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.

a good look at herself. How dare she make fraudulent claims against the Schmidt Group's Mr. David? She chose to do

get fame in this way? That's

agree! Tatiana must be too desperate for attention! A woman's chastity is so

still a type of fame. Plus, this is still the fastest way to stand out. It's just that she just had to involve Mr. David, of all

the Schmidt family? Wouldn't the Schmidts put an

the one who forced

laughter resounded. The students'

full of crap! How dare they say such things about Ms. Tatiana?"

brows. His eyes were dark and filled with

fury. His muscles tensed up, and the veins on the back of his

move, someone else reacted even faster than them. A female figure in her sharp heels was already storming straight

still laughing away when they realized that Alyssa was standing expressionless before them.

"You... You are..."

her hand. She mustered all her strength and served two consecutive slaps to the student who accused Tatiana of forcing herself on

student was stunned for a few seconds. Following that, she

were shocked. Everything happened so

with wavy curls snapped back to her senses. She took two steps back and was about to make a run for

Alyssa pulled the student back toward