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All netizens sympathized with him, and she became a shameless seductress who lured her

instructor.

Natalie tried to defend herself, but nobody believed her.

They all stood on the moral high ground, pointing a finger at her.

Some people didn’t even care if those photos were real or fake. They just enjoyed spreading this sensational scandal as a time–killing gossip…

Dancers who used drugs were despised just like athletes.

Not only was she banned from participating in any dance competitions for the next five years, but she would also be infamous for a lifetime, unable to shake off this slander.

Dreams? Aspirations? Pride?

They were all gone in just a day.

Later, she began to fear facing these traumas.

For a long time, she was afraid to see the sunlight, scared of people pointing at her, saying, “Look, that’s the scum who seduced her own instructor. What a cheap woman! I even have her nude photos on my phone, and there’s a mole on her lower back…”

It wasn’t her.

The person in those photos wasn’t her.

She said it, but nobody believed it.

She was too powerless against so many gossipers.

She hoped her family would seek the truth for her. However, Gordon was immersed in the joy of Jennifer winning the gold award and couldn’t be bothered to clear her name. They even issued an apology letter on her behalf.

She was not at fault, so why apologize?

Clearly, they were the ones in the wrong.

During that time, she couldn’t sleep day and night, her head throbbing to the point of explosion. Even the slightest ray of light through the window would drive her crazy.

Evelyn took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with severe depression.

The doctor prescribed medication.

She received daily doses of Agomelatine and Olanzapine, both with strong calming effects. After

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taking them, she would lie in bed, lifeless, in a stupor the entire day.

Later on, Brian healed her.

He said he believed her.

He came to accompany

her

every day.

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He even took her out to travel.

But he never mentioned clearing her name.

Every time she recalled these events, it felt like tearing open scabs on wounds, causing fresh blood

to flow.

So, during that one time when Josh asked her to dance for him, she reacted with panic.

So, when Brian picked up roses and proposed to her at Gobis University, she responded decisively.

She thought Brian was her redemption.

But he was not.

Later, she finally understood that the outcome had been predetermined. Arguing further would be meaningless. Brian could not possibly vindicate her by finding the truth, as clearing her name would equate to stripping Jennifer of her gold award.

That would displease Gordon.

Offending Gordon meant offending the entire Linney family.

Natalie raised her head.

Intense and tumultuous emotions made her breath tremble subtly.

She looked at Tom, whom she hadn’t seen for about a year.

After that incident, he had blocked all her contacts. When she tried to confront him and seek clarity, he rejected her, citing the need to avoid misunderstandings.

And after that incident, it was said that Russell intended to dismiss him.

However, all the students at Gobis University and the members of the dance community collectively petitioned to let him stay on as a professor.

They said he was just seduced by a despicable woman…

They said his wife was sick, and he was pitiful. He couldn’t afford to lose his job…

They even said he exposed her drug abuse before the award ceremony as a way of making amends…

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A year passed.

A year without seeing him, he still remained the revered professor at Gobis University, admired and respected by students.

As for her, her dance dream shattered long ago, and after the marriage with Brian failed, her heart had already died like that of a withered flower.

Fate relentlessly struck, forged, and burned her. It watched as she fell into a heart–wrenching and tragic abyss.

Yet, no one extended a hand to mend her wounds or save her out of the abyss.

She had once wished for death.

But death was too easy.

She had to live on.

Living on meant seeing Tom again.