All Chapters of Toward The Galaxy: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

[Even if she’s the top scorer, it doesn’t matter. I just can’t help but think that there’s something going on behind the scenes. After all, she got together with a professor the moment she joined the university. How did she get her position as a teaching assistant? The more I think about it, the creepier it gets.][I agree. It takes two to tango. When a woman wants to climb up the social ladder, she’s willing to resort to any means.]The people were clearly divided into two factions. One was just there for the tea and to ship us. The other faction started doubting my morals and Samuel’s ethics as a teacher when people with ulterior motives fanned the flames. I could feel that familiar desire to humiliate me as a loose woman oozing between the lines. “Who did this?! They’re monsters!” My roommate stomped on the floor in anger. “Don’t be scared, Layla. We’ll help you!”As I stared at the insults, I found myself completely calm. I even wanted to laugh. ‘Is this all you can do,

Rose’s face turned even paler. Just then, the dorm room swung open, and a student scrambled in while gasping for breath. “I-I just heard something major!”Noah scowled. “What’s got you so worked up?”“P-Professor Grant just declared that Layla York is his fiancee right in front of everyone at the physics department!”“What?” Noah froze in an instant. “Fiancee!” the student shouted. “The forum’s gone wild! Everyone’s spamming your post! The poster has been cursed so badly and has even been doxed!”Noah immediately grabbed his phone and refreshed the forum page. The original post’s header had been changed to a big, bloody red font. [Come out, you lying piece of trash! Professor Grant and Layla, may you live happily ever after!]The pinned comment was a high-resolution video of Samuel’s declaration before the physics department. His declaration that he was engaged with Layla stabbed into Noah’s eyes like poison-laced knives.His hands trembled, and his phone fell on the fl

“Pfft—”“Hahahaha!”Deafening laughter and claps erupted in the lab. I was rooted to the spot as I stared at the sparkling ring. Then, I glanced at the calm Samuel. Suddenly, all the indignity I had suffered over the past eighteen years turned into a joke at this very moment. To hell with my childhood friends and those nightmares of the past. My future was going to be a galaxy full of stars with a man named Samuel Grant. “Mrs. Grant,” Samuel suddenly said. The words exploded in the lab like a bomb. I froze and felt all the blood rush to my face before it reached my ears. The ring on my finger also started burning like metal that had just been retrieved from hot coal. The PhD students who had been laughing a moment ago could no longer hold back their teasing. “Hello, Mrs. Grant!”“Things must have been hard for you, Mrs. Grant!”“Mrs. Grant, if Professor Grant asks us to change our data overnight, please speak up for us!”Their teasing shouts, whistles, and claps near

Ethan and Tyler got into a huge argument, which nearly got physical. It started all because Ethan had accused Noah of being a useless, scheming piece of trash. Meanwhile, Tyler thought that Ethan was lashing out indiscriminately and accusing him of being useless too. Rose cried as she tried to stop them, but Tyler snapped at her. “Get lost! You’re seriously so annoying!”After that, she ran out of the room crying. Perhaps this was the first time she realized that tears were not the answer to everything. It was especially so when a man’s dignity and future had been crushed. A woman’s tears would just be adding fuel to the fire. As for Noah, he had shut himself in his room and had not left for two days. The laptop he treated as his treasure had been smashed so badly that the screen resembled a spider’s web. He did not repair it or change it. Instead, he just put it on the table. In the past, he prided himself on his ability to scheme against others and control them. He had tho

“Layla, are you happy?” Her voice was hoarse and nasally. It sounded like she had just been crying not too long ago. I just stared at her, as though she were a stranger who had nothing to do with me. “You’ve ruined everything.” It seemed that she could no longer keep her composure, and she started crying again. “Tyler and Ethan have gone mad, Mark’s withdrawn from university, and Noah’s locked himself up. Things were fine between us, but it all went to hell because of you!”“‘Us’?” When I finally spoke, it was to repeat that one word. Then, I laughed. “Rose, aren’t you mistaken? There is no ‘us.’ There has only ever been the five of you and me.”I took a step forward to draw closer to her and whispered into her ear, “Did you think that they were your knights? No. You were just a tool they used to show off their charm, a tool they could control however they wanted. Now, you’re no longer useful, so it’s only natural that they’ve cast you aside.”“You…” Her face turned pale. “Whi