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Carmen and her people moved fast. When Aubree entered a few keywords and casually scrolled through some posts, they all contained more or less the same narrative.
Roughly speaking, it claimed that Percival had acted out of concern for his student and misunderstood the past between her and Carmen, assuming that Aubree had set up a trap to frame Carmen. The incident darnaged Aubree’s reputation at the art. exhibition.
However, the post blurred the actual sequence of events. It didn’t clarify how Percival had misunderstood things. It certainly didn’t mention how Aubree had been cornered and pressured by several people on–site.
Percival himself had promptly posted an apology on social media regarding the matter.
Aubree let out a sarcastic laugh. As expected.
It was Carmen’s exhibition, after all. She had definitely gotten smarter than before. She knew how to use others as weapons, and this time she had even been careful enough to ensure all the media and reporters present were handpicked by her.
Even if something unfavorable had happened, she could still dominate the narrative.
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She deliberately erased key information. From the surface–level details available now, the blame all seemed to fall on Percival. But he was also somewhat excusable. He just cared too much for his student. Meanwhile, Aubree came off as an uninvolved, innocent party.
Moreover, to outsiders unfamiliar with the whole truth, the situation would inevitably wonder why this was connected to that earlier incident.
Perhaps the plagiarism accusations against Carmen had another side to the story. She might be innocent.
People’s imaginations were boundless. Carmen didn’t even need to do much. She could just post some vague, ambiguous messages on social media, play the victim a bit, speak kindly of her teacher, and all the filth that had once clung to her was now halfway washed clean.
Aubree continued searching. Alvin had explained the situation at the scene in detail, and Stan had also been publicly defending her. But public opinion was overwhelming. Most people who had been at the exhibition sided with Carmen, and some even began to question whether Alvin and Stan were exaggerating things due to personal bias.
After everything she had been through, Aubree learned that arguing online would never truly hurt her enemy.
Even after winning so many battles in public opinion, the damage she had dealt to the Wilson family was only a brief moment of frustration for them!
Even Carmen, who had been relentlessly scolded before, was now practically “reborn.”
Aubree couldn’t be bothered to respond to the online chatter. Instead, she contacted Caesar to ask how the lawsuit preparations were going for defamation and false accusations against Carmen, Alice, and Percival.
Caesar said, “It’s already been filed with the court. Now we just wait for it to be accepted and for the summons to be issued.”
Aubree posted a screenshot of her conversation with Caesar on X. It was captioned: [No forgiveness, no argument. See you in court.]
The moment the post went up, netizens who were still heatedly debating were dumbfounded. Aubree was really going this hard.
The typical process was supposed to involve both parties arguing online first, leading to either reconciliation or a complete falling out. However, Aubree went straight to legal action.
[Wait, Carmen, Alice, Daxton… Aubree’s suing practically the whole Wilson family, along with Percival!]
[Looking at it this way, what Stan and Alvin said seems much more credible now.]
[Wasn’t it Stan who originally called out Carmen’s plagiarism? What if he and Aubree had a deal from the beginning?]
The online discussion exploded. Even Carmen herself was stunned when she saw Aubree’s response.
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This wasn’t how she’d imagined things at all.
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