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It was completely unexpected-and such a welcome surprise!
The second female lead in Crumble, a character named Lauren, had a fantastic character arc. Aside from the Nezha role, this was easily the best part she’d landed in a while.
Lily was sincerely grateful for Annie’s recognition and silently promised herself that she would give it everything she had. She wouldn’t let her down.
After going over the plot of Crumble, Lily threw herself completel into the intense recording process.
She was fully immersed in Lauren’s tangled world of love and hate when Annie’s voice suddenly rang out -sharp and cold. “Lily!”
Lily looked up instinctively-and met a gaze full of disgust.
She froze.
Annie had praised her so many times today.
Whenever she’d looked at her, her eyes had been full of admiration and encouragement. Lily hadn’t expected to be on the receiving end of a look like that.
Seeing Annie frown and wave her over, she thought she’d done something wrong in her performance. She quickly took off her headphones and set down the mic, walking toward her.
“You’re not voicing Lauren anymore! Our team does not work with disgusting bullies! Get out! I, Annie, will never work with you again!”
As she spoke, Annie viciously threw the script right in Lily’s face.
A bully?
Lily was stunned.
She’d been bullied by the Ginger family, yes-but she had never bullied anyone else. Why would Annie accuse her of that?
She didn’t want to lose such a great role like Lauren’s-not to mention being wrongly accused. She quickly said. “I’m not a bully, 1-
“Not a bully?” Annie sneered. “Right. Because bullies never admit they’re bullies.”
“Lily, your adoptive parents and all three of their sons have issued statements. They’ve confirmed you bullied Mathilda. How dare you still claim you’re not a bully?”
“Get out! Everything you recorded this morning is scrapped. And the damage you’ve caused our team-Ill be holding you legally responsible. Expect to hear from my lawyers! Get out!”
“I never bullied Mathilda! It was the Ginger family-they were the ones who bullied me! I-“
Annie couldn’t even stand to look at her now, let alone hear her out.
She called the crew over, and they physically dragged Lily out of the studio.
The moment she was thrown out, her phone rang sharply and insistently.
She picked it up with a blank expression, only to hear Mathilda’s smug voice on the other end. “Lily. everyone knows now that you bullied me
“The Luke family doesn’t tolerate scum. Now that they see through your vile, shameless true colors, do you think James will still want a disgusting bully like you??
“Grace, Madam Nancy-do you think they II just kick you out of the Luke family?”
Lily’s fingertips trembled slightly.
In her twenty-two years of life, she’d been the target of more slander and contempt than most people could imagine.
She wasn’t really afraid of being insulted or demeaned.
But because she cared so deeply about the Luke family, she was terrified they would believe the lies too- that they’d see her as disgusting, that they’d look at her with disappointment or even hate.
She tightened her grip on the phone and said coldly, “Mathilda, you’re the one who came back to the Ginger family and started spreading lies. You got those idiots like Bodger to bully me, and now you’re flipping it around and calling me the bully? You’re unbelievable.”
Mathilda had always been careful, no doubt afraid Lily would record their calls, so she never said anything that could give herself away.
Her voice sounded impossibly innocent. “I really don’t know what you’re talking about. The video online shows it clearly-it was you, leading people to bully me. Don’t try to smear me just to save yourself. Karma’s real. Lily. I believe once James sees the news, he’ll finally see you for who you are. He’ll definitely divorce you. You brought this on yourself-don’t blame anyone else when the whole world turns its back on you.
With that, Mathilda hung up.
Lily knew what the online comments would be like-brutal, venomous-but she had to understand what she was up against before she could fight back. She opened her browser.
Mathilda’s three brothers were all ridiculously well-known.
The eldest, Bodger, was a rising star in the tech world.
The second, Jonah, was a top-tier movie star.
The youngest, Sean, was a genius doctor with a massive fanbase thanks to both his looks and his skills. After a video of Lily slapping Mathilda went viral, all three of them posted publicly. They said Lily had stolen Mathilda’s life, and after they’d finally found her again, Lily had repeatedly bullied her. They declared they would never forgive her.
With their influence, and how sensitive people were to the topic of bullying, their statements caused Twitter to crash-twice.
Netizens were furious on Mathilda’s behalf, so angry they practically wanted to tear Lily apart themselves.
“So the whole “switched at birth thing is real! 1 bet Lily’s disgusting birth mom switched her with Mathilda on purpose so she could live large with the Ginger family!”
“Totally. Her mom is trash-swapped the kids so her daughter could live the high life, while poor Mathilda was separated from her real family for years!TM
“Lily is worse! It wasn’t enough to steal Mathilda’s life-she bullied her too? She’s just a fake who thinks she’s some kind of rich heiress!”
“Lily’s whole family is garbage! I hope her and her sick parents all rot in hell!”
Reading the barrage of vicious curses aimed at her parents, Lily’s body trembled with rage, every pore screaming with fury.
She and Mathilda hadn’t been some twisted version of “The Prince and the Pauper.”
This wasn’t about stealing someone else’s place.
She’d been adopted by the Ginger family when she was six-because Luna insisted on it.
She never meant to take Mathilda’s life.
She had a decent following on her short video account.
Her parents were respected Folk Opera performers, upright and clean, with no scandals to their name. She didn’t want them to be smeared, so she quickly posted a video to set the record straight.
“My parents are honest, kind-hearted people. They never swapped anyone’s children. I was adopted by the Ginger family when I was six years old. Mathilda going missing had nothing to do with my parents. I’ve never bullied Mathilda, and I have a clear conscience.”
Some of her followers tried to speak up for her, saying they believed in her character.
But a flood of hate came crashing down, accusing her of lying, twisting the truth, and refusing to take responsibility. Her supporters were quickly drowned out by the tidal wave of insults.
Too many people must have reported her. Her video was taken down, and then, her entire account was permanently banned.
Staring at the message that her account had been deleted, Lily felt a fury and despair she’d never experienced before.
Now, she couldn’t even speak for herself. How was she supposed to clear her parents’ names?
A video interview with Elsa had also gone viral.
Because Lily and Elsa had once competed for the same man-and because Elsa had been Lily’s senior in the same college major-reporters had gone to her specifically for a reaction.
They asked how she felt about Lidly bullying the real heiress, Mathilda.
Elsa said bullying was wrong, and it was never okay to repay kindness with cruelty. She hoped Lily would grow into a better person.
She hadn’t called Lily a bully outright-but her words sealed the deal even more ruthlessly. She’d nailed Lily to the wall of public shame, with no way down.
Many netizens insisted Elsa must’ve witnessed Lily bullying someone in person-why else would she say that? As far as they were concerned, Lily’s guilt was undeniable.
They would never forgive someone as disgusting as her.
The internet was flooded with people calling Lily vile and revolting
But to Lily, the ones who were truly disgusting were Elsa and the Ginger family.
How tragic-those who were innocent ended up covered in filth, while the hypocrites basked in fame and fortune.
Gripping her phone tightly, Lily walked toward the parking lot in a daze. Then, she suddenly felt a wave of cold hit her like a slap. It was that long-faced girl-Yulia-the same one who’d thrown a banana peel at her face the last time she was accused of being a homewrecker.
Trailing behind Yulia were several other girls dressed in edgy, non-mainstream fashion. Each one was holding a bucket of ice water.
Before Lily could react, they started dumping the freezing water all over her.
“Lily, you’re not mentally ill at all! First you went after Mr. John while Elsa was overseas, then you bullied Mathilda, the real daughter… You and your disgusting parents don’t deserve to be alive.”
“You’re worse than animals!”
Crash!
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