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."

be real-she only topped the class because they groomed her.

What a joke. The Iversons are old money-just her expenses over the years must've cost way more

never become a swan, no matter how hard it

some

in, and now she tries to

like her don't

good enough

brains and class-Citrine Carmichael can't even

through the vitriol on her phone, idly flipping through post after post. She even laughed out loud at some of the more ridiculous

Citrine muttered with a cold

her, but claiming the Iversons were responsible for her achievements—that was something she

Iversons deserved

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

and malicious users even doctored the image

trending post taken down and had every photo of Citrine scrubbed from the

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