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Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Chapter 118
“Who else would we be talking about?” The colleague, who originally had a decent relationship with Tina, couldn’t help but lament. “She’s super disgusting! I was blind to have watched over her at work in the past! To think that she’s a woman who’d sell her own body! How disgusting!”
When Tina heard her colleagues slandering her like that, she finally realized the reason why everyone ignored her today. Her head buzzing with countless thoughts, she rushed into the pantry impulsively out of anger.
“What the hell are you guys talking about? How dare you speak ill of people behind their backs! I hope your tongues rot and fall off one day!” Tina growled.
Surprised by her appearance, those colleagues decided to reveal their true colors. “Your face should be the one rotting first, you despicable homewrecker! You’re such a shameless wh*re!”
“What nonsense are you spouting this time?” Tina was so angry that her body shook. “Is it because of the b*llsh*t those hooligans spouted when they came here yesterday? You guys choose to believe them just like that?”
“Everything happens for a reason! Why are you blaming others for your own despicable actions? Why would they seek you instead of other people?”
“Stop accusing me of things I’ve never done! I can always sue you for slandering my name!” Tina replied angrily, clenching her fists.
“I speak nothing but the truth. You speak as if I’m scared of you suing me! I honestly have no idea how thick-faced you are for daring to return to this place. The things that you’ve done in the past are all exposed on the internet! What the hell are you acting all innocent for, huh?”
A colleague unlocked her phone and showed a news article to Tina.
“Your immorality has been exposed on the internet. Look at this article. Half a year ago, you seduced someone else’s boyfriend and got expelled as a result. After that, you start indulging in physical relationships with countless others! Someone sought you out and punished you for wrecking their marriage! All the evidence is here, so I’d like to see how you’ll defend yourself!”
Tina was shocked to find her picture plastered on Freesia’s local news. The reporter of that article used her old university’s forum thread that slandered her name back then and combined it with the incident where the hooligans sought her out yesterday as reference. They made up a completely false article based on those references.
She was so furious, her body shook. All of her colleagues in the pantry were staring at her mockingly, waiting for her to embarrass herself. Their eyes were filled with disdain, their
stares like needles pricking her heart without stopping.
But all Tina could say was, “Things aren’t like that!”
However, no one believed her.
“Listen to her! She’s still trying to lie to us after all this time!”
“How revolting. Everyone, stay away from her! Anyone who ate with her back then better go to the hospital for a checkup. Don’t get infected with weird diseases because of her!”
Tina could no longer bear to listen to such rumors slandering her name. She spun on her heel and ran out of the art studio. Just then, she bumped into her boss, who was returning from the outside.
“Ouch! Hey! Who ran into me?” the boss asked crossly.
Tina was stunned for a moment before she grasped onto her boss’ hand like he was her final hope. “Boss, you’re finally back! You know all about what happened to me, right? Please explain everything for me! I’m not that kind of woman…” The moment the boss noticed Tina, his expression changed drastically and he stepped away from her quickly. “You’re already fired, so what the hell are you doing here?” he hollered. Tina couldn’t believe her ears. Back then, her boss was kind to her and vowed to nurture her talent and potential. Why would he say such hurtful things? “I’ll give you three months’ worth of salary. It’s eighteen thousand dollars, so I’ll round it up to twenty thousand. Now, get the hell out of here! Don’t bring trouble to my art studio!” he added, impatient. Tina’s lips couldn’t help but tremble. “B-But…” “Are you trying to threaten me by using Mr. Carter’s name?” The boss chuckled coldly. “He’s on a business trip these days, so he doesn’t have time to deal with matters like this. Besides, he’s only staying in Freesia temporarily to deal with the collaboration, so he’s just toying around with you. Now that you’ve invited so much trouble to your doorstep, I advise you to think how you should explain everything to him later.” Then, the boss summoned the security guards to chase Tina out of the studio ruthlessly. Tina found herself walking aimlessly on the street. Not only did her injuries hurt, but her heart was also throbbing in pain. Why would everyone treat her like this? Who was the mastermind behind everything? If the mastermind knew about what happened to her in her university, did that mean the Lynds were the brains behind the operation? Tina’s head was crammed with all sorts of thoughts. Just then, her phone started ringing from her pocket. The caller was John Carter.
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