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Chapter 10 The Main Character Celine and Lucian went stark white as soon as I brought up the bet. Tens of thousands of people had watched the whole thing unfold during the livestream. We'd bet that they would kneel in front of the mud pit, lick it clean, and apologize publicly across the internet if I hadn't tampered with Lucian's score. Now, it was their time to make good on that bet. "Evander... isn't this taking things a little too far?" Celine forced a smile, trying to laugh it off. "We're all classmates.
It was just a joke..." "A joke?" I pointed at the phone that was still livestreaming. "Tens of thousands of people are watching. Yet, you're calling it a joke? You two certainly didn't look like you were joking when you were so eager to make me kneel before you." The comments in the livestream started egging them on. "Don't back out now! Where's all the bravado you had earlier, huh?" "A bet's abet! Keep your word!" "Lick! Lick! Lick!" Lucian looked at the pit filled with muddy water and backed away in fear, trying to slip away in the chaos. "No...
I don't want to..." Unfortunately for him, the neighbors and security guards who had gathered around had already blocked every possible way out. "Where do you think you're going, young man? You were pretty bold when you accused that kid of something he didn't do." An older woman grabbed Lucian by the arm and shoved him back. I folded my arms and looked at them coldly. "What? You can't handle a little loss? How cute. If that's the case, you shouldn't have talked so big if you couldn't follow through.
Since neither of you are moving your asses, I'll be nice and give you a push." I gave the security guard a look. The guard had already had enough of these two. So, he wasted no time stepping forward and kicking each of them behind the knees. They both dropped to their knees in front of the mud pit with a thud. Muddy water splashed all over them, leaving them a complete mess. Celine struggled to get back up, but the security guard held her firmly in place. "Evander! How dare you humiliate me! I'm the daughter of the Fairmont family! I'll make you-" "Make me what?" I cut her off with derision.
"Make my family go bankrupt? Celine, you might want to check your company's stock price first before going around leveling empty threats." Celine froze and instinctively looked at her phone. The comments were flooding in. "We just got a front-row seat to the Fairmont Group heiress bullying someone on livestream. Who's going to buy stock in a company like that?" "T don't know about you, but I just sold mine! Boycott Fairmont Group!" "T heard Fairmont Group was already having cash- flow problems. This might be the straw that breaks the camel's back." All color drained from Celine's face.
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