Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Eating Fondue Base

Hayden delivered on his promise and used the cue Violeta chose for him. The guys played a billiards game for four Violeta did not join them but watched from the side. "Let's have a penalty for losers Vio, you decide."

Violeta sat on the couch and was ready to log in to the Toland University forum on her phone. She considered momentarily before saying. The losing side will treat the winners to dinner." Zoren replied, "That's too simple.

Violeta asked curiously, "What kind of penalty did you have before?

"We used to do something more extreme, like eating ten lemons in a row."

Violeta was stunned.

Did they eat ten lemons in a row? That's insane!

"In that case, the losers will treat us to dinner this evening. And no matter what food the winners choose, the losers have to eat it with a smile.

"Wow, Vio, your punishment is harsher than we used to have."

"Hahaha..

"All right, we'll go with this. Let's start!"

The guys started playing billiards.

Violeta logged into the university forum and took a look around. Even before entering, she could imagine what the forum would look like

the first two pages were all about her. There were photos of her entering the campus with Hayden in the morning, pictures of her having lunch with the four guys, photos of her from

and she tapped to read more about it. Someone happened to take photos of Zelena's embarrassing moment and posted it in the thread. If

Zelena's turn to experience the same. She wondered how Zelena would react when she

issued a simple challenge: anyone who could breach her firewall and access the confidential files on her computer would

was a

the leaderboard, Red Hat. Red Hat would

and achieved some success when she became the target of online harassment. Many of her private matters were exposed, and she had to spend money

happen until four years later, Violeta had to plan ahead. She looked through the list of those who accepted the challenge and found

target took the bait! It won't be easy

technology and spent time studying diligently. She had to thank Zelena's fans for her rapid progress, Whenever they came

she became skilled enough to hack into the opponent's devices and turn on their cameras to

to the police when she caught them attacking her for

surged within Violeta as she

her housekeeper for her

dress is defective! Why did you let me wear it without checking properly? Are you

appeared confused. "Ms. Blake, I don't know what happened. I checked the dress thoroughly when I got it from

with rage as she saw the photos from the

was cut with

that despicable Violeta! She's behind

tightly. She wished she could find Violeta now and tear her apart. At the same time, she realized

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wasn't this cunning in the previous life! Could the have changed after starting

trample

Violeta was the fake heiress of the Blake family, who took everything from her in her past life. Furthermore, she even tended to be nice