"Ashton Heath, I can do it myself..."
"It seems you’re not tired yet?" The man raised an eyebrow, hinting at a touch of danger in his low tones. His profound gaze landed on her delicate lips, subtly darkening.
Joanna Lawrence: "..."
After being served dinner by Ashton, Joanna was so tired she fell asleep in no time.
When she woke up, it was close to six in the afternoon.
Rubbing her eyes, the first thing she did was receive a call from Aria Rowlett.
The moment she picked up, Aria burst out angrily, "Fuck, babe, have you seen your blog yet? There’s another scandal about you."
Joanna Lawrence: "???"
Just after waking up, her mind was still slightly foggy, and it took her a few seconds to register what Aria said. She spoke slowly, "I haven’t checked my blog, what’s happened?"
Aria seemed to be fuming, grinding her teeth, "Did you meet with David Benington today?"
Joanna was taken aback again, her eyebrows inadvertently furrowing, "Yes."
Now, every time she heard the name David Benington, it triggered an instinctual reaction she could only explain as "repulsion".
"That explains it," Aria said in fury, "Online, people are accusing you of being the other woman and interfering with his relationship with Annie Lawrence. There are pictures of you and David on the street, including a video of him proposing to you on his knees."
"They’re saying that David and Annie haven’t officially broken up yet and your interference is disgusting."
"In short, netizens are currently blaming you. Although some are defending you, it doesn’t seem to make much difference. Checking the comments blaming you, I’m sure most of them are from online trolls. And it seems, there are quite a few trolls."
"Even some influential public figures have shared the news, and they are all criticising you in their posts. I think, these influential figures must have been paid to share the news. Otherwise, you are not a famous artist, why would they bother to share it."
"Moreover, the people involved in this incident haven’t even spoken up yet and they have already chosen sides. Isn’t this strange? Do you think Annie saw the news and could have paid the trolls to go after you?"
Upon hearing that she had been labelled as the other woman in David’s relationship, Joanna felt awful.
She furrowed her brows tightly: "I get it, I’ll check the blog now."
"Go ahead." Aria gritted her teeth, "That shameless woman Annie Lawrence, she fucking destroyed your relationship and now accuses you of being the other woman, where does she get the audacity?"
"How can there be such a shameless woman... If she dares to show up now, I’ll knock her teeth out! Also, what kind of trash is David? Isn’t he still dating Annie? How could he..."
"Could it be that after breaking up with you, he realised your worth and is regretting his decision? Wants to get back together?"
"Fuck, babe, you must never relent and get back together with him."
"The heartthrob is a hundred times, a thousand times, a million times better than him, you must never..." At this point, Aria was really getting anxious.
"Aria, don’t worry." Before she could finish, Joanna interrupted her, "Getting back together is impossible. It’s never going to happen in this lifetime. Don’t you know me? I would never get back together with him."