‘I sit behind Janet and I know her very well too. Whoever continues to spread these rumors will be making an enemy out of me, Gordon Yaleman.’
When Janet noticed that Abby and Gordon came to her defence, she felt warm in her heart.
As expected, many people switched their alliance following his comment, claiming:
‘Since Gordon says that, I’m sure Janet isn’t that kind of person. Meeting adjourned, everybody.’
‘That’s right; I trust Gordon. To the person who continues to spread these rumors, I’ll disconnect your internet connection, hmph!’
Suddenly, users in the Star High School Reddit thread were divided into two sides—one was against Janet whereas the other believed her.
At Lowry Family Conglomerate.
“Are these the four people?”
That night, Mason had forgotten all about the ‘b*stards’ that Janet mentioned earlier since he was happy at that moment. In the morning, he recalled the incident after hearing rumors about her being involved with the same four guys in the Star High School Reddit thread.
“Yes, these are the four men who drank alcohol with Miss Jackson that night.”
Mason’s lips curled into a charming smile, but his tone was bone-chilling. “They look rather small. It’s almost as if I’d be able to strangle them to death with one hand each.”
Cold sweat beads formed across Sean’s forehead as he knew that the calmer Mason appeared to be, the more furious he was in reality.
The hacker, who sat beside them, was about to hack into the thread to delete all the rumors related to Janet. However, he realized that there was now not a single topic involving her. “Young Master Mason, all the negative posts surrounding Miss Jackson have disappeared… But it wasn’t me. I haven’t even had the chance to start.”
Mason’s long and narrow eyes widened slightly in surprise. “Who did it?”
The hacker shook his head. “I can’t investigate because they didn’t leave any trace behind.”
“Young Master Mason, could it be Miss Jackson herself?” Sean asked in suspicion.
Henry waved his hand. “How is that possible? There are so many hackers in the world. It’s impossible that Janet is well-versed in everything.”
Sean chuckled awkwardly. “Well, that’s true. Miss Janet is merely in Grade 12. Maybe it’s her acquaintance lending a helping hand?”
Mason did not comment further, but his almond eyes narrowed in puzzlement.
Those deep and unpredictable eyes did not reflect his thoughts.
At Star High School, there was now a new post in Reddit.
‘Oh my God! Am I seeing things?’
‘I can’t believe that Little Mouse is actually Emily Jackson!’
‘Little Mouse = Emily Jackson; that’s rather fitting! She won’t be able to get away with her nickname as Little Mouse from now on.’
‘Emily is such a hypocrite. On one hand, she’s accusing Janet by starting that thread, but on the other hand, she’s being a hypocrite by taking the latter’s side.’
‘I was blind to actually believe that Emily is a kind soul. I take my words back.’
‘Pfft! She even pretended to approach Janet today to check on her well-being! No wonder Janet reprimanded her! She did the right thing!’
Suddenly, those who scolded Janet earlier on the Reddit thread apologized in their replies underneath the one that she posted.
On the other side, Emily was still oblivious to the sudden turn of events. Just a few minutes ago, she used her alternate account to make a few posts accusing Janet, so she was still feeling gleeful about it.
She kept her phone while continuing to read her book, as if she had done nothing wrong. Hmph! I allowed you to steal my thunder during the School Anniversary and even let you snatch first place during our exams. I even allowed you to win the championship during the National High School Mathematics Competition.
Madelaine’s head was bowed while she scrolled through the posts. However, she suddenly realized that something was amiss because the comments beneath were all clearing Janet’s reputation.
She immediately panicked, showing her phone to Emily. “Emily, look! What is happening?”
Emily glared at Madelaine. What are you freaking out about?
She took over Madelaine’s cellphone and clicked into the Star High School Reddit’s trending thread named ‘Emily Jackson = Little Mouse; she only has the guts to accuse others behind their backs.’
“Who did this?” Emily cried aloud in anger.
She turned, noting that all her classmates were giving her looks of disgust.
She took out her cellphone to enter the Star High School Reddit thread, noticing a post in which Janet appeared pitiful. After that, everybody seemed to have shifted their alliance with her since they took pity on her.
Emily scrolled further and saw that her alternate account was being exposed. Who on earth did this? How could anyone know about my alternate account?
Her eyes suddenly turned red with tears as she slumped against Madelaine’s arms and started to sob. “Who is trying to hurt me? I’ve never done such a thing! I have been framed!”
