Chapter 10 A Pressure

While the pen name C. S. Lawrence had gained immense fame in the online literature community, the person behind it, Claire, remained low-key.

When her popularity began to rise, websites sought to create a special feature on her, requesting interviews with journalists. However, she turned

them down.

Unwilling to relent, the publisher suggested making a video interview, but Claire declined again.

When the publisher proposed using a photo of the author for promotional purposes, Claire still refused

The publisher considered her quite a mystery, while her readers found her intriguing.

Many readers even speculated that the masculine pen name “C. S. Lawrence” might belong to a male author. Since women mostly read romance novels, the thought that their beloved author might be an attractive man fascinated them

even more.

Claire’s pseudonym C. S. Lawrence became increasingly famous as her work gained popularity. The publisher was surprised by its success and no longer insisted on her participating in any commercial activities.

Valeria deliberately tagged C. S. Lawrence and Mr. Smith in her Facebook. post, hoping to embarrass Claire in front of netizens and tarnish her reputation.

Just after the Facebook post was published, it caused a sensation online.

VALLI C…

Within five minutes, it became a trending topic, and within ten minutes, it climbed to the top of the hot search rankings.

Victor sat in the tea room, sipping coffee and browsing Facebook out of boredom. His attention was immediately drawn to the trending topic of C. S. Lawrence. He clicked into it and saw the content, causing him to spray his mouthful of coffee all over his phone screen.

A “puh” sound escaped, his lips as coffee splattered across his phone, and he hurriedly wiped the screen.

On the mist-covered phone screen, Claire’s pure face stood out, especially her large and bright eyes. Even though he had been around Sean and seen all kinds of beauties, Victor couldn’t help but think that Claire was a rare beauty.

Facebook post attacked Claire: “Hey, everyone! I saw this junior at work today who was trying to get close to my boss. She claimed to be the famous romance author C. S. Lawrence, but I’m not sure if that’s true. She was crying and shouting, demanding to see my boss. Can anyone help me verify

comments section was filled with

you are trying to gain favor

C. S. Lawrence a man?

she clearly

out of all people? It’s clear she’s not from

wiped the coffee off his lips and stared at the screen in surprise. “What’s going on? Could it be

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beside him made his heart skip a beat, and

… Mr. Sean.”

expression. His elegant eyebrows lightly furrowed, “Why

“Huh? Claire?”

unaware that Claire had already arrived at the company. Valeria’s actions earlier were not arranged by Mr. Sean, and he hadn’t fallen

after all!

Hahaha …

the Facebook post. His smile faded and turned awkward.

phone and approached Claire step by step. “Claire, I heard you disappeared for four years. What did you do during those four years? Could it be you followed some guy, got dumped, and

Mr. Vanderbilt is not someone you can covet! As your

didn’t move, even as Valeria approached her. She remained

steadily and said, “Valeria, I don’t know what I did to offend you

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