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After remaining speechless for a moment, he took a deep breath and cleared his mind of other thoughts first. "What do you suggest?" he asked quietly. Journi took out her phone and gave it a shake. "Just something simple. We'll use the same thing against it. All we need to do is to use the trending search algorithm to change what is trending…" Harvey and the others were a little stunned, as if they didn't understand what she was talking about.

After getting my water, I lingered at the kitchen island, reluctant to return. "Have you seen the number one trending topic?" he called out. I shook my head reflexively. "What's happened? Another twist?" "Come see for yourself." Without thinking much of it, I carried my glass over. "What is it? Which account is now—" I froze when my eyes landed on the trending hashtag #RealCouplesAreTheBestToShip#. Heat crept up my earlobes and quickly spread across my entire face. There was no escaping this. "I, um, I've seen it," I mumbled.

I frowned slightly, confusion settling in. “I—Clara, what’s wrong?” “You’re trending,” she said quickly. “On social media. Check it now.” My breath hitched. “What—?” But the call ended. Just like that. The line went dead. I stared at the screen for a second, my heart suddenly racing for reasons I couldn’t explain. Trending? A strange unease crept into my chest. Slow. Heavy. I swallowed, my fingers trembling slightly as I opened my browser. And then—

It was a member of the staff who was coordinating the departure route with Marvin. Millie was sitting on the couch when a message from Rachel came through on her phone. Rachel: "I heard someone went racing today?" Millie: "Oh, and how did Superstar find out?" Rachel: "The famous 'Seven' is trending, so do you even need to ask? It's right there in front of me!" Millie blinked and opened Twitter, only to realize she was trending in the searches. The topic "Seven appeared on Python Mountain" was trending at the top, with a lot of people discussing it.

She swiped the screen, her eyes widening to the size of saucers. "Oh. My. God." She shoved the phone directly into my face, nearly taking off my nose. "Look! Thea, look! You’re trending!" I grabbed her wrist to steady the screen. It was X, or whatever it was called now. The number three trending topic in New York City was #BlueMcLarenGirl. I tapped the hashtag. There were hundreds of photos. Me in my silk robe. Me putting on sunglasses. Me flipping off Lexi Diamond with a pitying smile. The headlines were ridiculous:

Gym, great. Gym class with a bunch of werewolves and vampires. What could go wrong?

His phone was blowing up. Notifications from I*******m, T*****r, and every fashion blog flooded in. The campaign teaser images especially the one of him shirtless against the Milan skyline, phoenix glowing, rain-streaked skin catching the light had gone viral. **#PhoenixBoy** was trending worldwide. **#KaiLennox** was climbing fast. Marcus texted him three times in a row: **Marcus:** Holy shit. You’re trending. Like, globally trending. The campaign teaser broke 2 million views in under four hours. Brands are already calling. This is nuclear.

And desperate people always found someone to destroy. Brittany smirked as Trisha scrolled through her tablet. Notifications kept popping on the tab. “Fans are already talking,” Trisha said. “You’re trending. People are actually defending you.” “Of course they are,” Brittany replied, snatching the tablet. Her eyes gleamed as she read through the comments, every one that favored her feeding her ego like fire. “Now that I’m controversial again,” she said, setting the tablet aside, “brands will come crawling back. I can feel it. We’ll get calls by morning.”

Buying a trending topic should be a piece of cake for him! For the sake of money, for the sake of trending topics, for the sake of stepping on Jenny Hall, Lisa immediately put on a seductive expression, "Can you help me buy a trending topic?" "Why would I do that? I already retweeted the news like you asked," said Terry casually. Lisa humbly asked, "What do I have to do for you to get this topic to Trend?" "What do you think you can even do for me?" he asked her back. She thought about it and said, "I can let you beat me up?" Didn't he want to get back at her? She would let him have his revenge.

And I swear it feels like everyone out there is celebrating it. I reach for my phone. The cold screen lights up against my palm, too bright in the dim room. I swipe through notifications—nothing new. Just the same articles, the same headlines, the same strangers pretending they know me. I open social media.and thats when the knot in my chest pulls tighter.everyone is talking about Aiden. “Aiden’s return is incredible.” “Aiden deserves every win.” “Aiden’s leadership is unmatched.” Aiden. Aiden. Aiden. My thumb scrolls faster. My pulse matches it, quick and sharp. There’s a sleek announcement video pinned at the top of the trending page, posted yesterday.