Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)

Chapter 108 How Promiscuous!

Heavy rain followed by a loud thunderclap.

Anna was having trouble sleeping soundly. The booming thunder woke her up. After that, she found that she could not go back to sleep.

Liam had not been contacting her those few days. 'Did he forget about me?

'Maybe...'

'He has a new woman in mind?’

Anna shook her head, shaking away the nonsense in her head.

She was glad that he did not bother her. It would be even better if their relationship could come to a clean break! Otherwise, the ending would be bad for both of them if they had kept up this entanglement!

Anna grabbed her phone. The soft lumination of her phone screen shone onto her bare face in the dark, making it seem as though her face was glowing.

She clicked into her university group chat, wondering i f that quirky Charles had done anything weird in the chat again.

She opened the chat to be met with the students having a discussion about her.

[Guys, why do you think Geeky Anna hasn’t been

appearing these few days?]

[You’re talking as if her appearance in the group is a common occurrence!]

[Well, yeah! Who do you think she is! Not only is she a top scorer, but she's also the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family, the successor to Lincoln Group, and the future daughter-in-law of the Dawson family! How can she have time to talk with us peasants?]

[I'm talking about her not appearing in school! It's been almost a month since she last been to class.]

[Hehe, she probably toyed with some boy's heart and doesn't have the guts to show up in school now.]

The 'boy' they were referring to was Charles.

[Nonsense! She's the successor to the massive Lincoln Group. What's the use of coming to class every day?]

[Tch! I used to see her in the library all the time. Suddenly not showing up on campus smells like trouble.]

[Why do you care so much about her? Do you have a crush on her?]

[I saw her in the assembly hall that day. She really is stunning! She's much better than some girls in school who only know how to cake their faces in makeup...]

The second that message was sent, all the girls in the group launched their assault.

[How could you say that! You can't even get any of

those girls, so who gave you the right to talk?]

Anna was speechless.

'Do they have nothing better to do!'

Just as Anna was about to close the app, she saw someone mention Ryan Sanchez. Her eyes were instantly glued to her phone.

[Something is going on between her and Ryan Sanchez. They were acting all lovey-dovey in front of her fiance! Many of those in high society know about this!]

[Really?! Something like that happened?]

[Jeez, how promiscuous!]

Some expressed their disbelief. [Impossible! If you just wanna join in the conversation, make up a better story at least!]

[I didn't make up anything! It really happened! Everyone in the same department as Anna Hamilton knows about this.]

[I heard about this too! It seems like this rumor isn't so groundless after all. I heard that it turned into a huge commotion that day. Apparently, Ryan got beaten to a pulp by Bryan Dawson.]

[I saw that playboy Ryan the other day. He ran into the female dormitory to look for Anna Hamilton! Looks like something really is going on between them...] [Playboy Sanchez looked for Anna in the girls' dorm?

Wow, I can imagine a lot of things just thinking about that...]

[I can't believe Anna is that kind of person!]

[She always gives off this posh and distant vibe. Who knew that under the surface, she's a wild child!]

A few guys started going off-topic. [When I see her, I must ask her about it. Who wants to come with me? Haha...]

[Tomorrow, I'll go look for her in the girls' dorm too! Maybe I'll arrive when she's taking a bath. Getting a photo of that would be amazing.]

Seeing those messages made Anna's hands tremble in rage.

[Bro, this is a group chat. Aren't you scared that Geeky Anna might see this?]

[She never talks in the group anyways. She probably doesn't even read the messages here! Besides, what a m I supposed to be afraid of? If she has the guts to do i t, why would she be scared of people talking about it?]

[Did you forget? A few days ago, Geeky Anna joined the lucky draws in this group!]

The group immediately went silent. Not a single message was sent after that.

Upset, Anna tossed her phone away.

The university group chat was huge-there were students from every grade in the group. When the rumor first spread, it was only within her department. Now the incident with Ryan Sanchez had spread throughout the entire school.

Exasperated, Anna tossed around on her bed.

She was about to explode. That bunch of students did not even know what happened yet joined in on the bad -mouthing!

Anna wondered how could she get those people to shut up!

As she tossed and turned on her bed, she finally decided she had enough. She grabbed her phone and decided she would retaliate if anyone dared to speak ill of her again! Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Oddly enough, the university group chat, which was usually very active, turned completely silent.

Countless question marks popped up in her head.' Could it be that they opened a new group just to gossip about me?’

While Anna was confused, a bunch of new users joined the group. The silent group chat turned rowdy again.

[What the hell! My account was hacked!]

[Mine too! What happened?]

[Same here!]

[Mine as well!]

[Yeah, mine too! I had to open a new account.] [Damn! Does this app has some built-in anti-gossip function?]

[I don’t dare to run my mouth anymore. I got a warning from the app.]

[Me too. I don’t want to be banned for life!]

Anna scratched her head. She burst out laughing. "Ha! Serves you right for spreading false rumors!’’

Just then, Charles suddenly appeared again, like a ghost popping out of nowhere.

[Anyone who won prizes from my lucky draw a few days ago, please return the money. My account got hacked a few days ago.]

They flooded the chat with ellipses.

Then, Charles casually sent in another message. [You can choose not to give it back too. I’ll report all of you a s accomplices to a scam and sue you for stealing my money.]

Ellipses filled the chat again.

Following that threat, most people transferred the amount they won back to Charles.

It was no surprise that they would be afraid-the amount they won was all in the tens of thousands. That amount of money could land them in jail for a long long time.

The group chat turned silent again. No one dared to say a word.

Even so, Anna knew that there were countless pairs of eyes still staring at the group chat. No one dared to type anything; even Anna felt a little anxious.

That was because Anna won a few hundred thousand from Charles's last lucky draw!

Do I need to give it back right now?'

That would reveal to the entire chat the fact that she was reading all their messages. Her fake vision loss would be exposed!

'What should I do? Should I give it back? Will he sue m e?

'Goddammit, Charles! How can you take back something that you’ve given out! But I guess that would explain why he would give out such outrageous amounts...

'But if his account was hacked, why did he call me out during the lucky draw? That's so odd...'

Just then, Charles sent a message to the group again. [ I've received the transactions from these few people. The rest of you who did not join in on gossiping about Little Annie can keep your prizes.]

The chat filled up with ellipses and full stops again.

Charles was standing up for Anna!

The girls in the group were so touched that their eyes were glowing. Even so, they did not dare to say a word in fear that Charles would think that they were gossiping about Anna. They could only endure it from their side of the screens.

When Charles popped up in the group again, Anna was so shocked that she threw her phone away at a whim.

Her hands trembled. She almost broke her phone.

'This Charles...'

Anna placed her hand on her chest. She had to admit, she was a little touched by his actions.

'Who is he? A student from my university?

‘But why can't I shake the feeling that this 'Charles’ emits the same kind of aura as a certain overbearing man?

Anna pondered upon it for a while but concluded that i t could not be him. After all, why would the CEO of the massive Ackman Group bother himself with some idiotic university group chat!