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Seeing the overwhelming support online, Jaxen finally let go of the last bit of guilt gnawing at him.

A few dissenting voices popped up in the comments, but they were quickly drowned out. Relieved, he paid to promote his video, letting the platform push it to a wider audience.

Setting his phone down, he turned to Cody, feeling more at ease. “Looks like most people on the internet still have common

sense.”

Cody gave a sheepish smile, trying to keep him in a good mood.

To boost engagement further, he even launched a giveaway under the official account, and sure enough, it pulled in even more attention.

They were biding their time–waiting for the topic to peak–before dropping their trump card: revealing that Chronos Legal had tried to sue them.

It was a classic underdog move. Big–name law firm picking on a small business? No matter how you spun it, it would look like bullying. Public opinion would be on their side.

Jaxen had the whole plan laid out, and he and Cody spent the afternoon in the office going over every detail.

What he didn’t anticipate was that the video would be discovered earlier than expected–by exactly the wrong person.

Because he’d bought traffic, the platform’s algorithm pushed the video to highly active users.

And by sheer luck, it landed right on Jeremy’s screen.

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Jeremy had just come back from skiing with friends. Slouched on the couch, he pulled out his phone, untouched all day, intending to check what his friends had been up to.

Instead, the very first thing on his feed was a chubby middle–aged man with an oily face and teary eyes, acting like he’d been terribly wronged.

his expression as he

screen, he felt like he

of friends and old connections

video of a pickup game with the usual crew.

time, though a few

were here, we’d be

that guy ditched us for girls without even blinking. I’m flying to Strate City this

gonna

dunk

on him.”

me in. Let’s roll

then typed seriously into the comments: [Not girls–my girl. Sixteen years old. Prime age for prong my

a like and kept

pathetic middle–aged

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flinched. His phone instinctively drifted farther from his face. Who the hell is this

his eyes had been assaulted. He swiped away like he was

the algorithm was

scrolls later–third time’s the charm–the same

it. He decided to watch, just to see what this guy had spent so much money

before–scheming and sly, the kind that triggered

more he listened, the more familiar

A demand for an apology? Wait a minute–wasn’t this about his

his face

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red–eyed, putting on an Oscar–worthy victim act, while twisting the narrative completely. Jeremy

did this guy get the audacity?

floored by how shameless the lies

were.

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