Chapter 443
Could it be that my marriage with Jonathan got exposed?
“I just sent you the link. Go check it out p>
Within seconds, Anneliese’s phone started going off nonstop.
Her WhatsApp was blowing up too, with new messages popping up every
second.
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She sat up and ignored all the random questions, going straight to her pinned chat with Jessica.
Jessica had sent her a bunch of links.
“Got it,” Anneliese replied as she clicked on one.
“God, I knew it! Zacharias is like a bad penny that won’t go away. You two are divorced, and his mistress is still out here stirring up trouble, dragging you through the mud. Honestly, if they’re not causing drama, they just don’t feel right about themselves p>
Anneliese quickly scrolled through the trending hashtags, her brows furrowing.
AcademicFraudAnnelieseClaude#
HighSchoolerPretendsToBeResearcherBeats PhD StudentsJoins TopLab#
Clauderias TechCEOExposedForCheating#
It turned out Coral had posted an anonymous thread on Astoria University’s campus forum in the middle of the night.
In the post, Coral claimed she’d been dating a guy off-campus and gotten pregnant. Then her boyfriend was stolen by a homewrecker. The homewrecker not only stole her almost-fiancé but also pushed her boyfriend to force her into an abortion.
According to Coral, this homewrecker was supposed to be a high schooler. She’d faked her identity and slipped into Astoria University, seducing the campus heartthrob Jackson and even several professors. She even sabotaged Coral, stirring up so much trouble that Coral was about to get expelled.
Coral painted herself as the underdog: a poor girl who fought her way out of a remote mountain village to get into Astoria University, only to lose everything over a failed relationship. She claimed she’d been left with nothing-tricked, abandoned, forced into an
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abortion, and now about to drop out with nowhere to go.
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There were several photos of Anneliese in the post, all taken on the Astoria University campus. Some showed her walking with Jackson, others showed her having dinner with the members of Alexander’s lab.
Every picture was carefully picked to look as ambiguous as possible, and with Coral’s confession about her own abortion and upcoming expulsion, the story seemed convincing.
The post even mentioned the involvement of the campus idol, Jackson, and faculty like Alexander, so even though it was the middle of the night, the topic instantly blew up.
In less than an hour, people figured out that the poster was once the campus belle from the Finance Department, Coral. People also recognized that the so-called sc*mbag who forced Coral into an abortion was Clauderias Tech’s CEO, Zacharias. The “homewrecker” was, of course, Anneliese.
As the original poster, Coral confirmed the netizens’ speculations directly. The post quickly spread to Twitter. Netizens also dug up that Anneliese had recently joined Alexander’s top research lab.
There was even a picture of Anneliese and Alexander standing outside a restaurant, with a tall, elegant man in a suit next to her.
Even though the guy’s face wasn’t visible, he was quickly labeled as Anneliese’s sugar daddy— Zacharias. Online sleuths claimed he had helped her fake her academic records and pulled strings to get her into Alexander’s lab, leaving several other PhD students rejected.
Many Astoria University students rushed online to confirm there was no such beauty as Anneliese at their campus, insisting she must have faked her credentials to get into Alexander’s lab. The gossip frenzy hit a fever pitch.
The story involved college students, rich CEOs, affairs, abortions, and academic fraud p>
Each element was perfect for a social media storm. By the next morning, the story had rocketed to the top of the trending charts, with several relevant hashtags exploding in popularity and the buzz still going strong.
Anneliese finished reading through the whole insane post and honestly had to hand it to Coral for her ability to turn the story upside down.
She just couldn’t figure out why Coral was suddenly dragging her into all this. They hadn’t spoken in ages.
While she was still trying to make sense of it, the door opened and a tall, sharp- looking man
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appeared.
He was wearing a dark gray suit, a black satin tie, and shiny black dress shoes. Clearly, he’d just come straight from outside and hadn’t even changed his shoes. 0000(4)
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“Don’t take down the trending stories yet. Just let it cool off a bit. Keep monitoring the situation. Have Fullbuster Group and AeroAir’s PR teams draft up statements and wait for my word. That’s it for now p>
He finished the call in a calm, unhurried tone, then walked over to Anneliese.
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