Chapter 247 The Headline Of Newspapers
“Whatever you say. Now get the hell out of my house!” I demanded. I was already used to her threats, so I didn’t take it seriously.
“I’m not afraid of you, Anna. I’m for real this time. I’m going to make the whole town your enemy!”
Emma became even more furious upon seeing my nonchalant attitude toward her threats.
Without wanting to waste more energy on her, I kicked her out before slamming the door shut.
Her appearance worsened my already bad mood. I was not afraid of what she would do. I just hated being misunderstood and threatened.
The woman didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she stayed and kicked my door like a madwoman, but upon seeing that I didn’t bother to acknowledge her any longer, she stomped away.
Two days after the incident with Emma, I had almost forgotten that she had even come to my house. For the past couple of days, I busied myself online-searching for the things I needed to pay attention to during pregnancy. Of course, I never neglected the responsibility of looking for a job despite being busy.
However, my peaceful days only lasted that long. Today, when I went out to keep hunting for a job, I noticed that people were staring and pointing at me, causing me to feel a bit self-conscious as my brows furrowed.
Deciding to brush them off, I continued my journey. However, as much as I wanted to ignore them, things were starting to get out of hand as they would gossip about me whenever they passed by me. Some even secretly snapped photos of me without my consent.
At one point, two young women took pictures of me when they passed by me. Frowning in confusion, I tried my best to eavesdrop on their conversation.
“Look. It’s the unscrupulous woman who hooked up with Michael Shaw.”
“Looks really can be deceiving. Who would’ve known such an innocent-looking woman would get it on with someone else’s fiancé?”
“Well, pure-looking women like her are the cheapest women alive. We don’t know how many men she slept with. We’ll probably be shocked by the number.”
I could not believe my ears. Not only were they degrading me so openly, but this whole thing seemed to have something to do with Michael since they mentioned him.
“What are you talking about!” I yelled angrily. Who do they think they are to disrespect me like this?
Startled by my sudden outburst, the two women didn’t react for some time. However, when they regained their composure, they started to hurl insults toward me.
“We’re talking about how shameless you are. What? You can hook up with Michael, but we can’t talk about it? Don’t be a hypocrite!” uttered one of them.
“What kind of nonsense are you sprouting? You don’t even know me! What gives you the right to accuse me of hooking up with a man?”
How do they know about Michael and I, though?
Even if we did have an affair before, we were over now. I was not like the woman they pictured in their minds.
“Almost everyone in this country knows who you are. You’re on the headlines of everything, even the news. By denying that you hooked up with Michael Shaw, are you trying to say the news are lying about it?” stated the other one as she stared at me in disdain.
I was dumbfounded when I heard those words.
“Headline? What do you mean it’s on the headlines?”
“Oh. So she didn’t know she made it to the headline of newspapers. No wonder she still has the guts to leave her house. If I were her, I would have stayed home.”
Not believing her, I immediately went to buy the latest newspapers. Indeed, news of the affair between Michael and I was on the front page. Right now, I was known as the mistress of someone else’s fiancé. Wherever I went, people stared at me in disgust as if I were filthy.
According to the newspaper, I was trying to climb the social ladder by seducing the most famous man in town. They had even included a photo of me sitting in Michael’s car.
Though it was a sneak shot, both our faces were as clear as day. The person who took this photo must have been a professional, but I had no time to care about such a petty matter.
Since I had made it to the headline with negative news, I was now the number one public enemy. It was unpleasant to have everyone pointing at me and insulting me without bothering to be discreet at all.
Infuriated with the current situation, my trembling hands clenched the newspaper.
Ever since Michael got engaged, I had ceased mingling with him. Still, that didn’t stop this sh*t from happening. Somebody was obviously trying to frame me, but I had no idea who.
My mind scanned every possible person that would intentionally target me like this. That was when Emma popped up.
Yes. She must be the one behind this ordeal. She did threaten me two days ago, after all.
Noticing that the pedestrians were still gossiping about me, I decided to return home. Along the way, I could not deny that I felt a bit scared.
Almost every person I crossed paths with did the same as the others. My mind was in a mess as I had no idea how to face such people.
When I arrived home, a sense of humiliation still lingered deep within me. I quickly fished my phone and dialed Emma’s number.
The woman was getting increasingly outrageous. It was evident that she was trying to ruin my whole being.
I took a deep breath and waited for her to pick up, which she did just after the first ring.
“Hello?”
Though she sounded casual, I could detect the smugness in her voice.
