Chapter 86

What a shameless woman Fale is, flirting with other guys while confessing to Wyatt. Thankfully, Wyatt didn’t say yes to a woman like her who played with people’s feelings like that.

Meanwhile, on the way to the lab building, Rhett and Lama weren’t any better. One was a loser, while the other was just a bumpkin who only got a spot on the team thanks to him. They even went into such a niche major. Where did they even get the confidence to challenge his team? They were completely overestimating themselves! Wyatt withdrew his gaze and turned around as he shoved the group of people up the stairs.

Meanwhile, Mia was pacing in the lab when Wyatt pushed open the door to Howell’s office. She had finally managed to get rid of Russell and Kevin before quickly slipping into the bathroom to call the paid trolls who had worked for her.

Thankfully, she had the foresight to use a burner phone instead of her usual phone when contacting them. She even masked her voice when she called them. Now, all she had to do was make sure they kept quiet. She would ensure they didn’t admit they were paid. There was no way they could trace the plagiarism back to her. After all, there was no evidence. She had wiped out all traces from her laptop. The only thing was that those damn paid trolls had cost her 50 thousand dollars. That was two months of her living expenses. She would get that money back from Luna, one way or another.

That broke Luna probably didn’t even have 100 thousand dollars for the entire semester.

Rhett got a call from the Student Affairs Office that afternoon.

“Mr. Osbome says they’ve got the results from the investigation, but…” He looked at Luna. “It looks like they couldn’t tie anything back to Mia. The plagiarism issue is probably going to be left unresolved.”

Luna had expected the outcome. After all, Mia wasn’t dumb. There was no way she could leave behind evidence that could be traced back to her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten away with stealing so much of her academic work without leaving a clue in her past life.

The screen-monitoring spyware on her laptop would most likely be traced back to a backer. However, it was likely impossible to find out who the hacker was unless she filed a police report.

However, it was just an ordinary thesis paper. Wilson wouldn’t be the only one criticizing her if she went to the police over this. The school might even blame her for making a fuss. After all, elite schools couldn’t afford a public scandal.

“It’s okay,” Luna shook her head. “It’s enough to make it public that my laptop was being hacked, that my paper was leaked, and someone spread obscene rumors about me online!”

Rhett nodded. “Did you know from the beginning there wouldn’t be a resolution? Did you stir this up to prevent others from using these two things against you in the future?”

“Now that the paid trolls had been caught and the spyware incident had been exposed, no one could attack you with these two incidents again. Am I right?”

“Exactly!” She nodded. “If I’m going to join Professor Wilder’s team, I want to come in with a clean slate without bringing a bunch of unnecessary troubles.” Besides, I did want to mess with Mia for a bit through this matter. It doesn’t matter if we find proof of plagiarism or not. She’ll have a hard time clearing her name once the spyware incident is out.

“People are complicated. The bit of suspicion might not mean much now, but that doesn’t mean it won’t someday. They’ll remember what happened today as more similar incidents crop up.”

Rhett’s eyes darkened as he fixed his gaze intently on hers. “How are you so sure similar cases will happen again?”

“Haven’t you heard that people tend to repeat the same behavior? Luna wasn’t the least bit affected by the investigation’s outcome. She just smiled and turned around to get on with her work.”

There was a faint trace of a smile on Rhett’s usually stern face as he watched her retreating figure. It was hard not to like smart girls like her.

Luna recalled everything she had understood about Mia in her past life. Mia never had much real talent. She had been climbing her way up by stepping on others, and used their sympathy and manipulated them to help her rise. Luna had been the foolish stepping stone in her past life, giving Mia the chance to reach men far above their status. She wanted to see what Mia would do this time.

Chapter 87