Lauren's words left Eleanor with mixed feelings.
She was beginning to think she'd been set up.
Every trending topic and every online attack was aimed at her alone.
Cross Group had promptly and legitimately severed ties with her. But the others, such as Derek's Vane International Education, Caleb's Reed Group, and even Peter's FY, had all been more or less hit by public opinion too.
After the incident, only Peter had contacted her. Caleb and Derek hadn't reached out at all.
Eleanor didn't blame them.
At the height of a controversy, staying silent made it easier for public opinion to die down on its own.
But no one had stood up to clarify things for her. The only one who had spoken out was Cross Group, and all it had done was cut her off completely.
So the netizens' anger and malice
