Chapter 192 Such a Person
The next day at 8 AM, James got up, quickly washed up, and headed to school.
When he walked into the classroom, he noticed everyone giving him weird looks. But he didn't think much of it since they always looked down on him anyway.
James glanced over to where Michael and Jennifer usually sat. Michael was missing, but Jennifer was there, lying on her desk with Ashley and Sandra talking beside her.
Confused, James went to his seat and saw Paul and Tyler also giving him strange looks.
"Why are you guys looking at me like that?" James asked.
"Everyone's talking about you and Jennifer!" Paul said.
"Me and Jennifer?" James asked, puzzled.
"Here, see for yourself," Paul said, handing him a stack of photos.
James hesitated before taking the photos. As he looked at them, he was instantly stunned, his face filled with shock.
The photos were of him and Jennifer sleeping in bed together. Although their critical parts were blurred with mosaics, their poses were very intimate, leaving no doubt about what they were doing.
"Where did you get these?" James asked through gritted teeth.
"This morning, the school's bulletin board was covered with these photos. Every classroom had them. Tyler and I collected as many as we could, but most were probably taken by others," Paul explained.
"Who the hell did this?" James muttered angrily.
Now he understood why Jennifer was crying and why everyone was staring. It was because of these photos. But he hadn't even kissed Jennifer, let alone slept with her. These photos were clearly fake, meant to frame him.
"James, you're famous now. Every classroom has these photos," Tyler said helplessly.
"Yeah, James, you told me you never slept with Jennifer. Where did these come from?" Paul asked.
"These photos are fake! Can't you tell?" James said, frustrated.
"Fake?" Tyler and Paul looked confused.
"I would never take such photos with Jennifer. These are photoshopped!" James shouted.
"Photoshopped? Did you offend someone?" Tyler asked.
"I have no idea," James said helplessly.
Just then, James's phone vibrated.
James quickly checked his phone and saw a message from Sylvie on Facebook.
Sylvie: [Hey bro, didn't know you had it in you to cause such a stir! 😏]
"Who the hell did this?" James muttered, tossing his phone on the desk, clearly annoyed.
"Think about it, did you offend anyone recently?" Paul asked sympathetically.
"James, I didn't expect you to be such a despicable person!" Sandra suddenly stood up and shouted.
"Despicable? How am I despicable?" James asked, stunned.
"You know exactly how despicable you are. Jennifer must have been blind to be with someone like you!" Sandra yelled.
"Can you be clear? What did I do?" James asked, his expression darkening.
"Stop pretending! You spread these photos!" Sandra accused, glaring at him.
"Are you out of your mind? Who in their right mind would release such photos? Do you think I'd be crazy enough to spread this crap? Quit bugging me!"
James couldn't wrap his head around what Sandra was thinking. Nobody would be foolish enough to leak their own explicit photos—such an action would benefit no one, least of all James. Even if he wanted fame, this wasn't the way to go about it.
"You're trying to get back with Jennifer, but she's ignoring you, so you resort to blackmail with these photos. Since Jennifer won't give in, you're spreading these pictures around school to make sure no one dares to date her. Michael even dropped out because of these photos, and here you are, playing dumb with us!" Sandra shouted, pointing at James.
"I..." James was at a loss for words.
"James, I didn't expect you to be such a despicable person!"
"Yeah, why are you still harassing Jennifer after you've broken up? What you're doing is ruining her life!"
"I think he is a psycho. Otherwise, he wouldn't do such a thing."
The classroom erupted with angry voices directed at James.
"These photos are photoshopped! Are you all out of your minds?" James shouted, frustrated.
"Do you have any proof that these photos are photoshopped?" Sandra challenged.
James hesitated, then walked up to Jennifer and shouted, "Jennifer, tell them whether we ever sleep together and are these photos fake!"
Jennifer continued to sob on her desk, not saying a word.
"Say something! We never slept together!" James said with a sense of desperation.
"James, I didn't expect you to be such a person. What do you want? Do you want to ruin me?" Jennifer suddenly looked up and shouted, then ran out of the classroom.
James watched her run out, stunned.
"Now even Jennifer ran away because of you. What else do you have to say? You must have done this!" Sandra shouted, looking very excited.
The students in the classroom glared at James.
