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

her entering the campus with Hayden in the morning, pictures of her having lunch with the four guys, photos of her from the freshman orientation, and even a post

interest, 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 saw these photos, she would be

turn to experience the same. She wondered how Zelena would react when she saw the pictures.

Violeta entered the dark web. There, she issued a simple challenge: anyone who could breach her firewall and access the confidential files on her computer would receive a reward of one hundred thousand, with a deadline set for

a

Red Hat would later become one of

life, Violeta had just started her career 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 to resolve the issue. Later, she discovered that it

four years later, Violeta had to plan ahead. She looked through the list of

and smirked. The target took the

suffered a significant setback in information technology and spent time studying diligently. She had to thank Zelena's fans for her rapid progress,

IP addresses before gradually learning to pinpoint specific locations Eventually, she became skilled enough to hack into the opponent's devices and turn on

in the shadows. Violeta had reported many of them to the police when she caught them attacking her for no reason,

Violeta as she thought about

housekeeper for her humiliation

Why did you let me wear it without checking properly? Are you trying to ruin

I got it from the boutique. Furthermore, the salesperson also checked it. How could there be loose threads? I really don't know how

she took out her phone and checked the forum. Her face twisted with rage as she saw the photos from the freshman orientation. Suddenly,

was cut with a

that despicable

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

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the previous life! Could the have

won't let her trample over

Zelena's perspective, 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 when Zelena returned home, but it was all