Our time in Germany was wrapping up, and Tristan and I had absolutely demolished our research project. We didn’t just succeed–we crushed it. International patent, top academic honors, the whole nine yards.
During the award interview, Tristan spoke flawless German with that same infuriatingly composed expression:
“I want to thank my girlfriend. Through countless late nights working side by side, her presence has been
my greatest comfort and motivation.”
The audience erupted in applause.
I thought about his very specific brand of “comfort” and “motivation” during those study sessions, and my face went nuclear red. Only I knew exactly how… hands–on his encouragement had gotten.
Somehow that interview footage made it back to US media and absolutely exploded after being translated.
[This is what actual power couple goals look like! Academic royalty!]
【Genius couple wins international recognition together – THAT’S Luna’s real match】
The buzz refused to die and dragged Lennon’s pathetic ass back into the spotlight. Perfect timing too, since graduation season had people digging into everyone’s academic records. Some enterprising internet detectives discovered that major chunks of his thesis were lifted straight from unpublished papers, plus it was obviously ghostwritten.
[GROSS! Academic fraud on top of everything else? Flush this garbage】
【Makes sense why he crashed so hard – absolutely zero substance]
[One person’s bringing international glory to the country, the other can’t write his own damn thesis.
Night and day difference!]
His label had tried salvaging his career during the height of his scandals by dropping two new singles.
They bombed spectacularly,
Everyone was calling him “creatively bankrupt” and saying he was “a one–hit wonder who peaked with
Luna.”
That song he’d written for me–our song–had become the ultimate symbol of his artistic death spiral. The internet kept saying “those who betray their wives lose everything,” and his career was basically dead.
14:48
Done Hiding as Your Backup Plaything I’m Shining Golden as a Queen
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As for Nina? Word leaked that she’d been desperately trying to claw her way back by seducing some married director. His wife caught them red–handed and the footage went viral immediately. Nina became a complete laughingstock with zero chance of recovery.
Watching their twin crashes from across the ocean felt… satisfying. Not in a vindictive way, just this quiet sense of justice. They’d made their choices, burned their bridges, and now they were living with the
consequences.
Meanwhile, I was building something real with someone who actually valued what I brought to the table. Someone who saw my mind as an asset, not an inconvenience.
The contrast couldn’t have been starker. While they were imploding in a mess of lies and desperation, I
was soaring.
thing I’m
