Chapter 40

Another one grabbed the newspaper, squinted at it and then at Anna. "Yeah, her figure really looks... even that outfit looks exactly like what you were wearing yesterday." Anna stood there like a deer in headlights, completely frozen under the collective gaze of her roommates. Photos of Julian taking his wife to visit his grandma got leaked?! And that "wife"... wasn't that her?! The next second, like someone stepped on her tail, Anna jumped up and snatched the newspaper from her roommate's hands, crumpling it into a ball on instinct. The paper was way too big to even think about eating, and choking to death didn't sound appealing, so she just awkwardly hid it behind her back. "You guys must be overthinking it! Julian's wife must be gorgeous, like some goddess-level beauty. I mean, look at me—I've got a face like I survived a car crash, how can I even compare? And that outfit? Total Shein knockoff—$12.99, free shipping included." Though she sounded confident as heck, her outburst actual