He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 106

The comment section beneath the trending hashtag devolved into a frenzy of curses and death threats. The sheer volume of hatred was staggering, with thousands demanding that a vicious woman like Juniper go die.

The hashtag dominated the number one spot all morning, maintaining a massive lead over everything else. The cyberbullying had reached terrifying heights.

Yet, the target of this massive outrage was completely oblivious. When Juniper finally woke up, her leg was throbbing. She swallowed a painkiller and picked up her phone, only to discover that her world had been turned upside down.

There were messages from Yara, alerts from the studio group, and frantic texts from Zoe and Zara.

In her silent world, Juniper carefully read through the barrage of texts, slowly piecing together that she was being annihilated online.

She opened the trending video and watched it. Her lips pressed into a tight line. The footage was heavily edited—Audrey's initial slap had been completely cut out.

Taking a deep breath, her mind buzzed with a cold, sharp anger.

The angrier she got, the calmer she became.

She picked up her hearing aid, tapped it a few times, and put it in her ear. Still dead silence.

First, she replied to the flood of tags in the work chat.

"The video trending online is not the whole truth. I will clear my name soon. Just focus on your tasks for now, and don't worry about me."

Earlier that morning, her colleagues had been blowing up the chat out of genuine concern.

But ever since they walked away from her front door, the atmosphere had shifted.

Even when Juniper finally responded, the group chat remained dead silent.

The sheer volume of rumors had terrified them. They had just learned that she didn't even have a college degree, so how exactly did she secure a job at a top-tier auction house?

Was her relationship with Caleb really purely professional?

Everyone was harboring their own uncomfortable suspicions.

Juniper knew that trying to explain herself now was useless. To make matters worse, a sharp, stabbing pain shot through her leg the moment she tried to stand.

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