Chapter 228 Chapter 228
Tania reached out and covered Caroline's trembling hand with hers, squeezing it in support. “Hey... calm down. Breathe. Don't panic. Are you sure you want to read the rest? The content is disgusting. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear reading these lies.”
The body of the post was, in fact, much worse than the sensationalist headline.
When Tania saw the post earlier, she was so disgusted and angry that she wanted to track down the author's IP address and stab them in person. She imagined how heartbreaking it would be for Caroline, the victim, to read it with her own eyes.
But as her best friend, she had a duty to warn her. The storm was already upon them.
As the post went viral in student WhatsApp groups, more and more “moral vigilantes” invaded the comments section to virtually stone Caroline.
If they simply ignored it and let the rumor run wild, Caroline's promising career and academic life would be destroyed. People on the internet were cruel and always believed the worst version of the story. Even without any concrete evidence, if the lie was repeated enough times, the court of public opinion would turn it into absolute truth.
They needed to act fast, before it was too late to contain the damage.
Tania knew that her best friend now had a strong and unshakeable pillar to support her. She was absolutely certain that Caroline's “male god” — Nicholas — would move mountains to help her resolve this in the most ruthless way possible.
Caroline took a long, deep breath to control her heartbeat before reaching out her hand. “Yes, I want to see it. I'm really curious to know what these people are making up about me.”
“Okay. Take a look, then.” Tania handed her the phone, warning her with concern. “But try to stay calm. Don't take the garbage they write personally.”
Otherwise, she would go crazy with rage.
Caroline nodded. “I know.”
She clicked on the pinned post and spent two whole minutes scrolling through the screen and reading everything.
Even though she had prepared herself psychologically in advance, her blood boiled.
She was so furious, so disgusted by the level of defamation, that she couldn't find the words.
The author of the anonymous post pretended to be a former high school classmate of Caroline's. In the text, she categorically stated that Caroline had not only dated several boys in the past, but that they were all “rich second-generation heirs.” The bombshell of the post was the claim that Caroline had become pregnant by one of these heirs and had a secret abortion.
The “evidence” presented? After the alleged abortion, Caroline had been on bed rest for a whole month. The author claimed that the entire high school class remembered this month-long medical leave, and that anyone could confirm her absence.
In the comments, someone asked how the author knew it was an abortion, since that would be confidential medical information.
The author replied promptly: the mother of another classmate was a doctor at the local hospital. One day, this classmate went to visit her mother at work and saw Caroline sneaking into the gynecologist's office. About an hour later, she saw Caroline coming out, pale as a ghost, walking bent over with her hands resting on her belly.
The author's poisonous logic was: If it were just cramps or a common female problem, she wouldn't need a whole month of medical leave. Only invasive surgery, such as an abortion, would require such a long recovery period.
The publication went further. It claimed that Caroline had meticulously crafted her image as a “pure, innocent, studious girl” (the classic white lotus) just to attract billionaire heirs.
Edward Collins was said to be one of her seduced prey.
And Nicholas, who had already caught everyone's attention when he picked her up on campus recently, was identified as her “new super-premium target.”
The author of the gossip concluded that Caroline only ended her years-long relationship with Edward because she managed to get her claws into a much richer, more powerful, and more handsome heir. She simply discarded him for an “upgrade.”
Female jealousy could be a lethal weapon.
When Caroline was dating Edward, many girls at college were already dying of envy. They spread malicious rumors that Edward was her sugar daddy. It was only after Edward himself began to appear publicly on campus to give her rides and acknowledge her as his girlfriend that the rumors subsided.
Caroline was stunning and had countless suitors, but she was always seen with elite guys. When her breakup with Edward became public, half the college secretly popped champagne. The jealous girls finally thought the “untouchable goddess” would fall from grace.
However, before they could even celebrate her decline, Nicholas appeared.
Nicholas was on a stratospheric level. He was even more handsome, charismatic, mature, and imposing than Edward.
When he offered that dinner to Caroline's roommates, he sent a Rolls-Royce with a private driver to pick them up.
It was glaringly obvious to anyone that Caroline's new boyfriend wasn't just “rich”; he was filthy rich. A true titan.
Just when the venomous girls thought Caroline would suffer for losing an heir, the appearance of the “Rolls-Royce God” was like a double slap in the face to all of them.
Naturally, envy turned into pure hatred.
That's why the forum caught fire as soon as this post appeared. It was the perfect opportunity to knock her off her pedestal.
The comments section was a sea of insults and condemnation. Judging by the aggressive tone and choice of words, the overwhelming majority were written by women.
Occasionally, the voice of reason tried to defend her, but it was quickly silenced and attacked by the angry crowd.
Below, the screen glowed with toxicity:
\[Just a Pony\]: Guys, shouldn't you post facts and evidence when you make such a serious accusation? Just because someone says on the internet that she had an abortion doesn't mean it's true. Is it acceptable to destroy a girl's reputation like this? I don't know Caroline personally, but looking at it objectively, this post seems like fan fiction driven by resentment. Zero credibility.
This comment was immediately shot down by the “vigilantes”: