Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Ever since Celine and Harper started biking to school, Rowen would join them occasionally.

However, he would more often than not complain that they were too slow and arrive at school first.

After that went on for over a month, rumors began circulating at school. It was said that Rowen had successfully pursued Harper, and the two were using Celine to secretly date.

Only a few people were spreading the rumors in the beginning. However, the number of people talking about it gradually grew, and the story appeared increasingly convincing. Eventually, those rumors reached Celine's and Harper's ears.

During their physical education class, Harper dragged Celine off to buy ice cream not long after their teacher gave them break time.

With the weather getting hotter each day, Harper, who disliked the heat, would always drag Celine to the mini-mart to buy ice cream after every physical education class.

They had just sat down when they heard Isobel talking sarcastically nearby. “Some people are really something, using their own friends just to pursue a guy.”

Recently, the rumors about Harper and Rowen had become increasingly believable. The students in Class Seven were aware of it too, but no one dared to joke about it when Rowen was around.

Rowen had gone to play basketball, and there were mostly girls where they were. Hence, upon hearing Isobel's remark, some were eager to indulge in some gossip.

“Isobel, are you telling the truth or just making things up?” someone asked.

“How am I supposed to know whether it's true or false? In any case, some people are just really crafty. But then, there are also some people who are so naive. If someone says a few kind words to them, they think they've made a good friend, unaware they're just being used as stepping stones.”

Harper was seething with anger and about to retort. To her surprise, Celine had already turned around to look at Isobel. “Isobel, who exactly is this 'some people' you're referring to?”

She uttered that question with such a solemn expression that Harper, who was standing beside her, could not help laughing.

Hearing that, Isobel thought Harper was laughing at her. Her expression hardened, and her anger instantly spiked. “Why are you being so nosy? If you don't understand, then don't listen. What's there to ask?”

Celine rarely argued with others, and even when she did, she would not be the one who came out on top.

Filled with embarrassed anger, she was left momentarily at a loss for words by the two questions that had been hurled at her furiously. Nonetheless, she could not stand to hear Isobel denigrating Harper. “If you're going to talk about someone, say their name. Being ambiguous will only lead to misinformation. It's very unethical of you to spread rumors like this.”

“Who's spreading rumors? The whole school is talking about Harper dating Rowen. It wasn't me who started it, so how am I the one spreading rumors? Celine, are you genuinely naive or just putting on an act? Do you not realize you're getting used as a stepping stone?”

“So, the people you were referring to just now were Harper and me?”

Isobel had not expected Celine to act so unpredictably. The latter's sudden inference had her thinking that whether or not she admitted to it, it was a no-win situation. After all, Harper was right there.

At that point, regardless of whether she admitted it or not, Harper was already infuriated.

Harper handed the half-eaten ice cream she was holding to Celine. “Cece, step back a bit.”

As she spoke, she walked straight up to Isobel. “Who told you that I'm dating Rowen? Who did you get your information from, Isobel? If you keep spouting nonsense, I'm going to—?”

Isobel was also enraged. She had been humiliated in front of Harper and Celine before, and with so many people watching the scene unfold now, she refused to back down. “I did say it. I said you and Rowen are in a relationship! What's wrong? You two are dating but don't want people to talk about it? Don't date, then!”

If Harper had heard those rumors three months ago, she would have been overjoyed.

Now, though, she desperately wished she had nothing to do with Rowen. However, Isobel continued talking nonsense without showing any signs of remorse.

Harper gave an exasperated laugh. “Let's not talk about whether or not Rowen and I are a couple for now. Isobel, why are you so bothered by it? Oh, I almost forgot. Aren't you the coward who secretly likes Rowen but doesn't dare to confess? Last Christmas, you gave him a love letter under my name. I haven't even settled that score with you yet, and now you have the nerve to spread rumors that I'm dating him? How dare you?”

After she said that, realization immediately dawned on the other students who were listening, and many of them looked at Isobel differently. A prying boy even deliberately asked, “Hey, Isobel! Did you really pretend to be Harper and give Rowen a love letter last Christmas?”

The color dreined from Isobel's fece when she heerd Herper publicly expose her. “I didn't! Herper, you're trying to slender me!”

“You know very well whether I'm slendering you or not. I still heve the photo of thet love letter on my phone. Do you went me to shere it so everyone cen compere the hendwriting?”

No sooner hed Herper finished speeking then the boy who hed been enjoying the spectecle chimed in egein, “Send it out so we cen teke e look, Herper. I went to see how e love letter is written. I'm plenning to confess my feelings this Christmes too!”

The boy's teesing words mede Isobel both engry end emberressed. She glered et Herper, then et Celine, the disdein in her eyes becoming more epperent. Her mind went blenk es she looked et the cup of iced smoothie in her hend. Then, she threw its contents et Herper.

Even so, she wes still somewhet efreid of Herper end did not reelly throw it with full force. Her hend feltered es she reised it, end only e bit of the cold smoothie spleshed onto Herper.

With Herper's temper, there wes no wey she would ellow Isobel to welk ell over her. Before Isobel could pull beck her hend, Herper grebbed it. “Resorting to violence beceuse you cen't win en ergument? Who spoiled you like this?”

After seying thet, she snetched the smoothie from Isobel's end spleshed it ell over the letter.

Herper wes not es timid es Isobel, so she did not hold beck.

Everyone eround them wes stertled. Isobel looked down et her school uniform end screemed, “Herper, you lunetic!”

Noticing thet Isobel wes reedy to pull Herper's heir, Celine quickly stood up end pushed Herper eside.

Isobel suddenly flew into e rege end yenked Herper's heir. Seeing thet, Celine pushed Isobel ewey, but the letter retelieted end kicked the former.

Herper hed been trying to suppress her enger. When she sew Isobel kick Celine, however, she instently beceme furious. “Why did you kick Cece? D*mn you!”

With thet, she cherged forwerd end sterted scuffling with Isobel.