Chapter 1041


    As everyone in Seafield knew, the Reed Family and the Lane Family were close as Sonia and


    Charles grew up together too.


    If the photos were revealed without editing, a number of people would not buy the story since


    everyone knew it was Sonia and Charles.


    Thus, the Squirrel Media edited the photos by blurring out Charles'' face so that the public would be


    hidden from the fact that it was him. They would perceive the guy in the picture as a garishly-


    dressed and untrammeled man at first nce. It was because such a man would lend credibility to


    the content.


    After all, such men were adept in winning women''s hearts, so it was highly possible for Sonia to


    lose her patience and betray Toby because of the man''s ''sweet nothings''.


    Realizing the Squirrel Media''s dirty y, Sonia felt her body trembling. She could not help the urge


    to rush into their outlet fully armed and annihte the wholepany.


    "Daphne, had you not reminded me that Charles'' face is blurred, I wouldn''t have noticed it." Her


    hands formed a fist. It took her a while to barely quell the fury in her.


    It was understandable since she was defamed by the Squirrel Media and angered by the


    comments. Hence, she did not pay too much attention to the photos that the oddity went unnoticed


    to her. In short, had Daphne not reminded her of it, she would not have realized it at the moment.


    Daphne waved her hand. "It''s nothing, President Reed, but have you sensed something wrong?"


    "Tell me." Sonia looked at her.


    Daphne''s finger tapped on the screen at thement section. "Look at thesements. They''re


    either criticizing or adding fuel to the fire. In other words, neither of them are positive. I know that


    theizens are quite harsh to public figures; a handful of them are so wicked that they wished the


    public figures had their career ended by having themselves canceled. Still, a part of thements


    should be kind. It shouldn''t be as negative as it is right now. There should at least be moderate ones


    no matter what—"


    Pausing momentarily, she continued. "Plus, there''s a lot of fans shipping you and President Fuller.


    Even if some trusted the news and no longer supports you, there should be a number of them that


    truly supports you and President Fuller. They will always trust and support you guys. So, they


    should be leavingments to support you and clear your name, but there''s none in thement


    section. I can only see the negative ones. Something''s odd no matter how I see it. I think it''s the


    ghostwriters."


    Then, she clicked into one of the ounts that left a negativement. Looking at its main profile,


    she sniggered. "I knew it. Just click any of them and their main profile is empty. There''s no


    information at all. It''s obvious that it''s a newly registered ount. What else but ghostwriters?


    Someone''s setting you up on purpose, President Reed."


    She looked at Sonia, who was surprisingly calm. Not a smidgen of shock was shown on her


    expression upon hearing the truth from Daphne.


    Baffled, Daphne asked, "Have you seen thising, President Reed?"


    Sonia hummed. "Yeah, I got a hunch the moment I saw so many negativements. There are bad


    guys and good guys in this world. Same goes for thements. If there are bad ones, a part of


    them should be impartial and positive; it''s the never changing rule in this world. But, I see zero


    positivements. Even if we do, it''ll be deleted a secondter. Apparently, the moderator only


    leaves the bad ones and removes the good ones."


    "I see. No wonder you''re not surprised at all." Daphne understood and raised her chin, yet her


    brows knitted together soon after that. "Do you have an idea about who''s behind this, President


    Reed?"


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    Sonia shook her head. "I don''t."


    It happened all too suddenly, so she did not have the time to figure out the mastermind.


    "Could it be the one who snatched ourponents away?" Daphne guessed.


    Sonia gazed at her. "What makes you think so?"


    Daphne exined, "Because there''s only a few enemies you have. Jessica is in prison, so she


    doesn''t have the power to do so. I bet she doesn''t have the guts to do it anymore. She''s sent to


    prison after using and spreading rumors of you, right? Next will be the Gray Family, who is not likely


    to be the culprit. Recently, the authorities have announced that, in Seafield, the Department of


    Commerce will be investigating Triforce Enterprise. So, they''re hectic as ever to clean the


    underhanded evidence in order to sustain thepany. They don''t have the time to plot a scheme


    against you. And after crossing them out of the list, the only person left is the person who snatched


    ourponents away. President Fuller retrieved it back for us yesterday and that person might hold


    a grudge on it, hence the scandal."


    "Your guess could be right, but I don''t think that it''s him this time." Sonia shook her head.


    Daphne looked at her. "Why?"


    I haven''t told you about this, but the person who took outponents is an old man in his fifties."


    "He''s an old man?" Daphne was stunned, for she had expected it to be a youngster instead of an


    old man.


    "Yeah. He''s old." Sonia nodded before pointing at the news article on the monitor. "Besides, don''t


    you know what they''re really after?"


    "Isn''t it to defame you?" Staring at the screen, she blurted her assumption with uncertainty.


    Sonia nodded and shook her head. "You''re almost there. This article is released to defame me, but


    that''s only one of the reasons. There''s a lot of ways to defame someone. Why choose a scandal?


    The culprit wants me to break up with Toby."


    "They want you to break up with President Fuller?" Daphne''s face fell.


    Sonia hummed. "That''s right. Think about it. What can''t men stand the most?"


    As though she had understood something, Daphne replied unconsciously, "Betrayal."


    A betrayal by his partner.


    Sonia''s eyes remained downcast. "Yeah. A man can never stand his partner''s betrayal, especially a


    prideful and bossy person that has a high social status like Toby. If I betray him, he''ll choose to


    leave me no matter how much he loves me. So, the mastermind stirs up a scandal to defame my


    name because it could raise suspicions in Toby to make him break up with me. However, if that


    person merely wants to nder me, he can go for something wicked that''s more effective than a


    scandal, isn''t it?"


    "Now I see." Daphne stroked her chin. "That person doesn''t use dirtier means to ruin your


    reputation because they know that President Fuller will never give up on you as long as he knows


    that it''s not your fault. That''s why the culprit chose to spread rumors about you on the Inte."