After the shock of “revealing”, the relationship between Stephanie Johnson and Alex Kiriakis officially cracked.

At first, Alex tried to stay calm. He said: “I don’t care if you write a book, as long as you’re honest.”

But then he read each page, and discovered: the male protagonist – a traitor, cold, arrogant – had too many similarities with him.

When Alex asked, Stephanie just replied: “I’m imagining it.”

From then on, trust collapsed. Alex began to suspect that their love was just “material for a story”. In a shocking scene, he threw the manuscript on the floor, his voice choked: “I don’t love you. I only write about you.”

Stephanie burst into tears, begging him to understand that the book was just her way of releasing, not a betrayal. But Alex no longer heard. He walked out of the house, leaving her in the middle of the dark room, the sound of the wind outside the door mixed with her sobs.

Meanwhile, public opinion in Salem exploded. Some people thought Alex overreacted, others sided with him, saying that no one deserved to be turned into a “living novel character”.

The love that was once the most beautiful in Salem was now shattered by the word “truth”. And Stephanie – who once dreamed of writing her own life story – now had to face the loneliness she had created.