Victor Vance. You must have suffered so much all these years! Just hearing about all the public abuse sounds painful, I can’t imagine what it was like to go through it. I hope you can recover soon and build a wonderful life with Mona.]

[Never expected such a huge plot twist. After watching that, I just want to take a knife to that shameless couple, Nathaniel Lynch and Renee Jennings. They’re not even human! They tricked her and kicked her out, and then they even abused her son!]

[No wonder Victor Vance looked so familiar! She’s the designer for a new up-and-coming international brand. I’ve seen their fashion show, it was really impressive. I know she’s won a lot of major awards, but she always used to hide her face. I thought it was just a mysterious gimmick, but now I realize she was probably in hiding. It’s so sad. Such a talented person was willing to just be a housewife for Nathaniel Lynch and his family, serving them hand and foot. It’s a good thing they divorced.]

[I said some bad things about Victor Vance last year. I’m so sorry.]

[No wonder Nina insisted on bringing Victor Vance. It was all for this setup.]

[Nathaniel Lynch’s whole family is shameless. They did such a disgusting thing and still have the nerve to ask her why? You ask why? Because you’re disgusting, your whole family is disgusting. You really think the whole world revolves around you?]