Chapter 6

Jason wasn't blind. Once he caught a suspicious detail, he wouldn’t let it go. "Why do I see a man there? What are you two doing?"

My mind raced for excuses, but that fleeting black figure was impossible to explain away.

I stammered for a while as Jason kept pressing aggressively. In desperation, I ended the video call.

Staring at the darkened screen, my heart pounded. I tossed the phone to her.

She created this mess—let her clean it up.

As expected, Jessica and Jason had a huge fight afterward, and their year-and-a-half-long relationship officially ended. Jessica completely let loose, openly flirting with Martin on campus, holding hands and clinging to him without a care.

I thought that would be the end of it, but then a rumor about us started spreading on the school forum.

Whispers circulated that Jessica and I had been fooling around with two Black men, shaming our reputation.

In their words, we were shameless women.

"This is definitely Jason’s revenge!" Jessica fumed when she heard the rumors, convinced he was behind it.

Remembering Jason’s furious face during that video call, I wasn’t so sure. "But we have no proof."

The priority now was to stop the rumor from spreading further. Jessica needed to tone it down.

"You two should lay low. If people see you, the gossip will only get worse."

But Jessica frowned, clearly reluctant.

I hesitantly asked, "Are you two together now?"

She squirmed. "No. I just can’t give up his skills in bed."

Jessica, all beauty and no brains, had no idea how damaging this was to a woman’s reputation. I sighed in exasperation. "Break it off. It’s bad if people see you."

The next day, I confronted Jason. "Did you spread those rumors on the forum?"

He looked genuinely confused, as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

After a pause, he smirked mockingly. "I wouldn’t waste my time on that. If you did it, why be afraid of people talking?"

His words infuriated me. "Watch your mouth! I didn’t do anything!"

Jason shrugged. "I don’t care about you. All I know is that bitch is a slut."

Thankfully, Jessica didn’t hear that, or another fight would’ve erupted.

But his words made me realize—he might not be behind this after all.

His grudge was only with Jessica. He had no reason to drag me into it.

Which meant… whoever did this probably had a problem with me.

Faces flashed through my mind as I searched for suspects, finally landing on one person.

After much hesitation, I decided to investigate the forum.

The school’s forum admin could trace the IP address of the rumor’s originator.

Without solid evidence, no one could be accused outright.

After some digging, we found the forum’s administrator.

But we hit a wall—they refused to disclose user information.

Luckily, Jessica stepped in with a honey trap and convinced them to help.

"According to the IP address, the poster was in the foreign teachers’ apartment building."

My suspicions were confirmed, sending a chill down my spine.

It was Reginald and Martin.