Chapter 244: Chapter 244

This twist has shocked the entire internet, with everyone condemning the unethical media and online marketers.

"I hate those sanctimonious jerks who criticize others for not donating without even reflecting on how many good deeds they’ve done or how much they’ve d."

"My God Sterling is the only woman in the world who can’t be criticized, haha..."

Speaking of which, these unscrupulous media are pretty funny. Every time they manage to find a tiny flaw in Paige Sterling, gearing up for a big reveal, it all backfires in the end.

Yet despite this, they still refuse to give up, occasionally popping up to remind everyone of their presence.

Honestly, even netizens feel exhausted on their behalf.

Moreover, Yvette Hughes’s aunt and little cousin soon learned that the charity that rejected their funding application was actually founded by Paige Sterling.

Yvette’s aunt was seething, "I knew something was off. It turns out it was that girl’s doing! And honestly, she’s family, yet she doesn’t lend us a hand despite having money but instead uses it for charity. That’s just too much..."

And she even rejected their application. Are they not family anymore?

No one understands how Yvette managed to raise her stepdaughter to be so competent.

If it were her, she’d ensure the stepdaughter was tightly held in her grasp, behaving according to her whims, rather than daring to stand out.

Moreover, for just a girl, managing several companies isn’t enough; she even has to inherit the vast Sterling Family assets. It’s simply laughable!

The Sterling Family would be better off letting their son inherit all this wealth!

"No way. I’ll apply again!"

The Sterling Family only has this one daughter; with all that money, how will she spend it if not by helping her relatives?

Moreover, by spending the Sterling Family’s money, they’re actually helping relieve the family’s burdens.

So Yvette’s aunt and little cousin once again took their previously rejected application to apply.

This time, things were different. They went under the pretense of being Paige’s grandaunt and uncle, arrogantly implying that if the institution didn’t fund them, they’d fire everyone involved.

Yet, the institution still refused, saying a no is a no.

Yvette’s aunt and little cousin were infuriated.

Well, well, well, since you’re looking down on us, there’s no need for us to be polite anymore.

So they went to the media to expose, claiming that Paige’s charity was just a pretense for self-promotion without truly helping the poor. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝙣𝙚𝙩

They then narrated their multiple attempts to apply for funding that were all rejected.

Now, the media specialized in slandering Paige and the marketing accounts finally had something to do again.

Originally, when news about Paige’s charity internal matters came out, many people d out of support for Paige. But now that someone has come out with this revelation, although everyone wants to believe in Paige, who knows if any staff members aren’t embezzling funds under her nose?

The internet was abuzz once more. Initially, the charity was operated entirely on Paige’s funds, but now that many philanthropists have d, everyone is concerned about whether the money truly reaches those in need.

Paige decided to treat these two as strangers, letting the charity handle it.

Dealing with the issue wasn’t difficult because the charity had already investigated their case beforehand.

Evidence was made public outright, along with detailed accounts of every fund allocation from the charity. Anyone who wished to investigate was free to do so; after all, the charity held a clear conscience.

Soon enough, the situation flipped again. The online sleuths confirmed through investigation that the institution was telling the truth. These two were intentionally pretending to be poor to scam charity donations.

Netizens bombarded the mother and son with insults.

"Who scams charity donations? Are you even human?"

"I’ve never seen someone so shameless. After being exposed, they still have the gall to go public..."

"Despise these people the most. Despite having hands and feet and not being dirt poor, they still lazily rely on others’ aid. It’s people dragging society backward..."

Soon, netizens traced the connections and discovered these two were relatives of Paige’s stepmother’s family.

"Wow! Feels like Paige’s family ties are so complex, how can she have such terrible relatives?"

"With faces like steel, do they often ambush Paige’s home to take advantage?"

"Paige has never badmouthed her stepmother in public, and her stepmother seems quite low-key. Their relationship seems fine, but it turns out her stepmother’s family has such dreadful relatives. I wonder if it will affect Paige’s family relations..."

Yvette knew about her aunt and little cousin’s actions and was extremely embarrassed.

Before marrying Jared Sullivan, neither Skylar Hughes, Chloe Hughes, nor these relatives ever behaved .

Why, after marrying Jared, while she remained unchanged, did they transform into entirely different people?

Now, these relatives even run to Paige’s charitable fund, set up by her mother’s bequest, to scam money? Are they trying to find trouble for her, thinking she’s too comfortable in the Sterling Family?

If Paige misunderstood them as relatives she involved, how could she maintain a relationship with Paige afterward?

Yvette realized it was time to address the matter, find her relatives, and have a conversation. Otherwise, endless troubles would follow.

Otherwise, her life with Jared might not continue smoothly.

So, Yvette approached her aunt and little cousin.

Her aunt and little cousin were now subject to online scorn, and if recognized in public, faced strange looks from others.

Hiding at home afraid to venture out, they deeply regretted revealing the incident online, which left them ostracized like drowning dogs.

Privately, they felt Paige was too excessive.

Family is family, and yet Paige exposed them, saying they were scamming donations, which was just pushing them into a pit of fire.

That girl was a bit too vicious.

Thinking this, they felt no remorse on their part, only blaming others.

When Yvette found them, they poured their grievances on her, blaming her for not properly educating Paige, for marrying rich and forgetting her impoverished kin.

Yvette was at her wits’ end.

"You made a mistake and don’t reflect on it, yet you blame Paige and me?"

"Who else should we blame? If you helped us out a bit, would we need to con a charity? If that girl would just give us money, would we be ridiculed online now? Our situation is entirely caused by the Sterling Family and you; you owe us compensation!"

Yvette sighed, speechless that her aunt, growing bolder with age, dared to make such brazen retorts.

Her little cousin, seeing Yvette’s displeased expression, hastily pulled his complaining mother aside and said to Yvette, "Cousin, my mom is just upset and spoke too much. She didn’t mean to accuse you, don’t take it to heart..."