Second Chances Protecting Mrs. Hall

Chapter 53

Emma struggled to break free from Liam’s arms. She weakly reached out and grabbed Liam’s shoulder, causing him to wince slightly.

Emma remembered the man who had rescued her in the helicopter had a similar injury.

Just then, her phone suddenly buzzed with a message. (Emma, I’m so sorryl]

Liam’s face clouded over at the interruption.

Emma frowned as she asked: (What’s wrong?

You’re being attacked online!] was the anxious reply.

Emma met Liam’s gaze and opened her phone. Twitter was awash with negative comments about her.

“Why is this woman trying to cozy up to Mr. Rivera, just because she has a front–row ticket? Disgusting!! one commented.

“She is so ugly! Mr. Rivera can’t be with her!” another continued.

“I know her. Her name is Emma. From that international school in Troln City. She’s trying to use Mr. Rivera’s fame to climb the social ladder.” Negative reviews are filling up the entire webpage.

The comments continued, and Emma scrolled through more hurtful remarks. It appeared some of Sean’s fans mistakenly thought she was romantically involved with him.

“Maybe I should just hack into the Twitter system. I’ve had enough of this drama,” Emma said casually.

Liam remained silent.

“Just kidding,” Emma added with a wry smile. She was capable enough but saw no need for retaliation.

Then, Emma stumbled upon a photo of herself that had been grotesquely edited to make her look unattractive. “Who would do this to me? It’s horrible.” In the doctored photo, her features were exaggerated, her face bloated, and her body distorted to appear much larger. This explained why she was being mocked online.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll take care of this,” Liam said, reaching for Emma’s phone. But Emma noticed another notification. “Look, someone is standing up for me.”

Amidst the flood of insults, someone had posted a genuine photo of Emma taken by a classmate at Vark College. She hadn’t seen it before, but the photographer had captured her true beauty.

The individual who stood up for Emma quickly became the target of vicious online attacks. Internet trolls bombarded him with harsh

criticism.

suspicious of the person defending Emma. He clicked on the profile, which was nearly empty, and simply named

this be?”

maybe a classmate,” Emma replied, her eyes still on her

He was so upset that he immediately composed a tweet in her defense. [She is the most important person to me. Anyone attacking

seeing the tweet, was alarmed. “Mr. Rivera, that’s too

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We shouldn’t let them

it’s just that… this might make fans think she’s your girlfriend, which could

for a while, Sean signed and asked. “Then how should I

discussion, the manager helped

part of my family, more important than anyone, She’s still at college and deserves to study without harassment. Please respect that and support me. Thank

impactful statement, the tide of

Mr. Riveral We’ve been

photos online are fake. Have you seen the ones @June posted? Both Mr.

she possibly be his sister? I’m shocked!” Some

busy safeguarding her personal information, effectively managing

Emma began to

excellent student. She’s even more beautiful in person than in June’s photos. The hatred online is unjustified. How can people be

second in the Vark Invitational Mathematics Examination, right behind the nationally acclaimed

support from June and Sean, Liam watched Emma’s reputation

but Vark College was buzzing with excitement. Now that everyone knew Sean was Emma’s uncle, they treated Emma with newfound

Emma’s phone rang. She excused herself to take

“The police just informed

raised an eyebrow, his expression

was brutal–multiple stab wounds, signs of kidnapping,

involving you in the investigation?” Liam asked

identified the suspect–Sebastian.” Emma

and commanding. She stepped closer, wrapped her arms around his waist, and rested her

didn’t want him entangled in her

adversaries on her own.