The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 43

After the plagiarism scandal, Citrine became infamous at Primus Academy, earning herself the nickname "the genius" among the students.

But the storm was far from over. Someone posted two new videos on the school forum: one showed Citrine on her knees in a hospital corridor, the other captured the moment she pushed Jeanette down a flight of stairs.

The comment section quickly descended into a torrent of insults.

Within hours, the post shot straight to the trending list.

The fury spilled over. People followed the links from the forum all the way to Havencrest Preparatory Academy's board, and from there, they flooded Citrine's personal social media with abuse.

"Unbelievable. There's no limit to how twisted some people can be. Is she even human?"

"Ladies, this girl is the top student at Havencrest. The so-called genius."

"Genius? Please. That's just a label. Nothing more."

money. Let's be real-she only topped the class

million when she left, claiming she'd repaid their kindness. What a joke. The

a swan, no matter how

some nerve,

in, and now she tries

like her don't belong at

not even good enough to tie

class-Citrine Carmichael can't even

phone, idly flipping through post after post. She even laughed out loud at some of the more ridiculous comments. But when she saw someone insist she owed her top grades to the Iversons' "excellent upbringing," the amusement vanished

these people," Citrine muttered with a

called her, but claiming the Iversons were responsible for her achievements—that was something she couldn't

if the Iversons deserved

she'd paid her own way for everything-clothes, school supplies, even her daily expenses. Aside from sleeping under their roof and the occasional meal at their table, Citrine couldn't recall a single time the Iversons had actually

posted her photo online, and malicious users even doctored

post taken down and had every