Chapter 177
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The discussion spread like wildfire.
“That’s Ms. Greene!”
“Isn’t Mr. Anderson married with children?”
“How scandalous!”
Victor was furious. “Karina! Edmund! How dare you defile our school like this?”
Edmund immediately began to plead his case. “Mr. Lopez, she seduced me first! For old time’s sake,
why not we…”
“Keep quiet!” Victor wouldn’t have known such unscrupulous activities had taken place at his school if
he hadn’t come today, “I don’t want your explanation. You and Karina are a disgrace!”
Karina, on the other hand, resorted to shameless denial. “That wasn’t me!”
She couldn’t admit that she was the one caught in the scandal. If she did, her entire career
would be over.
More importantly, she doubted that anyone could prove that the voice in the audio belonged to her
when there was no real footage to support it.
“Oh?” Wynter slowly toyed with the purple sugilite pendant she was wearing. “Are you sure that wasn’t
you, Ms. Greene?”
The next moment, a second audio cl*p played through the speakers.
The audio was loud and clear as it reverberated through the air. “If you want that kid of yours to get into
our school, then I’m sure that I can arrange it for 50 thousand.
“She’ll be admitted without fail. I can cover up her past as a bully, no problem. Just say, Thank you,
Karina” and we have a deal.”
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The crowd burst into an uproar when they heard this.
Karina felt her legs give in as she slumped to the ground. She knew there would be no clearing her
name now.
Wynter tilted her head to one side as a breezy laugh escaped her. “Nice of you to expose yourself, Ms.
Greene.”
Karina’s gaze was far away as horror dawned on her. She stared at Wynter like the latter was
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the devil.
“H–How do you know all of these? L…” Karina had been sure that those conversations were held in
private.
Wynter sauntered up to Karina and gently lifted a lock of the woman’s hair.
“I’ve given you the evidence you asked for, Ms. Greene,” she whispered into Karina’s ear.
Karina was pale as she cried loudly, “Go away! You’re a devil! A devil!”
As if she was terrified by Wynter, Karina bolted out of the office like a lunatic.
Wynter turned to face the crowd. Pointing to her temple, she feigned puzzlement as she asked the
crowd, “Do you guys think that Ms. Greene isn’t quite right in the head?”
“Only filthy–minded people could do such disgusting things!” Victor huffed angrily. “It’s precisely
because of teachers like her that the education system is going backward.
“She practically snuffed out the cream of the crop!”
He was thunderous as he snapped, “I want the Academic Department, Human Resources, and
Education Ministry to know about this!
“I want Karina’s scandal to be papered all over town! There’s no need to cover this up. going to take
accountability for what happens under our roof!”
He slammed his palm against the table. He could not contain his rage. “Edmund, turn yourself in!
You’re a disgrace to our profession!
We’re
“Is this how you run the school when I’m not around? Like it’s a freak show? Get out of my sight!”
Everyone knew what would happen to Edmund once he turned himself in. He would end up losing his
job and probably get thrown in jail for abusing his position.
However, no one felt sorry for him nor Karina. They were crooks who deserved each other, and the
whole school was glad to be rid of them.
Following this series of events, Margaret turned to look at her granddaughter. “Wynter, this whole
thing…”
She couldn’t help feeling as if something was amiss. There were far too many coincidences for comfort.
It was almost like someone was helping her and Wynter.
Wynter smiled. “Karma knows its way around, Grandma. I just got lucky.”
Margaret caressed Wynter’s face as she said affectionately, “Oh, you.”
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“Let’s go home, Grandma.” Wynter helped Margaret straighten up and swept her gaze over the
chattering crowd. She looked distinctly unbothered by what had just happened.
Just then, someone asked loudly, “Ms. Greene might have gotten what was coming for her, but you still
haven’t proven that you didn’t cheat on the test!”
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