Ch. 221..230
Chapter 221
They gathered fans to start attacking Xyla on the internet, trying to help enforce the unspoken rules in regards to treating their idol.
The other group of people started madly posting abusive comments on Xyla's photo with Josh and on her personal blog, requesting Xyla to apologize for sexually harassing Josh Batton.
They even posted the photo that Mary had sent to the group, telling everyone that Xyla was intentionally leaning on their idol's shoulder and that she was sly and shameless.
They also kept adding information and telling netizens that Xyla Quest had sexually harassed their idol during the show. Saying that Xyla was sticking to him and that their idol had a job contract with her, so he could not lash out.
In an instant, they attracted a lot of people who came to watch the drama...
Many netizens who didn't know the truth joined in and berated Xyla in her blog.
Xyla had no idea that all of this was happening.
After Xyla sent Lana home, she was about to turn her car around to leave when she heard her phone vibrating madly.
She quickly put on her headset and answered the call.
"President Xyla, have you seen Weibo?" Georgie's voice flowed into her ears, sounding a little annoyed.
Xyla was confused. She turned the car around and drove forward. "No. I'm driving. What happened?"
Georgie said, "You're being defamed. Someone keeps spamming in Weibo, saying that you sexually harassed Josh Batton during the fashion show. There are tons of netizens who don't know the truth criticizing you right now."
Xyla was even more baffled when she heard this. "Did I sexually harass Josh Batton?"
Back then, she and Josh were watching the show in an appropriate manner. They only spoke a few words at random intervals, so how did that create sexual harassment rumors?
"Yeah... Someone posted a photo of you leaning on Josh's shoulder, saying that you seduced him and tried to get close to him."
"Not only did you deliberately lean on his shoulder, you even touched his thigh. Josh had been resisting all of this...
"But because of his work collaboration with you, he did not lash out. Instead, his expression was ugly the whole time and that he tried to avoid you." Georgie reported earnestly, the dissatisfaction in her tone becoming more apparent. "Are these people stupid?"
After listening to Georgie, Xyla was in disbelief. This was a case of inventing rumors out of nothing, and some people would actually believe it. How mysterious!
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just how big of an idiot did she have to be to publicly seduce the current top celebrity, Josh Batton, in front of so many reporters and cameras?
"With your looks, do you even need to seduce men? You just have to sit there and the men would melt!
"I think someone is trying to defame you, so they started something like this. Hurry up and post a response on your Weibo to end the rumors," Georgie said indignantly.
"Got it. I'll post it after I get home," said Xyla.
After that, the car sped up.
Once home, Xyla did not go inside immediately but unfastened her seatbelt and stayed in the car as she accessed her Weibo.
Her notifications on Weibo had already exploded. There were private messages, tags, and comments about her.
She tapped into the comment section and scanned it.
Her screen was filled with foul languages.
"Shameless b*tch! How dare you seduce our brother? Are you even worthy?"
"Die, you piece of sh*t! Who knew you were such a person underneath this skin?"
"As a passerby, I'm here to say that Xyla Quest, you can't behave this way. How would your future become if you learn to use the casting couch at such a young age?"
"To think I always felt that you were a nice person. You really can't judge a book by its cover. Looks like you Quest sisters are the same. One is just as low as the other."
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Chapter 222
Xyla's head started to hurt after reading too much of these comments.
A stranger's ill will would always come so suddenly.
Many people liked to listen to gossip. Even if they didn't know the truth, they would follow the crowd and defame the target.
Being in the entertainment industry, she had seen too much of her own celebrities and their rivals being slandered by brainless netizens who listened to malicious rumormongers. This was no longer anything serious for her.
In fact, it barely stirred her emotionally. Other than feeling speechless, she found it amusing.
She only had a little over a million followers on her Weibo. In the past, whenever she posted something, the comments would never exceed ten thousand.
Now, the first three posts on her timeline had exceeded a hundred thousand comments each.
Based on this engagement level, she assumed that she must have made it into the search rankings.
She held her forehead helplessly and opened up Weibo's hottest search ranking.
Sure enough, 'Xyla Quest apologize' had made it to number seven on the list.
Xyla simply clicked on it, and various foul languages from Josh's fans and netizens blew up in her face.
Among the insults, there was one that was particularly an eyesore. "Xyla Quest is so ugly, where does she get the confidence to cling onto our Brother Josh? Have you no shame? Xyla Quest, you b*tch!" She snorted and returned to her homepage to type out, "There was no seduction. It's an angle problem. Stop disturbing me."
The post had just been published when it attracted countless responses.
"Was there truly no seduction just because you said so? You vixen, I won't believe you!"
"Do you think you're really pretty, Miss? Take a look in the mirror. Don't you think countless women in the entertainment industry are prettier than you?"
"As a casual fan of Josh Batton, who's not in his fan club, I'm warning you now to apologize immediately to my idol. Otherwise, I'll give you trouble."
"Can you stop thinking about my idol? You're really not worthy, Miss."
Even if she apologized, the criticism would never stop.
She was too lazy to care, so she simply got out with Josh's jacket and went into the house.
The silent treatment was the best way to handle rumors like this, and soon, it'll be gone. She was not a celebrity in the entertainment industry, so something like this didn't affect her.
As for his fans, other than hate comments, they probably couldn't give her any further trouble.
She was hungry and tired after the show, so now, she just wanted to make herself supper and then take a nice bubble bath before going to bed.
As she left the car, the chilling wind blew, and the faint smell of Oud & Bergamot from the jacket invaded her senses. The scent was light but mesmerizing.
She loved this smell. She remembered the first time meeting Josh. He had been wearing this fragrance since.
It was obvious that he loved this cologne very much.
The lights at home were on. Looking up through this stormy winter night, those warm lights seemed to be shining right into the deepest part of her heart.
Opening the door, the warm air rushed over her, instantly melting the chills on her body away.
The living room was brightly lit and the man was sitting on the sofa, drinking something. In his hand was the black mug she had casually purchased from the supermarket previously. The mug merely cost a few hundred bucks but in his hands, it seemed priceless.
He was wearing a set of dark blue home wear with the top few buttons opened. From this angle, the lines of his defined muscles were barely visible.
Paired with that perfect jaw and the sensual movement of his Adam's apple rolling down, the man looked even more alluring.
He sat up straight like a soldier. The lines on his back were sexy and tantalizing.
"You're home," said Stanley. Like the sound of a solo cello piece, his voice was warm and charming.
"Yeah..." Xyla hurried over and tossed the jacket onto the sofa. "I'm going to make supper."
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Chapter 223
He glanced at the jacket before looking up at her. "Whose jacket is this?"
"Josh Batton's," she replied softly before turning into the kitchen. She had no intention of explaining too much to this fake husband of hers. The moment she left, the jacket fell to the ground.
Stanley got up and simply kicked the jacket aside before entering the kitchen.
By then, Xyla's hands were behind her back, battling with the strings of her white apron.
The strings had been tied loosely earlier, so she planned to untie it and redo the knot but it had accidentally become a dead knot.
Seeing this, he instantly went up behind her, tipped his head down, and took the strings from her. He started carefully undoing the knot.
They were standing really close. The smell of tobacco mixed with peppermint perfume invaded her nostrils.
His breaths faintly grazed the back of her neck and earlobes, causing mild electric shocks.
As if her chest had been electrocuted, her heart started beating wildly.
Xyla immediately reached behind for the strings and took a step forward, planning to undo the knot on her own. "I'll do it."
However, he grabbed the strings again and said domineeringly, "Stay still."
After that, he continued his task.
His warm breaths continued to brush against her, seducing her.
After a long while, he finally undid the dead knot.
Without waiting for her to respond, he swiftly removed the apron from her body. Startled, she turned to look at him. "What are you doing?"
"What's with this face? People might think that I've stripped you," Stanley said calmly, his lips curling into a subtle grin.
"Shameless." Xyla simply rolled her eyes at him.
"You're even more shameless than me," he said.
"I am not!"
"You're not?" He gave her a playful glance before adding water into the pot.
Her face instantly flushed as memories of that night resurfaced in her head.
Her heart almost skipped a beat.
Stanley glanced at the pack of Samyang noodles. "Are you eating this?"
He had seen food bloggers eating this but he never touched it. To him, these were all garbage.
She quickly regained her senses and nodded. "Yeah, I plan to add a soft-boiled egg too. Samyang noodles with soft-boiled eggs are the best combination. Go and rest outside, I'll take care of it." Having said that, Xyla went over to open the package, intending to chase him out. Thanks to that awkward topic earlier, she did not want to face him right now.
Her ears burned just by recalling what he had said earlier.
"I'll do it. You go outside," he said. His tone was domineering, allowing no room for rejection.
"Let me do it," Xyla insisted.
"Since you're reluctant to leave, why don't you stay here and keep me company?" he said faintly. Xyla immediately rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave.
The moment she turned, his lips curled into a subtle grin once more.
Back in the living room, she quickly sat down on the sofa, planning to surf Weibo to distract herself.
As soon as she entered her homepage, she saw a new post from Josh Batton on the site.
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Chapter 224
Josh shared one of the comments on her earlier post. "Was there really no seduction just because you said so? You vixen, I won't believe you!" and added a caption, "There really was no seduction. It's an
angle problem. Stop slandering her."
Josh's response surprised her. She had never thought he would appear just after she had made a post.
Out of habit, she clicked on the comments of his post and to her surprise, Josh was replying to his fans' comments.
Josh's Girlfriend wrote. "Josh, if you've been threatened by Xyla Quest, blink."
Josh replied. "Don't start a conspiracy theory."
With just one sentence, he summoned a wave to completely overturn the events. In an instant, the comments at the bottom were all. "I'm sorry Xyla Quest, please forgive me."
Xyla smiled. She simply called Josh and soon, the call got through.
She went ahead and said, "Thank."
On the other side, Josh was sitting on a sofa beside the french windows with his phone in one hand while the other tapping the expensive coffee table in front of him. "What's there to thank? It's no trouble at all."
He looked homey and refreshing with his white silk home wear falling loosely on his body. His walls were a white-greyish color in a minimalist design.
Under the lights, the tenderness was clear in his eyes.
The smile on Xyla's face deepened. She walked over to the french windows and looked at the beautiful scenery of her yard, placing a hand on the pristine glass. "It was actually okay if you didn't respond. It would have died down soon anyway."
"That won't do. I can't bear to see you being scolded, and all this happened because of me anyway. How could I just ignore it?" exclaimed Josh.
Xyla felt a surge of warmth in her heart. "Anyway, thank you."
"It's really nothing. Have you reached home?" On the other end, his voice was just as clear and crisp.
"Yeah. I'm going to have noodles and then go to bed."
"Okay."
"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. Rest early. If I remember correctly, you have a drama to shoot early tomorrow morning," said Xyla.
"Yeah... I think that someone is deliberately trying to defame you this time using me. From my forum topics, I can see a lot of my fans posting information about you seducing me.
"The people who are riling up the crowd have even drowned out the comments from regular netizens. Something's clearly off. Do you want me to investigate it for you?" Josh added. "No need. I have an inkling who is behind all this," Xyla answered softly.
At the venue, other than Mary Sullivan who would do something this terrible, who else could there be?
Mary and Emily were hardcore fans of Josh. As hardcore fans, they would definitely get annoyed seeing their idol talking to the woman they despised.
In addition to the various grudges from before, it was only natural that Mary would pull such a thing.
From the moment the photo was posted, Xyla already had an idea who it was. The angle of where the shot was taken from clearly pointed in Mary's direction.
The girl must have contacted some of Josh's irrational fans, weaved a story, and then tried to get those irrational fans to influence rational people. That would ultimately lead to Xyla being cyberbullied on a large scale.
It was especially easy for such a rich fan like her who frequented fan clubs to get in contact with the others.
At the thought of this, Mary's face covered in thick makeup surfaced in Xyla's mind. The latter felt a strong sense of disgust seeping out from her heart. She mused, a person like Mary who's all boobs and no brains, she didn't even need to use any too complicated tactics to toy with her.
The girl was truly dumb and mean.
Up till now, other than Emily and her mother, the next person Xyla hated the most was Mary Sullivan. The girl was brainless but she still liked to run around causing trouble.
Hidden fury started spreading inside her heart.
"Who is it?" Josh asked.
"You probably wouldn't even remember if I told you. Alright, rest early. Good night," said Xyla.
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Chapter 225
"Just let me know if you need anything done. Good night."
After saying that, Josh did not hang up immediately but simply kept quiet.
Xyla simply ended the call before returning to the sofa. She removed her white fur coat and casually placed it aside before laying down, gently pinching her nose bridge.
Since Mary Sullivan had done such an evil thing, Xyla would definitely not let her off so easily.
***
On the other hand, at Unconscious Bar.
Completely oblivious to what was happening on Weibo, Mary and her three other friends who went to the show today were dancing at the dance floor of their private room while drinking classy imported beer. The vast space was dark with rays of neon lights dancing around them.
Upbeat music rattled their eardrums.
She wore a cheeky grin and because she was in high spirits, her movements were strikingly enchanting.
"So Mary, were you the one behind all of it? Aren't you quite cool?"
"Yeah, yeah... someone's being trashed because of it hahaha..."
"That's right. It's too tragic. Those people trashing her really aren't holding back."
Her good friends stuck close to her, exclaiming loudly in her ears.
Mary snorted and increased the pace of her body movements. She lifted her head to finish the bottle of beer in her hand before saying loudly, "But of course. Who else but I would have the guts to do such a thing? How is it? Isn't it awesome?"
"Awesome, of course, it's awesome... Mary, you're too awesome."
"Hahaha... Awesome, too awesome. I've despised her for a long time now."
Her friends continued to ingratiate her.
Mary extended her arms to hug them all, laughing as she said out loud, "Just wait and see. Tomorrow will definitely be even more exciting."
"I think Josh Batton will try to clarify things. Xyla Quest too."
"Yeah, yeah..."
"I think so too... If they clarify, would things just end?"
Hearing this, Mary immediately rolled her eyes at them. "Even if they clarified anything, how many people do you think would believe them? Many of them will think that Josh Batton is just afraid of offending her, that's why he did it."
After that, she took her phone out of her pocket, wanting to see the situation on Weibo. Upon unlocking the phone, the device automatically shut down due to a low battery.
Hence, she tossed the phone aside, planning to read the latest updates after she got home.
After all, there was no hurry.
She firmly believed that the rumors on the internet would never get better.
And so, she grabbed another bottle of beer from the table and continued dancing while drinking.
The others did the same.
"What if everyone believed them?" someone asked.
Mary scoffed. "Impossible. Do you think those brainless fanatics of Josh Batton that I've contacted would believe them so easily? Don't you guys worry. Xyla Quest will be cyberbullied for a long long time.
"Humans are complicated. They are prejudiced. Once they've firmly believed something, it'll be hard to change their minds. For example, now that everyone believes that Xyla Quest is a b*tch, no matter how she tries to clarify it, there would still be those who hold firm to their beliefs. There would be no smoke if there wasn't fire," Mary added.
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The others nodded.
"Mary, what if things get worse, and they found out it was you?”
"Yeah, yeah, I'm so worried."
At this, Mary instantly scoffed in contempt. "Don't worry, they won't find me. My Weibo account wasn't verified, and I've got someone to delete the surveillance footage at the scene.
"Moreover, so what if they found out? Do you think Xyla Quest can do anything to me? Something so minor like this will be a cinch for my parents to take care of. Are you guys underestimating the Sullivan family?" Mary said with confidence.
She firmly believed that she would be fine no matter what happened. With her parents' support, something like this was not worth worrying about.
"Stop spouting all that nonsense and let's get high! I have to visit Emily at the detention center tomorrow and tell her this good news, hahaha!" Mary laughed openly.
"Emily Quest has tricked your brother into a marriage by faking a pregnancy, and your brother is planning to divorce her. Do you still plan to stay in contact with this person?" someone asked.
"Emily and I are best friends, okay? How could I cut our connection because of this? What's more, I can understand her reason for doing this. At first, I was also angry, but after that, I thought it through and decided to accept it," Mary declared loudly.
"Mary is really kind..."
"Yeah, yeah, our Mary is a kind little princess."
At this, Mary laughed cheekily and shouted, "Of course. I'm a kind person to begin with. Sisters, let's continue partying. I'm feeling great today, so everything's on me tonight!"
"Three cheers for Mary!!!"
"I love you to death, Mary!!!"
Mary did not respond but continued to dance and drink with a triumphant look on her face.
At the thought of Xyla being abused on the internet, she felt joyful and energetic. Perhaps the abusive comments might get even worse tomorrow!
With this, she felt her body surge with energy and her dance moves became more passionate.
***
At the same time, on Xyla's end, Stanley was done making her Samyang noodles with a soft-boiled egg.
Placed on a white pasta plate were two boiled broccoli garnished on the edge and a simple design drawn on by red sauce.
Even though it was a simple plate of noodles, he had made it look like something ordinary folks could not afford to eat.
The pot from cooking the noodles was still steaming with heat, so his outfit was soaked in the smell.
Once everything was done with perfection, he leisurely removed the apron and brought his creation out into the living room.
Xyla wore a white fur jacket as she rested.
The jacket covered only a bit of her thighs, leaving two fair and slender legs in full view.
Her curled black hair scattered on the sofa like a bed of seaweed, increasing her charm and sensuality.
It was a combination of angelic, tenderness, charm, and sexiness on one person but there was no feeling of dissonance. It was clearly a clash of different things, but they somehow coexisted in harmony. This was the finest specimen on earth.
He gazed deeply at her, swallowing hard before he slowly placed the dish on the table.
The dish clinked softly against the coffee table but she instantly opened her eyes and sat up. Staring at the exquisitely prepared dish with delight in her eyes, she praised softly, "Amazing. You've made something so economical seem so luxurious."
He gently placed the spoon and fork on the plate. "Dig in."
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Chapter 227
Xyla hastily used the cutlery to take up a strand of noodles and put it in her mouth. The sweet and spicy taste spread across her taste buds. It was both stimulating and delicious.
She gave him a thumbs-up as she ate. "The noodles are cooked just right. It's the texture I like."
"That's good then," he said faintly, sitting down beside her to browse through Weibo's search ranking. "Are you really not going to eat?" Xyla asked.
"Yeah," he simply answered. He frowned a little the moment he saw the number one search on the list. At that moment, the top of the list was dominated by #Josh Batton helping Xyla Quest deny rumors#.
He glanced faintly at her before tapping into the search result before finally realizing what had happened.
After a good look at Josh's clarification statement and screenshots of his reply to fans, Stanley turned to Xyla who was focused on eating her noodles. "Why didn't you tell me you were being slandered?" Xyla smiled. "Because I can take care of it myself."
Stanley frowned slightly. "Does it upset you?"
Xyla shook her head. She lowered her head to suck a little of the egg yolk with great elegance. "I'm not upset. I've seen too many of such incidents, so I'm numb toward it."
"Who did you offend?" he asked.
"Just Mary Sullivan... When you were cooking just now, I hacked into her phone with my computer and saw everything." Then, Xyla lowered her head again to take a bite of the egg.
At the thought of those vulgar lies Mary had weaved, Xyla frowned slightly.
"Choose if you want someone to beat her up or the same favor returned." A hint of warmth appeared in his eyes as his tone became increasingly cold.
"If I say to have her beat up, would you mobilize your men to do it?" Xyla looked at him smilingly.
"If you say the word, I can even make her disappear," he answered coldly as he started exuding a murderous aura.
Knowing full well that he was only saying this in a fit of pique, Xyla felt great warmth in his words. He sounded very cool.
She laughed again. "There's no need to make her disappear, or beat her up. I have ideas to toy with her, but I need to wait a little longer."
***
The next morning, when Mary opened her eyes, she was lying on the red sofa of the private room in the bar.
The three friends who had drank and partied with her last night were deeply asleep beside her.
Holding her groggy head, she sat up slowly to see the room scattered with beer bottles.
The dense smell of alcohol invaded her senses, and she frowned uncomfortably.
Seeing that her phone was charging on the side, she got up immediately to take it before kicking the other three people, looking down at them from above. "What's going on? Why are we sleeping here? And why was my phone charging? Did you guys touch my phone?"
"No. After you got drunk last night, our phones died as well so we called the waiter to send some chargers over and to charge yours while he was at it..."
"Yeah, that's it. By the way, shouldn't we take a look at Weibo? To see how everyone is going at Xyla Quest now that our phones are charged." "Yeah, yeah!"
The three girls spoke one after another.
Feeling delighted, Mary quickly accessed Weibo and sat on the sofa.
She waved at the others. "Gather round, let's witness this miracle together."
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Chapter 228
The other people quickly got close to Mary Sullivan and huddled over her as they looked expectantly at her phone. Mary directly opened Weibo and began counting down confidently.
"Three... Two... One..." She counted.
Everyone else held their breath in anticipation.
Very soon, Mary arrived on the page. The first topic on the list was '#Josh Batton denies rumor about Xyla Quest#'.
Closely after that, she pressed on the topic eagerly to witness Xyla being attacked verbally.
However...
When Mary saw the comments in the post, she was dumbfounded.
Not only were the verbal attacks missing, but many fans of Josh Batton were also apologizing to Xyla one after another.
At that moment, Mary felt as if she had been slapped a few consecutive times.
It felt thoroughly embarrassing.
Meanwhile, the three people next to Mary, who were also waiting for an exciting show, sighed disappointedly.
"What's going on, Mary? You seemed confident and sounded as if it would really happen. It turns out that isn't the case at all," one of them said.
"Yeah, that's right. You didn't manage to harm her at all," another person said.
"The cyberbullying has stopped completely. It looks like the people you found weren't all that powerful," someone said.
"Mary... You can't get the job done properly," someone added.
When Mary heard what the three of them were saying, she felt even more unhappy. They were saying insulting things to her.
Meanwhile, Mary was genuinely shocked by what happened.
What was going on? Why didn't things turn out like how she had expected it to?
This should not have happened. Mary had gone through so much trouble. How did things end up like this?
Mary immediately glared at the three of them unhappily.
"What are you saying? Can you please shut up? What do you mean I can't get the job done? I told you I could do it. Nobody has ever been able to dodge my bullet safely. Just you wait," Mary said. As Mary spoke, she quickly opened the 'Josh Batton's Wives' chat group.
When Mary noticed that somebody had tagged her, she quickly opened the message.
At about eleven o'clock the night before, somebody had tagged her and asked if she was creating a false rumor.
Somebody had also asked if what Josh Batton said was true.
After reading those questions, Mary scrolled through what the rest were saying.
Many of them said they needed to be rational and wait for Mary's response before deciding what to do next.
"A bunch of fools. Do they still need to wait?" Mary immediately snorted coldly.
After that, she typed. "Sisters, trust me. Whatever I said is true. I was there in the flesh when it happened. I'm definitely not making anything up. If I were, I'd be hit by lightning. Why do you believe everything Josh Batton says?"
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"Don't you know that Josh Batton worked with the Quest family in the past? Don't you know how powerful the Quest family is? Do you really think Josh could have refused to help Xyla Quest if she asked him to? Aren't you all too foolish? I'm telling you, if you don't teach Xyla a lesson this time, she won't give up. She's still going to approach our Josh. What if she drugs him and sleeps with him?" Mary Sullivan wrote.
After that, Mary snorted coldly and focused her attention on the screen.
"Sisters, look, these brainless people will soon be triggered by what I wrote..." Mary said.
Very soon, many began to spam the group.
"Do you mean to say our beloved idol was forced to deny the rumors? Oh my god, it was exactly what I thought. However, I heard that Xyla Quest is already married. Wouldn't her husband keep an eye on her?" You and Me Under the Tree wrote.
"Married? From what I know, Xyla is in an open relationship with her husband. Why would he care? She has slept with many young, handsome men. This is an open secret in the entertainment industry. Don't be fooled by her fairy-like appearance. She is a lustful woman." Mary immediately replied.
"Sister, are you sure what you say is true? Legal action can be taken against you if you are creating a false rumor. If what you say is true, isn't Xyla Quest a frightening person?" Josh Batton's Steering Wheel
wrote.
"Holy sh*t, sisters, we can't just sit around and do nothing. We must protect our Josh. Let's teach Xyla Quest a lesson. Once she realizes how powerful we are, she will keep her hands away from Josh." Saving My Virginity for Josh Batton wrote.
"That's right. Let's all show this b*tch that anyone who has any ill intentions toward our husband will have to die." Josh Batton's Main Wife wrote.
"Do what you want. This is all I will say. Do not ever believe the clarifications made by Xyla Quest or Josh Batton. Do you understand?" Mary snorted coldly as she replied.
"Okay!" everyone in the group replied instantly.
Mary smiled satisfactorily before she turned to look at her friends.
"Do you see that? Just wait. Xyla will get what she deserves soon. These crazy fans are not easy to deal with..." Mary said.
Her three friends began laughing instantly as they showed Mary thumbs-up.
"Mary, you are amazing. How did you find these crazy fans?" One of them said.
"Yeah, our Mary really is smart. I think Mary is the best schemer around," someone said.
"Yeah. I respect Mary a lot. It looks like Xyla is done for. These days, a lot of marketing accounts are known for being drawn to popular news. Once this thing gets popular enough, the marketing accounts would also jump on the bandwagon," another person said.
Instead of saying anything, Mary silently exited the group as she listened to these girls complimenting her.
It all sounded like music to her ears.
'Xyla, the b*tch, will truly be done for! Just wait! Hehe!' Mary thought.
After Mary left, members of the 'Josh Batton's Wives' group began forming a plan to get everyone to trash talk about Xyla.
Not only that, the leader of the group even discussed gathering funds to buy a spot on the list of most popular topics for Xyla. After everyone had agreed, they began transferring money to the leader of the group.
Instantly, Xyla had become their enemy once again.
Since these ladies hated Xyla and were upset about what happened, they all treated Xyla like their most hated enemy.
To these ladies, doing such things to their favorite idol was worse than killing their parents. Therefore, they were determined to take Xyla down.
Very soon, they published everything they heard from the group onto Josh Batton's webpage.
The topic successfully took up Josh's entire webpage.
Soon after, the leader of the group leader managed to raise a total of one million dollars from supporters of the cause and began contacting people to purchase the spot on the list of most popular topics. Everything was carried out systematically.
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After ten minutes or so, Josh Batton's webpage was occupied entirely by the topic surrounding '#Josh Batton forced to deny rumors#'. Many of his fans were triggered.
After half an hour, '#Josh Batton forced to deny rumors#' claimed the number one spot on the list of most popular topics on the internet.
The 'Josh Batton's Wives' fan group, among others, began to fuel the controversy while pointing out that Xyla Quest really did attempt to seduce Josh Batton. Josh had only denied the rumors because he was forced by Xyla to do so. After all, Xyla was the wealthier party and therefore had more power than Josh.
In fact, they had even pointed out that Xyla was in an open relationship with her husband. Therefore, she was pictured as a lustful b*tch who went around seducing younger and more handsome men.
Closely after that, the 'Josh Batton's Wives' group leader hired many people to continue verbally attacking Xyla with various hateful comments.
Many bystanders and internet bullies, who did not know the truth, as well as some marketing accounts, jumped on the bandwagon and soon flooded the internet with their own posts.
Meanwhile, Xyla's Weibo page was under attack. The first three posts were filled with hateful comments.
While Xyla's Weibo page was in a mess, she was able to wake up naturally without an alarm clock. After stretching her arms lazily, she ran her fingers through her long black hair and slowly sat up on her bed. As soon as she did so, her silky hair naturally slid down behind her. There was a slightly messy but gentle vibe about how she looked right then.
Despite not having any make-up on, her skin seemed fair and smooth. In fact, there wasn't a single flaw on her face.
With the warm sunlight shining upon her skin through the white curtains, Xyla's skin appeared unusually bright.
After stretching her arms again, Xyla picked up her phone habitually and logged onto Weibo to check out today's hottest news.
The hashtag #Josh Batton forced to deny rumors#' immediately came into sight.
With an unhappy frown on her face, Xyla opened the article to find out what was going on.
The first thing she saw was 'The Truth Behind Everything' related to Josh Batton denying rumors posted by some marketing accounts.
After that, the hateful comments showed up one after another.
"I really want to know when the b*tchy Xyla Quest will die. How disgusting would she be after messing with so many young and handsome men? She's worse than prostitutes who sell their bodies for fifty dollars for sex each time." Someone wrote.
"Xyla Quest is a true b*tch of this generation. Despite looking all innocent and pure, she's been f*cked by tens of thousands of people. Tsk, tsk, tsk. She'd better stay away from Josh Batton. Otherwise, I will kill her myself." Another person wrote.
"This woman is more disgusting than prostitutes. How dare she even think of getting her way with Josh Batton? She should look in a mirror first. I want the largest piece of a sharp thing right now." Another person added.
Although these words were even more mean-spirited than the ones Xyla had read the night before and were tough pills to swallow, she was not too emotionally affected.
In fact, Xyla was not much surprised by what happened.
It was all within her expectations.
Mary Sullivan was a brainless woman who would only go to even further extents after failing to defame Xyla the first time around. That was Mary's attitude, after all.
It looked like Mary was not only using that picture to do all this. She was even getting Josh's crazy fans involved. Xyla believed that Mary would not stop until she had successfully defamed her. When Xyla shifted her gaze downward, she saw over 9999 unread messages in her inbox.
Xyla chose to ignore them directly because she knew what those people would write to her without even having to look.
"Beep, beep, beep-"