"Huh?" Hearing Juniper me the bad signal, Lue instantly saw through her act and yelled, "Juniper, you''re not even married yet and you''re already being so frugal for Shanley?"


    Juniper clutched her phone, the curve of her lips widening. Lue had a point.


    Shanley''s money was her money. "Bye," she murmured, hanging up the phone and ncing at her ss group chat. It was blowing up with messages, mostly strings of "Hahaha."


    "Hahaha, Ferdinand is such a joke every single time. Hundreds of people gathered in the chat waiting for his live stream. And then he turns on the camera, and his view is terrible, with half the screen blocked by a pir."


    "Isn''t his dad supposed to be super influential? Couldn''t he get him a front-row VIP seat? lol." Thisst message was a screenshot from another group chat, dripping with sarcasm.


    "Five minutes into the stream, and more than half the people had left."


    "Good thing Juniper reminded me to start a stream on the school forum with my phone."


    Her view was perfect, aimed right at the center of the stage, crystal clear. Besides, theputer science ss stream was simple-you just opened the forum and watched. It wasn''t like Ferdinand''s, which required joining a group and going through an approval process, as if he were some kind of big shot. Theparison led to more than a few people calling him a pretentious try-hard.


    Juniper skimmed the messages with little interest and turned off her phone. As she started to walk, she happened to see Ynda and Ferdinand. They both looked miserable and seemed to have been arguing, with Ferdinand trying to cate Ynda.


    "Hmph!" Seeing Juniper, Ynda''s resentment red, her eyes practically bugging out of her head.


    "That was just a fluke. We''ll be in the front row for the finals. Juniper, don''t get so smug." Ferdinand retorted defiantly.


    "The finals, huh?" Juniper raised an eyebrow and said slowly, "Worry about getting in first."


    With that parting shot, she took her scooter from the staff member and sped off, leaving them in a cloud of dust.


    Getting in first? Ferdinand was stunned. He turned to Ynda and fumed, "Who does she think she is? Just because her brother is a famous actor, she thinks she can do whatever she wants?"


    Ynda bit her lip, silent. The


    award-winning actor, Jimmie Tate, certainly had some clout, but not enough to make the event


    organizers bow and scrape f


    Juniper. During the match she had


    ked up this years.


    discreetly looked


    sponsor for the WKL eSports


    tournament. It was the Schwartz


    Group. Jimmie and Shanley, the CEO of the Schwartz Group, were supposedly good friends.


    Then she recalled the scene at the freshman orientation, where Shanley had not only attended but had also donated a building in his and


    In


    Juniper''s names. Could it be... that Juniper had hooked up with


    Shanley?


    But didn''t she have a boyfriend? How could she so shamelessly seduce another man? What''s more, Shanley himself had a fiancée. Though no one had ever managed to get a photo, Ynda had seen her with her own eyes at the Schwartz, family matriarch Hannah''s birthday celebration.


    There was no mistaking it. Hah, a pair of cheaters! Neither of them was any good!


    She just hoped they wouldn''t let her catch them. If she found proof, she would ruin their reputations!


    ...


    At Cloudscape Community.


    "Ms. Payne, you''re back," Dana greeted her warmly, taking her bag. "Dinner is almost ready. You can rest for a bit."


    "Is Shanley home?" Juniper asked softly, noticing a pair of leather shoes by the door.


    "Yes," Dana nodded, beaming. "I''m not sure what happened, but Mr. Schwartz has been in an exceptionally good mood all day."