Chapter 1071 Criticisms on the Internet
After seeing this question, all the netizens who stayed on Sonia’s profile stopped typing their questions as they waited for her reply.
They were afraid that they could not see her reply if they continued typing and made the feed refresh itself with all the new questions to drown this question.
She smiled, then looked up to smile at Toby. When he sensed her gaze, he placed his phone down and looked back at her. “Just tell them the truth.”
That meant he saw the comment and knew why she looked over at him. Sonia sucked in a deep breath. “Really? Are you okay with that?”
“Yeah. You have the right to do this. After all, you’re the victim, so you don’t need to ask me about it. Do whatever you need to do.” Toby’s words made her smile. “Okay, then I won’t ask you anymore.”
After saying that, her gaze landed back on her phone to reply to the netizen, ‘There’s nothing between Squirrel and me. As all of you know, money makes the world go round. With enough temptation, people would be daring to take certain risks.’
The netizens went into an uproar at that.
‘That’s actually true, but does that mean someone else is behind this and that the person in the dark is the one who wants to slander you, Miss Reed? This person gave Squirrel certain benefits, so Squirrel risked it all to make up a rumor to taint your name.’
Sonia liked that comment and replied while tagging Toby in her response, ‘You’re right. The person behind all of this is a woman who admires President Fuller, but what can we do? President Fuller is too charming, so that woman thought of this plan, hoping that it would cause misunderstandings to arise between us to the point where President Fuller leaves me. She thought that she could get a chance with him when I’m not in the picture anymore. It’s unfortunate for her that my man, President Fuller, had never suspected that I cheated on him since the start, and here, I’d like to thank President Fuller for his trust.’
Toby, who was tagged, instantly saw Sonia’s reply toward the netizen.
When he saw that she called her his man, he felt a fire burning within his chest. Even his gaze was burning with desire for her, and his breath became heavier as well.
His stare made Sonia blush and think to herself, If Charles isn’t here right now, I’m sure he’s going to strip me with his gaze, or he might even do that for real. Jeez, stop looking at me!
Sonia glared at Toby with widened eyes and blushed cheeks.
He smirked, then raised his phone as he pointed to the screen. “Well, I like the way you referred to me, but it’ll be even better if you could change that.”
Looking at the phrase he pointed to, she blinked and asked, “To what?”
Slowly, Toby spoke, “Husband.”
That made her blush even harder. Her cheeks were now as red as a tomato.
Charles, who was sitting opposite her, suppressed the bitterness in his heart and sneered. “Shameless. The both of you aren’t even married yet. How dare you ask Sonny to call you that!”
Toby turned and shot Charles a cold glance. “It’s going to happen sooner or later. What? Are you jealous?”
Charles merely scoffed and said nothing else. Jealous? Of course I am! How could I not be when she’s the woman I love?
Seeing that he stopped talking, Toby retracted his gaze contemptuously and was now smiling victoriously because he had defeated Charles.
Sonia found the situation to be hilarious. Then, she looked back down at her phone, not wanting to deal with the two childish men anymore.
There were now many replies under Sonia’s reply earlier and she was reading through them one by one.
‘What? I can’t believe that’s the real reason behind this. I never expected that a mistress would create rumors about the man’s girlfriend because she wanted to steal someone else’s man. The audacity!’
‘Let me correct you a little. We can’t regard the woman as a mistress yet because only a woman who has a relationship with a taken man can be considered a mistress. President Fuller has no relationship with her at all. At most, she’s just an obsessed admirer of his. But you’re right about her being audacious. I work at Fuller Group, and I’m sure every one of you knows that it’s normal for a woman to be interested in my boss because of his looks and family background, but have you guys ever wondered why my boss never had any scandals?
‘That’s because my boss had informed all the families with daughters in his circle that their daughters should not have any feelings for him and that the families should not visit him to propose marriage with their daughters. If they disobey him, they will need to face the consequences. That is why we have never seen any ladies from wealthy families visit my boss before. Now that a rich lady has done this, I wonder if she doesn’t know the rules or whether she just wants to give it a shot. No matter what, I just want to applaud her for her bravery.’
‘Amazing. I was wondering why President Fuller never had any scandals. Look at those younger men in higher positions from the other companies, they would at least have scandals with a few women, and there would be women who pestered them too. It was strange that President Fuller, who is in an even higher position, did not have any. Your explanation cleared my doubts. Alas, the richer the man, the more loyal he is. It’s only those who are less rich in comparison who love to fool around. President Fuller is such a good man, and I’m so envious of Miss Reed!’
Sonia burst out in laughter upon reading that.
Toby looked up at her. “What are you laughing at?”
She covered her mouth and looked back at him with smiling eyes. “There’s a netizen who praised you and said you’re a good man.”
“Is he wrong?” he asked proudly, his chin raised up.
Sonia couldn’t stand him and answered, “Yeah, he is right. You’re a good man. Happy now?” Oh man, I never knew he could be so narcissistic, but that’s quite adorable.
‘Oh, right, did you guys notice that Miss Reed tagged two accounts in her reply when she was clarifying the situation? One was Squirrel Media and the other was Lore Communications. Since Squirrel is the media company that’s spreading rumors, so is the mastermind Lore Communications?’
‘I think it’s not Lore Communications, but Lynette Lore, the daughter of the Lore Family instead. I realized this earlier, so I went to ask my friend who is working at Lore Communications. According to her, their technical department received a call from Miss Lore today, asking them to control how the rumor would spread on the web today and to keep the topic trending. She called not only once, and I think everyone here knows why.’
‘Finally, we know who the mastermind is. It’s Miss Lore, whose family owns Lore Communications. She’s indeed a filial daughter. Look at her putting her family and the company into such a dire situation because of her own selfish interests. Now, I think she’s going to get an act of crazy revenge from President Fuller and Miss Reed.’
The netizens discussed and managed to guess the mastermind behind the rumor.
There were even a few of them who had asked Sonia how she planned to get back at the Lore Family, hoping that she would spill some information.
Sonia did not respond to that as she did not have a plan yet.
The netizens did not get a reply from Sonia, but they paid no mind to that and visited the official website of Lore Communications to criticize them.
Although Squirrel Media tried to gaslight them and took advantage of them to attack Sonia head-on, they knew that the media company was only an accomplice because the mastermind was still the daughter of the Lore Family.
Hence, the netizens vented their anger on the Lore Family’s company and on Lynette, who they guessed was the mastermind.
Since Lynette did not have an account on any social media, her family’s company was receiving double the hit.
Sure enough, Squirrel would not be forgotten by the netizens and was now getting a taste of their own medicine.
By now, Squirrel Media’s editor, Mitch, was not in the office anymore as he had already been sent by Tom to the police station. The fact that no one could lead the team at this time, on top of the criticisms the team was receiving on the internet, now made them anxious, and everyone was cursing Mitch in their hearts silently.
