Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

The words on the screen took Roseanne a while to process, her voice hoarse as she finally responded, "...I'm okay."

"Keyboard warriors never think before they type, always jumping to conclusions. Don't let it get to you, and don't overthink it. Nobody knows better than I do how hard you've worked to get where you are today. I won't stand by and let you be wronged, and my brother won't either. Don't worry."

Leda's words greatly comforted Roseanne.

"Thank you, Leda."

Just as they ended their call, Owen was on the line.

"I've heard about the forum drama," he went straight to the point, "Someone deliberately took a secret video of you to stir up a media storm, probably because of your recent grad school test scores." Roseanne pressed her lips together, silent.

Feeling her silence, Owen paused before continuing, "The university has already received a complaint and has organized an investigative team to look into it. We believe it won't be long before there's a response. The school won't wrong a good student, nor will it let the guilty party off the hook."

After a moment, Roseanne asked, "Can we find out who's behind this?"

"It shouldn't be hard, just needs some time. Don't worry too much. The school is taking this very seriously, especially Ms. Payne..."

started brewing, Madeleine Payne was

higher-ups were still deliberating, she stepped forward to vouch for Roseanne and demanded

had the chance to step

for her, Roseanne's mood, previously dampened by the overwhelming public opinion,

"Thank you."

the change in her voice, Owen smiled slightly, "Feeling better

"Yeah,

out a

up,

people often attract envy and trouble, but it's not the fault of the talent

afraid, the truth will always

warmth in her

...

the trending

post from yesterday was unsurprisingly pushed down, replaced by a video of Roseanne's grad school