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.

the famous romance

comments section was filled with

them may not be trustworthy. If you are trying to gain favor with the powerful, do

Lawrence a man? Is this woman

pretty, she clearly seeks social status through

all people? It’s clear she’s not from the online literature community. Otherwise, a

at the screen in surprise.

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… didn’t Mr. Sean always leave all

start delegating tasks to

Could it be … that he

were

something wrong or say something he shouldn’t have?

“Victor.”

skip a beat, and he quickly looked up. “Mr.

… Mr. Sean.”

downcast and panicked expression. His elegant eyebrows lightly furrowed, “Why hasn’t Claire arrived yet?”

“Huh? Claire?”

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

after all!

Hahaha …

post. His smile faded and turned awkward. He

lobby on the first floor, Valeria held her 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 then returned to Silverton?”

Claire and sneered, “I advise you not to waste your efforts. Mr. Vanderbilt is not someone you can covet! As your

remained

“Valeria, I don’t know what I did to offend you so much that you dislike me this

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