Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 497

At the J-Five Studio.

Juniper had barely stepped inside when her phone rang. It was Salma from Aurora High School.

"Juniper, the news online…"

“What now?” Juniper thought, exasperated. “Why am I always in the news?”

"One second," she said, then pulled up her browser. The word "cheating" made her temples throb. Couldn't they come up with something new? If she got a perfect score, it was either cheating or she had a secret genius helping her. Couldn't they entertain another possibility? Like, maybe she was a goddess with an IQ of 300+.

"How's the school?" Juniper asked, putting the phone on speaker and setting it on the desk. She poured herself a glass of water and drank it down.

"The entrance is swarming with reporters," Salma said, her voice heavy and hoarse. "All our teachers' phone numbers have been leaked. We're getting nonstop harassing calls demanding we give an explanation to all the other students."

"But we believe in you," Salma added, trying not to sound too negative. "We'll handle the rumors online. We won't let you be wronged."

Handle it? But these brainless online mobs wouldn't believe anything until the evidence was shoved in their faces.

"I'll handle it," Juniper said, putting down her glass, her voice low and lazy.

"How are you going to handle it?" Salma asked, startled.

"Let's hold a press conference tomorrow," Juniper said after a moment's thought, opting for the most direct solution. "We can hold it at... the Aurora High School sports field."

The field was large enough to accommodate all the gawkers.

"What?" Salma was momentarily speechless.

"Just do as I say, ma'am," Juniper said, opening a drawer and taking out a half-finished sandalwood bead bracelet. "Tomorrow at 2 p.m. See you at the school."

"Alright."

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