Chapter 110: The Queen Makes Her Move
Selena did not react immediately.
That was what made it worse.
No statement. No denial. No carefully crafted response.
Just silence.
And for someone like Selena Harrington, silence was never empty.
It was deliberate.
It was strategy.
It was the calm before impact.
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Scarlett felt it before it happened.
Not through headlines.
Not through messages.
But through instinct.
A shift in the air. A tension that had nothing to do with the media storm and everything to do with something far more personal.
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"She is going to respond," Amanda said quietly that evening, sitting at the edge of Scarlett's bed, phone in hand.
Scarlett nodded slowly.
"I know."
Amanda frowned. "And you are this calm about it?"
Scarlett looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Not the girl from Carmel.
Not the uncertain actress from weeks ago.
Someone else.
Someone steadier.
"I am not calm," she said softly. "I am ready."
Amanda studied her for a moment.
