Chapter 215: The Wrath Of Public Opinion


    Sylvia''s POV:


    I took Warren''s phone from him and browsed through the school forum.The whole page was about this


    matter.I clicked on a post with the mostments.


    There were several pictures attached to the post.The figures in the photo were blurry and their faces


    couldn''t be seen clearly, but theizens were relentless.


    They could determine it was me just by a few pixted pictures and some leading descriptions.


    "She looks like a dominatrix.I''m sure she''s like this in private."


    Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    "Do you have her phone number? I want to ask her out.


    "I don''t know how many men she has slept with.Maybe she has all kinds of STDs!"


    "Oh, my God! The Royal Military School''s name is stained by her!"


    "Disgusting! The filthy ve should be expelled from the school!"


    I scrolled all the way to the bottom of the post.


    There were endlessments filled with obscenities and hatred.There was nothing I could say to


    defend myself, because the she-wolf in the pictures was really me.


    Even if I tried to exin that I had been drugged and set up, no one would believe me.


    "Sylvia, are you okay?"


    Flora pulled at my sleeve cautiously.


    "Don''t read thements.They''re all bullshit."


    I didn''t answer her.


    Even I couldn''t describe how I felt.It was said that rumors were more vicious than a werewolf''s ws.


    Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected to get involved in some scandalous rumor and


    be the focus of public opinion.


    Their words were like sharp arrows, shooting at my chest without mercy.


    "What if we asked Rufus for help? He must have the power to close the forum,"


    Warren suggested hesitantly.


    "We can''t let Rufus see this! Don''t you think things are bad enough?"


    Flora shook her head and clucked her tongue at Warren.


    Pursing my lips, I returned the phone to Warren with trembling hands.


    "Let''s just wait and see.My mind is in a mess right now, and I don''t want to act rashly."


    Warren took the phone back and browsed through the forum himself, looking quite distressed.


    "Sylvia, don''t mind them.They know nothing."


    Flora threw her arms around me and hugged me tightly.


    All of a sudden, Warren gasped in surprise.


    "The forum is closed!"


    "What?! Let me see!"


    Flora leaned over and pulled Warren''s hand to get a good look at his phone screen.


    "It really is closed!" I smiled bitterly.


    "It seems that Rufus already saw it."


    "Sylvia, maybe things aren''t that bad..."


    Flora seemed to want to say something more but then stopped on second thought.She looked like she


    didn''t know how tofort me.


    "Rufus is a reasonable man," Warren added feebly.


    Scratching his head awkwardly, he nced at Flora.


    "Right?" Flora simply rolled her eyes and ignored him.


    I forced a smile at them.


    "I want to be alone, okay? I need some space."


    "Say no more.We''ll go for a walk outside.Call me if you need anything!"


    As she spoke, Flora dragged Warren away.I closed the door behind them and fell into a daze.


    My mind was an absolute mess and I had no idea what to do.


    "My dear, don''t be sad.Theizens don''t know what they''re talking about," Yana said gently in an


    effort tofort me.


    I sighed.


    "Honestly, I don''t care what they think about me.I''ve been looked down upon ever since my mother was


    executed, so I''m used to this kind of thing.But I do care about what Rufus thinks.What if he hates me


    because of this rumor?"


    "Sylvia, if you think like that, you don''t understand Rufus''s love for you at all," Yana said in a serious


    tone.


    "He isn''t that kind of man.Haven''t you realized this after spending so much time with him the past few


    weeks? Rufus loves you wholeheartedly, but you don''t trust him enough."


    "It''s not that I don''t trust him.I''m just scared of losing him,"


    I exined incoherently, throwing my hands in the air helplessly.


    "When you have something so wonderful, you can''t imagine what it''ll be like to lose it.I admit that I have


    an inferiorityplex.Whenever I encounter stuff like this, my first reaction is to fear.But it doesn''t


    matter if others try to hurt me.That I can endure.But now that I have Rufus, I can''t help but always


    worry that I''ll lose him someday."


    "I know how you feel, Sylvia.Now calm down and call Rufus,"


    Yana suggested.


    "I..." I faltered.


    "What''s with the hesitation? Rufus always supports you."