Chapter 25
There was no way Heather was going to give up her own room to Sophia
Holding back her anger, Heather asked, “You’ve lived in that room for over ten years. Why do you suddenly want to mover
Sophia gave a mocking laugh. “I just want to “
Everyone else in the house had big, bright rooms. Only her room used to be a storage closet, barely big enough for a bed, a wardrobe, and a tiny desk for homework. It was ridiculously small
Heather felt annoyed but didn’t dare take it out on Sophia. “But that’s Elliot’s room”
Sophia said impatiently. “Are you switching or not? if you don’t, I’ll go find Jonathan
“Fine! I’ll switch it for you.” Heather gave in again.
“Good. And don’t mess upt
pmy s
ystuff.” Sophia said with a satisfied smile, then crossed her legs and played on her phone while sitting on the couch
Heather took a deep breath and angrily told a few maids to move Sophia’s thin
Sophia kept her eyes on her phone. The media had just published her school records, and the story was blowing up fast. Howard’s old Ivestream where he bad mouthed her got dug up, and people were roasting him hard.
[Sophia was top of her class from kindergarten to high school. This is the “bad student Howard was talking about?
[How can someone always be first and still be called a bad student? Howard’s such a liar.
[LOL, I checked Howard’s own grades. Turns out he’s the real had student.]
With that SAT score, how did he ever have the guts to call Sophia dumb?|
(He thinks everyone’s a bad student just because he is Watching his livestream now just makes me laugh.
Funniest joke of the year: Sophia’s a bad student. LOL
Everyone go roast him! HowardChandler]
Howard, though not very skilled, was a huge celebrity. It didn’t even take an hour before he was trending
Besides the media, even Howard’s rivals joined the drama, pushing the story even harder. Clickbait accounts were posting non–stop, and trolls came out in full force, turning Howard into a public joke.
Some people even made memes out of it. Before long, Howard’s memes were blowing up on everyone’s phones.
Meanwhile, Howard, who was at an event, had no idea what was going on.
During the break, he saw his agent, Alfred walking over, face like thunder, clearly furious
“Howard, are you trying to kill me Alfred shouted.
Howard blinked, confused. He didn’t think he had done anything wrong lately.
“What now!” Howard asked impatiently, frowning Ske the spoiled rich kid he was.
Alfred, face dark as ever, snapped, “Check the trending topics yoursell”
Howard rolled his eyes. “What did someone snap another picture? Those paparazzi are always making stuff up
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Thinking it was just some dumb rumor, he grabbed his phone from his assistant and opened Twitter. When he saw people calling him a joke, Howard froze, totally confused.
His face darkened as
sed as he clicked into the trendin
e trending tag–and then he understood everything
Alfred said, “Howard, there’s a limit to jokes. Your sister is a top scorer among STEM students. That should’ve been a good thing. If we handed it right, could’ve even helped your image
“But no, you had to mess it up by calling her a bad student. And now, your le got exposed, and you’ve become a total joke online”
Howard felt embarrassed and angry. In his mind, he didn’t think he was lying. To him, Sophia mally was a bad student.
“This can’t be right. How could Sophia possibly…” Howard started to argue but then stopped. He suddenly realized that he actually knew nothing about. Sophia’s grades. He had just assumed she was bad at school.
Alfred sighed, rubbing his forehead. “It’s too late now, I’ve already reported this to the company. They’ll work on removing the trending posts, and your fans will try to control the comments.
“But you better be ready. With how big this blew up, I’m sure someone’s fanning the flames. If that’s the case, even pulling it down might not help much.”
Howard stared at the endless comments online. His head buzzed, and he couldn’t even focus on what Alfred was saying.
Alfred patted his shoulder. “There’s still one shot left. The reality show you’re filming in a few days–that’s your chance.
“When you and Sophia are on the show, clear things up together. Say it was just a joke between siblings and you
Whether it would work or not, they had to try
didn’t mean to mislead everyone.”
Howard was already bad at his job, and now he had even more reasons for people to laugh at him. Alfred sighed, feeling like he was going to lose the last
few hairs he had leht.
Howard’s face turned even darker when he heard he’d have to beg Sophia. “Let them laugh if they want. I don’t care,” he said stiffly.
Alfred sucked in a sharp breath. “Howard, this isn’t the time to act stubborn. Do you even want to stay in this business? If you don’t, just go home and take over the family business. Stop making my life harder.”
Alfred couldn’t understand why Howard was being so difficult about, saying a few harmless words on a show. He didn’t know just how bad Howard and Sophia’s relationship really was
Seeing that Alfred was truly getting angry, Howard didn’t dare talk back anymore. But he still stayed silent, refusing to say anything.
in his heart, he was dead set on one thing he wasn’t going to beg Sophia.
The break ended. Howard pulled himself together and went back on stage, only to find that everyone was looking at him with strange, awkward eyes, Lke they wanted to say something but didn’t dare.
His face instantly darkened. For the rest of the event, he stayed stone–faced, and plenty of people caught it on camera and posted it online:
Alfred rubbed his thinning hair and cursed under his breath.
After the event ended, Howard headed to the dresing room to change. As he got closer, he heard people mocking him inside
“Inever believed Sophia was a bad student. Now her transcript proves i was right.”
“I don’t know what Howard was thinking, making up such a ridiculous lie to hype himself up.”
“Remember when Sophia was getting trashed online a while ago? Howard just stood there laughing like nothing happened. I actually felt bad for Sophia back then”
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“Karma’s real. Now it’s his turndo gel dragged by the whole inte
Already furious, Howard lost it. He kicked the door open and charged inside, throwing a punch at one of the prys.
“Howard, are you crazy?” the guy yelled.
The two of them started fighting, fists flying Since Howard throw the first punch, the other
pretty beat up.
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didn’t hold back either. In the end, both of them got
“Enough!” Darnell Crawford, their team leader, stormed in and pulled them apart, looking furious. “You’re making a mess is it not bad enough already
Howard wasn’t having it. He shoved Damell away and glared at him. “Darnell, cut the act. Aren’t you tired?
“You all mock me behind my back while using me to boost your own popularity, Without me, you will all be a bunch of Bops.
“Well, let me make it real clear–I’m donet Go back to wherever you came from. From now on, don’t even think about using me again. Get lost
