“Andrea! What makes you qualified to be Jeremy’s girlfriend, huh? I fell in love with him, the first time I saw him! He should’ve been mine!”
Jeremy immediately waved his hands. “I’m not yours! I belong to Andrea!”
That only pissed Simone off even more. “Aren’t you even the slightest bit interested in me? What’s so good about Andrea? She’s not good enough for you! She doesn’t know how to do anything.
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“Everything she has, she got handed to her on a silver platter. I work so hard for everything! Why won’t you notice me?”
I read the comments.
“I never thought Simone would turn out to be such a person.”
“I have been wondering why she kept posting about this heiress. Turns out it’s because she wants to steal her boyfriend.”
“Goodness me! This is so embarrassing. I feel so awkward that I’m getting goosebumps too.”
From time to time, someone would try to stand up for Simone, but those comments were immediately drowned out by the others.
After looking at Simone’s jealousy–filled eyes, I dragged Jeremy off and went home.
I got a publicity team to make some edits of the materials I gave them and make sure Simone went viral. Each time the interest died down, I paid to get the news boosted. The article on her ended up staying in the top three trending topics the whole time.
By the time Simone was released from police custody, her reputation on campus couldn’t be any worse. Everyone looked at her as if she were a gutter rat.
Since she came from an impoverished village, the school had provided her with some scholarships and financial assistance. Now that this incident had spread, a bunch of people left comments on the school’s official accounts, and the administration rescinded all those privileges.
Jeremy also got someone to ban Simone’s livestream account. She did attempt to make a comeback and even started a livestream once, but she got chewed out by the public and was too scared to go back online ever again.
The netizens managed to unearth her entire life history.
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Her parents were divorced, and they had both gone on to remarry and have other children. Neither one of them wanted her, so she was raised by her maternal grandmother.
An old woman couldn’t earn enough money to pay for Simone’s college tuition, so she used her wiles to seduce wealthy men. Since she was relatively smart, she managed to rely on a few underhanded methods to move out of the countryside.
Her real name was Peggy Hogg. Once, the wife of one of the men she seduced came knocking on her doorstep, and she was so scared that she had her name changed.
I assumed that, considering her egregious reputation now, the school administration would ask her to withdraw from her studies. I didn’t expect her to return to campus after a few days.
Simone and I were both dance majors. Soon, our department would be holding a dance competition, and the top three winners would receive some prize money. I figured she was aiming for that.
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Since she had been cut off financially, the prize money was a sizable sum for her, and one she could get almost immediately.
In my previous life, it was my family who sponsored the prize money for the competition. Initially, I merely wanted to be one of the audience members enjoying the beauty of all the talented dancers. It was Simone who talked me into joining the competition.
The moment I started dancing, I realized there was something wrong with my outfit, so I had to limit my movements, making my dance appear rather stiff and awkward.
Halfway through my routine, my shoulder straps broke, and my chest was exposed. Immediately, all the guys started howling in excitement.
I had to flee the stage mid–dance, using my arms to cover my chest. To make matters worse, everyone’s reaction became even more extreme after that.
The criticisms and rebukes I got from the online comments and the people around me made me fall into a deep depression. I felt as if everyone was constantly staring at my chest.
Meanwhile, Simone went up on stage to save the day. Since she went up after me, her dance seemed positively resplendent in comparison, and she received the loudest cheers.
When Simone saw me after her return to campus, she acted as if nothing had ever happened. Just like she did in my previous life, she tried to convince me to join the dance competition. Without any hesitation, I took the application form and filled it up. This time, I secretly observed Simone and didn’t miss the malicious smile she had on her face as she turned away. Since the dance was fully sponsored, all the contestants simply had to choose the design and size they wanted for their dance outfits.
Just as she had in my previous life, Simone chose the exact same outfit as me. It looked like she had decided to use me as a stepping stone to glory once more.
All the outfits were labeled by name and kept in a wardrobe backstage.
The day before the competition, I went backstage specifically to check on my competition outfit. Someone had broken most of the seams connecting the shoulder straps to the rest of the top. I took the labels off my outfit and Simone’s before switching them. Once that was done, I left the campus.
