"Ugh, those annoying pests again," Olivia commented. She also heard the commotion from them. She frowned in exasperation. "I can't stand the sight of them."

I nodded in agreement.

That group of girls were Cathy's lackeys. At first, they tried to cozy up to me, but I had no interest in attending their dull parties filled with comparison and gossip.

After being rejected a few times, those girls seemed to grow resentful to me. So, they decide to befriend Cathy instead. Probably because everyone knew she was my arch-nemesis.

Initially, I didn't pay much attention to it. But Cathy started instigating them to spread negative rumors about me in school...