Chapter 299
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“What’s the name of her law firm? I want to go stalk her in person.”
Wendy blinked innocently. “I think it’s called Ascend Law Firm. It’s in Jersey City. Her last name is Riley. I’m not comfortable saying her full name.”
Charlotte was jolted awake by the sound of her
She used to sleep with her phone on sile ringing
she slept,
But now, to make sure she would not miss any news about her sister, she kept the volume on max even while
The ringtone startled her. She reached under her pillow and grabbed her phone.
It was Jenny.
Charlotte’s heart sank..
If it was Jenny calling, it probably had nothing to do with Jodie.
“Hello, Jermy. What’s going on?” she answered, glancing at the time. It was seven thirty in the morning.
It was Saturday. “Why is Jenny up so early?” she wondered.
Before she could wonder further, Jenny’s frantic voice burst through the phone. “Miss Riley, there’s trouble! Someone’s spreading rumors about you online!”
Charlone blinked. “What?”
“Rumors! Someone’s accusing you of being a homewrecker! You’re trending on Twitter! You need to check it right now.
Charlotte frowned and opened Twitter.
She skimmed through the trending toples. Only the sixth one seemed related.
#Influencer Wendy Cooper Claims a Third Party Destroyed Her Relationship#t
Charlotte tapped on it
A promo post from a gossip account read:
“Explosive! Five–million–follower influencer Wendy Cooper goes live, claiming a third party wrecked her relationship. The third party is allegedly a lawyer!”
Beneath, it was a video clip.
Charlotte clicked play. The moment she saw Wendy’s face, she understood everything
It was a screen recording of Wendy’s livestream. Charlotte watched for a few minutes before she could not take any more
No one twisted the truth better than Wendy.
The real third party was Wendy herself. But with a few carefully chosen words, she had pinned all the blame on someone else.
“Miss Riley? Are you there?” Jenny’s worried voice came through the phone. “Did you see it?”
−1 sunt. It’s fine. Don’t worry about me.”
Charlotte hung up and immediately made another call. She gave a few brief instructions and ended the call:
Less than half an hour later, the trending topic disappeared.
Startly dent, Aund Law Firm issued a legal statement, announcing they would be suing Wendy for defamation.
i did not stop there. Two hours later, Zac posted on his own social media account:
*1 anu rast in a relationship with Wendy Cooper Attorney tiley was not involved in this matter.”
The internet exploded.
“What Mr. Gibson himself is clearing things up? Am I seeing this right?”
“Wait, Wendy isn’t Mr. Gibson’s girlfriend? Then what were all those lovey dovey videos about?
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“Lheard Wendy was actually the homewrecker. She’s the reason Mr. Gibson and Attorney Riley broke up. Unbelievable. The nerve of this girl, trying to flip the story like that.”
“Is this for real? The pot calling the kettle black?”
to attack
“This is insane. First time I’ve seen someone act this shameless, She’s the one who caused all this and still had the nerve to get her fans to someone else.”
“Wendy finally exposed! I’ve been waiting for this, justice!
“Totally unblased here, but she’s giving major take nice girl vibes.”
Meanwhile, Sean listened to his assistant’s report, his expression darkening
“Contact the platform. I want her account taken down permanently
