Ashlyn returned to her apartment to change her shoes. As she looked at the white flat shoes on her feet, she thought about how she was forced to slap Devin just half an hour ago and couldn’t help but smile.
Devin was really good at chasing girls.
But the last thing that playboys like him had was patience.
Ashlyn shook herself out of these thoughts of Devin and took off her shoes.
She felt much better after what had happened tonight.
She took a shower and soon fell asleep.
But there was someone who had trouble sleeping.
The event that had happened to Denise at tonight’s banquet had been unprecedented for her. It was supposed to have happened to Ashlyn but it had fallen upon her instead. She was fuming as she returned home.
What was worse, Gordon had not only refused to help her but had also warned her off from making any more trouble.
Denise couldn’t hold back her anger. She gritted her teeth as she thought of the thing she had overheard and pulled out her phone to make a call.
The night was quiet.
Gordon sat on the sofa in the silent apartment, a cigarette between his fingers. His phone was on the table, the picture that Aiken had sent open on the screen.
He took a puff before leaning over and deleting the photo.
By the next morning, the upper class in Courtbush knew about what had happened to Denise at the banquet.
Denise had become a laughingstock. Nobody dared talk about it in front of her, keeping in mind the Jones family’s status. But they weren’t beyond discussing it behind her back.
And almost as quickly, Nathaniel learned about it. Denise was scared that he would conduct a thorough investigation into it. So she replied stoically, “Gordon is investigating it, Grandpa.”
Denise didn’t dare ask Nathaniel to look into it. After his irritation with Raina, he even proposed to let Ashlyn back into the Jones family.
Yesterday, he had asked Denise if Ashlyn had forgiven her and whether she had put in a good word for Gordon at last night’s banquet.
Denise wasn’t stupid. She understood what Nathaniel was thinking about.
If Nathaniel found out that she had secretly schemed against Ashlyn, she would receive more punishments.
Denise quit her plan of making trouble for Ashlyn after hearing Nathaniel’s questions.
However, at lunch with Mara, Denise learned that she had become the laughingstock and her irritation with Ashlyn returned in full force. She decided to take revenge.
Denise’s expression darkened at these sarcastic words and she asked people to post the information that she had prepared.
She couldn’t bear to be humiliated like this!
People online were quite interested in the explosive news that Denise had provided. After all, it was hot gossip about some of the most prestigious families in the city.
In less than two hours, Ashlyn had suddenly become the other woman in Gordon and Raina’s relationship.
People also began to attack Only I Know, the comic book that Ashlyn had created. They thought she was shameless to express her feelings for Gordon when the latter already had a girlfriend.
Not long after this news was released, people began to comment that Ashlyn deserved to be dumped by Gordon. They were attacking her for coming between Gordon and Raina.
Ashlyn returned to her apartment to change her shoes. As she looked at the white flat shoes on her feet, she thought about how she was forced to slap Devin just half an hour ago and couldn’t help but smile.
Devin was really good at chasing girls.
But the last thing that playboys like him had was patience.
Ashlyn shook herself out of these thoughts of Devin and took off her shoes.
She felt much better after what had happened tonight.
She took a shower and soon fell asleep.
But there was someone who had trouble sleeping.
The event that had happened to Denise at tonight’s banquet had been unprecedented for her. It was supposed to have happened to Ashlyn but it had fallen upon her instead. She was fuming as she returned home.
What was worse, Gordon had not only refused to help her but had also warned her off from making any more trouble.
Denise couldn’t hold back her anger. She gritted her teeth as she thought of the thing she had overheard and pulled out her phone to make a call.
The night was quiet.
Gordon sat on the sofa in the silent apartment, a cigarette between his fingers. His phone was on the table, the picture that Aiken had sent open on the screen.
It was more than three hours before the news reached Ashlyn.
When public opinion had first formed, Ashlyn had been in a meeting and had no idea about what had happened.
When Jessie received the news, she called Ashlyn immediately. But she didn’t answer her phone.
Jessie was furious at the people attacking Ashlyn online. She instructed Payne to investigate and find out the source of the news.
Ashlyn had left her phone in her office before going into the meeting. When she came back and checked it, Jessie had called her multiple times and sent dozens of messages.
By the time Ashlyn learned of the ins and outs of the matter, the attack had become overwhelming. People were calling her names, including the other woman, and branding her love as valueless. Even Jessie and Payne’s joint efforts were in vain.
The last straw for Ashlyn was when she learned that even Only I Know was under attack. She wasn’t just annoyed.
People who had once praised it were the ones attacking it.
Ashlyn went through some of the comments before bursting into laughter.
She ended up getting punished for the mistakes she made when she was young.
Ashlyn knew who was behind all of this.
She had been lenient enough to allow Denise to cross the line over and over again without retribution. But Denise had gone too far this time.
Ashlyn laughed as she looked over the online criticism. She said to Talia, “Talia, please make an appointment with Nathaniel.”
She didn’t want to see anyone from the Jones family. But she would make Denise pay for what she had done.
Talia, too, had just learned of this nastiness and was beyond furious. But Ashlyn’s words stunned her for a moment. She recovered soon enough to nod, pull out her mobile phone, and leave the room to call Carl.
Payne reverted to Jessie with the news that Denise had orchestrated this whole circus.
Jessie erupted with anger. She hung up and immediately drove to Crowbar Technologies.
She was so angry, she ignored the receptionist and barreled into the elevator.
Jessie had long wanted to beat Gordon. But she hadn’t been brave enough to confront him and Ashlyn had asked her not to think about it. That was why Jessie hadn’t done anything so far.
But she couldn’t bear it anymore.
When the elevator stopped on Gordon’s floor, Jessie exited it in a rush. Lowell stepped forward to stop her, but she merely waved him away and pushed the door open. “Are you a fucking man or not, Gordon?” she demanded.
The senior executives in the office, who were in the middle of a meeting with Gordon, were stunned. Gordon’s face clouded as he said sharply, “Watch your mouth.”
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