The slanderous article itself was actually deleted by this point—Jane arranged it even without Tristan's prompting, which showed that her empty head had at least half a brain.
However, nothing truly disappears from the Internet, and someone saved the screenshots and text of part of the article and now posted them, prompting even more discussion and speculation in the fan community.
None of it was even really negative. Tristan just scowled at the discussion thread for a bit and left it be.
He hoped Nel calmed down enough to do the same. When the other artist didn't mention anything about it later, Tristan thought he was fine.
At least, until the middle of their next lunch together. Nel tried very hard to hide his dejection, but Tristan didn't have 923 points in observation skill for nothing. Even Nel's clothing, which was just as flashy as it had been since signing a contract with GTG, couldn't distract Tristan from the lack of spark in Nel's eyes.
