Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa was frustrated. She put her palm to her forehead and exclaimed, "Cyrus, I can't believe how thoughtless you are!"

Jasper felt his jaw tense up. His head was spinning.

Just as he was trying to come up with what to do next, a few chatty female students walked out of the school's back gate. They were scrolling on their phones and having a discussion among themselves.

One of them said in a mocking voice, "Oh, my God! This can't be real! Isn't this Tatiana from the Performing Arts Department at our academy? I can't believe that she started a livestream to accuse David of assaulting her!"

At that moment, it was as if Alyssa, Jasper, and Sean had all been struck by lightning!

All the blood drained from Sean's face. His body started to tremble as he staggered backward.

"Tatiana is already famous for being a belle at our school. She has already stolen the limelight. It has only been a few days since graduation. Yet, she's already feeling lonely and hungry for attention?"

"Well, she's the smart one here. Once she gets enough views, she will become an online sensation. After that, she would start getting sponsors for her live streams to earn big bucks.

"Who knows if she would even catch the fancy of some producer? She could then be scouted and enter straight into the entertainment industry! Don't you know that this is called a shortcut?"

"A shortcut? I think she's being too clever for her good. She's playing with fire!"

One of the students had wavy curls in her hair. She didn't bother to cover up her jealousy and disdain toward Tatiana. She smirked.

make fraudulent claims against the Schmidt Group's Mr. David? She chose to do a live stream at this time to say that David assaulted her. Isn't she just doing this to get her

in this

desperate for attention! A

this is still the fastest way to stand out. It's just that she just had to

about this on her livestream. Isn't she just bad-mouthing the Schmidt family? Wouldn't the Schmidts put

female student gloatingly said, "If you ask me, even if she and David did the deed, she must've been the one who forced herself on him! I guess she didn't get enough, so she just decided to vent her

students'

say such things about Ms. Tatiana?"

eyes were dark and filled with anger. It was as if there was an impending

his fury. His muscles tensed up, and the veins on the back of his hands were popping. He didn't care if he

faster than them. A female figure in her sharp heels was already storming straight toward

realized that Alyssa was standing expressionless before them. Her overpowering presence made their hair stand. In the blink of an eye, they were

"You... You are..."

all her strength and served two consecutive slaps to the student who accused

a few seconds. Following

Everything happened so quickly that they didn't

snapped back to her senses. She took two steps

Alyssa responded by grabbing onto her hair. Alyssa pulled the student back toward her as