[Damn! I swear, Ba’s appearance changed! Sitting next to Ann, she''s like wallpaper...]


    [What the heck happened? One minute, Ba''s shining like a supernova, the next she''s... bleh. I


    swear, if I hadn''t seen it with my own eyes, I''d think they''d switched her out or something...]


    [I''m a hardcore Ba fan, or at least I was. I always thought she was the real deal, a host with solid


    values. But today? Total letdown.]


    [As a former Ba maven, I owe an apology to Ann and her fans.]


    [Can''t Ba handle losing or what?]


    [Suddenly realizing Ba''s not all that! Was I blind? How could I have ever stanned someone like


    that?]


    [I mean, I used to think Ba had ss, but after today? Total disappointment. She can''t take a


    loss, and she''s all wishy-washy. She''s got nothing on YC!]


    [Unfollowing! Unfollowing!]


    [Yeah, count me out too. I''m jumping off the Ba bandwagon as of now.]


    [Goodbye!]


    It wasn''t just the folks at home who thought Ba had lost her beauty; even the people right there


    in the room could feel the shift. It was like watching a star lose its twinkle and fade into the dark sky.


    Just moments before, she could have beenpared to Anthea, but now...


    Daniel frowned slightly, puzzled. He''d admired Reba before, but now Ba just didn''t dazzle


    him the same way. The looks from the crowd were like knives, cutting into Ba with every nce.


    Ba wished she could just vanish into thin air.


    Why did she have to be the one to embarrass herself? It should have been Anthea!


    But there she was, having to suck it up and apologize to Anthea: "Sorry, my bad. I got it wrong, you


    didn''t cheat."


    Anthea offered a slight, cool smile. "You''ve been around, you know the score. You know what


    gettingbeled a cheater would do to me. Maybe next time, you''ll check the facts before you jump


    on the bandwagon..."


    Ba bit her lip, fuming with resentment. She was supposed to be the winner tonight, not Anthea! It


    was Anthea who had stolen what was hers!


    Dahlia couldn''t stand it anymore; she thought Anthea was crossing a line.


    It was just a misunderstanding, right? Did Anthea really have to keep targeting at Ba?


    N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    "It''s just a mix-up, and Ba''s apologized, Miss YC. Let''s try not to be so mean, okay?"


    Anthea tilted her head, her gaze icy. "I just got stabbed in the back, and the wound''s still fresh. And


    you''re saying that I’m a mean girl? Dahlia, don''t talk to me about kindness when you’re not in my


    shoe."


    [Whoa, Ann is so badass!]


    [Ann''s spot on. The cheating scandal was Ba''s doing. And who called Ann a freak? Ba''s


    crew! Ann took so much k and smear, anyone else might''ve crumbled. You haven''t felt Ann''s


    pain, so what right do you have to tell her to be kind? This Dahlia''s just another maniptor!]


    [Stamping my support for Ann like crazy!]


    [Can''t deny it, that was a sick burn. Count me a new fan.]


    Dahlia''s face paled. She had thought her words would swing public opinion toward her and Ba.


    Instead, Anthea had flipped the script with a single sentence!


    The event rolled on.


    But the star of the show was no longer Ba. It was Anthea.


    Ba had always been the belle of the ball, but suddenly, she was just a in Jane, and it was a


    shock to her system.


    It seemed like everywhere she turned, she could feel the sneers and jeers.


    She''d hoped to dazzle Mr. Christensen tonight, to win his heart. Instead, Anthea had stolen the


    show.


    Wait and see! She''d get her revenge!


    Watching Anthea chatting amiably with the other female streamers, Ba''s eyes shed with a


    vengeful glint.


    The crowd had expected Anthea, with her beauty and skill at the game, to be as unapproachable as


    Ba.


    But Anthea was surprisingly down to earth. Compared to her, Ba was nopetition at all.