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When he returned to the entrance of Seawise Pavilion, he was surprised to see several men already waiting outside. They were dressed just like him–sharp suits, earpieces, stiff posture. Bodyguards, no doubt.

And from the way they glanced at one another, there was a silent understanding: same profession, same reason for being here.

Meanwhile, inside the restaurant, no one knew yet that Seawise Pavilion had just gone viral across the entire internet–and not in the way anyone would’ve hoped.

The first to find out was a staff member named Emery.

She had just clocked out and was grabbing lunch at the restaurant next door when her phone started pinging. Her friends were tagging her in a group chat.

“Emery, your dessert shop is trending! Go look!”

Emery smiled, unsurprised. She tapped away at her phone with a fork in hand.

“Figured. Tons of people filmed videos here yesterday. Boss even said we’re getting bonuses this month!”

She was happily sharing the good news when a new message popped up–and froze her mid–chew.

“No, not that. You’re trending… but not in a good way. Just check it. It’s bad.”

Her stomach tightened. She opened X. And the top trending topic was “Seawise Pavilion 3,000 dollars”

The moment she saw the number, her gut told her exactly what had happened.

She clicked the post. Sure enough–someone was dragging them for selling a single dessert for 3,000 dollars.

The post was from a food blogger with nearly a million followers. A verified content creator. Emery had even watched a few of his reviews before. This time, though, his post was pure poison.

He claimed Seawise Pavilion’s desserts were overpriced, overrated, and–to add insult to injury–tasteless.

Emery stared at the long caption, brimming with smugness and misinformation, until she was shaking with rage. The fork in her hand snapped in two.

Say the price is high? Fine. That’s fair game.

But to say the food isn’t even good? That was slander.

drool from the scent of the pastries alone. And if it really was that bad, why were people still

customers was still

opened the

once–ridiculously expensive and

question and they look like they

the consumer bureau. 3,000 dollars for

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last. And the one about rude staff? That one

exactly had her nostrils been pointed skyward?

she kept scrolling–and finally saw some sanity in the

least they’re upfront about the price. It’s printed right there. Take it or

not forcing

the desserts were truly awful, why is the display case always

to

forwarded the

average employee, Emery

sold same–day desserts.

great perks, and free

like Strate City, this job

shop being

escalated

well–known dessert brand in Strate City–one that specialized in sweet Western–style cakes and had

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and decided to strike back with a smear campaign… well, it

Pavilion wasn’t about to

Filed a defamation lawsuit against the blogger.

the social media team’s secret weapon–a guy

how vicious the hate got, he only replied with one line: [Your attack

was polite. And brutal.

laughter. Netizens gleefully pulled up chairs in the virtual melon patch, passing popcorn like it

reaching peak hilarity, an even bigger bomb dropped.

Legal posted a statement.

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