Chapter 247


    The person Mary Sullivan had gone against was X Quest, not theizens. Why were they


    openly spewing hatred against her? Moreover, why were they being so harsh with their words?


    Growing up, Mary had never experienced something like this. She had never been scolded by so


    many people at the same time. Cyberbullying truly was a frightening thing. Just from briefly going


    through some of thesements, Mary was already feeling suffocated.


    She never would have thought that X could turn the tables against her. Moreover, she did not


    expect that what she had nned for X would happen to herself in an even worse way. Now,


    Mary was feelingpletely lost and had no idea what she should do. She wished she had a shell


    to hide in, so that she could avoid being criticized by all these people.


    Mary felt angry and fearful! She also felt very hurt! Her originally reddened cheeks were now


    drained of color—her entire face had gone pale.


    After going through some of the items on her list of notifications, Mary directly checked out the list of


    most popr topics. The first four items came into sight simultaneously. Compared to the news


    about herself, Mary’s attention was much more drawn to the second topic, ‘#Does Josh Batton Like


    X Quest?#’


    Reading this, Mary felt even more depressed. Feelings of jealousy began to take over. Immediately


    clicking on the link, the first thing that came into sight was a post shared by a marketing ount.


    Josh Batton had written, ‘X Quest seducing me? I think it’s more like I’m the one trying to seduce


    her. You people think too highly of me.’


    Since Mary had had a crush on Josh for a long time, she knew very well that he would not easily


    say these things about just any girl.


    Although he seemed kind to everyone and was always polite, there was always a distant feeling


    that apanied his politeness. Although it appeared as if anyone could get close to him, the truth


    was, nobody could ever get close to his heart.


    Therefore, for him to say these things about her in public, Mary was certain that Josh must really


    like X. When she saw how her idol was openly saying these things about the person she hated


    the most, Mary felt as if she would soon go insane.


    On top of that, upon realizing that Josh was saying these things because of the things she did


    before, she felt even more annoyed with herself.


    Mary had always fantasized about how she would get close to Josh through hard work, and


    eventually have him fall for her. She had even dreamed of how he would propose to her in front of


    all his fans on Weibo. Whenever Mary thought of that happening, she would feel as if she could die


    blissfully.


    However, all that had now gone down the drain. What Mary desired the most did happen. However,


    the female protagonist was not herself. Instead, it was the woman she hated the most—X Quest!


    Why would a wonderful person like Josh fall for X? Why did it have to be X?


    Creak...


    With Mary’s door being opened, her thoughts were interrupted. Tony Sullivan appeared by the door


    with an ice-cold expression on his face. Mary immediately felt her heart clench as she


    subconsciously stood up and looked sadly at him.


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    She began to exin, “Dad, I’m sorry. I only did those things to X because I wanted to avenge


    our family. It was all going perfectly… I…”


    In recent times, her father had been troubled by the things that had been happening to the Sullivan


    family. Moreover, the Sullivan family’s stock price had plummeted due to what happened with


    Mary’s second brother and Emily Quest. Theirpany image was greatly affected too.


    Now, with the mess Mary had made of herself, it only made matters worse. Her father would


    certainly be enraged.


    Wham!


    Before Mary could finish her sentence, Tony had walked up to her and pped her hard. The p


    landed on the left side of her face. As soon as that happened, the left side of her face swelled up,


    matching the right side of her face which was equally swollen.


    Once the pain began to spread around her face, Mary broke into tears.


    She continued to speak through her tears, “I really just wanted to blow off some steam for our


    family. Although we don’t have proof that X did all those things to us, I know in my heart that she


    did. That’s why I…”


    “Shut up! How dare you still try to defend yourself? Didn’t I tell you not to cause any trouble? I


    warned you not to do anything, no matter how bad you feel. Did you not take what I said seriously?


    Mary Sullivan, do you want me to break your legs? Is that the only way you will feel satisfied?”


    yelled Tony with a vicious look in his eyes.


    Mary quickly shook her head. “No, Dad, I won’t dare to do it again!”