Chapter 62

"Guys, listen up! This woman, Vanessa-don't let that pretty face fool you-she's a total snake. To dig her way up the ladder, she kicked her ex, Peter, to the curb, smeared both our names just to look clean, then clung onto Leander. And now? She's using him to cheat her way through the jewelry design contest, all for grabbing that inheritance. We can't let someone like her get away with it-she's fake to the core!" With Chloe shouting all that like it was the gospel truth, the crowd instantly blew up. And Leander, being all dashing and perfect, was every woman's dream guy in Halewick. The thought of him getting snatched up by someone like Vanessa? Rage was an understatement. Some women couldn't hold it in anymore and started yelling. "Vanessa, you dirty homewrecker! You don't deserve Leander-get lost already!" Vanessa, caught in the middle of the chaos, had no chance to speak. Her voice was drowned out in seconds, and with people shoving and pushing, she could barely breathe, let alone e