“I was flat broke, so I started livestreaming on Rippl just to stay afloat.
Terrified of scaring viewers away, I cranked the beauty filter to the max — chin sharpened to a razor point, eyes ballooned like saucers.
My very first Live Battle paired me with the guy I’d dated online for three years.
“”Babe — isn’t this the online girlfriend you told me about? The ugly one?””
My ex smirked, the girl in his lap giggling along.
“”No wonder she never showed her face. Even a filter this heavy can’t save her.””
“”Thank God I dumped her when I did.””
“”Hey — if you kill the filter and you’re ugly enough to make me cuss on air, I’ll drop twenty Golden Waves on you for a nose job fund!””
Chat cheered him on. “”UGLY GIRL TURN OFF THE FILTER LMAO”” flooded the screen.
I needed the money. I clicked the button.
Dead silence.
The smirk froze on his face.
“”…What the hell? She’s a ten?”””
He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 11 A month later, the Rippl Rising Star Awards kicked off. Tara made a comeback. Chopped her hair, changed her makeup, tried to scrub every trace of me off her face. The second she went live, chat filled with jabs: Don’t steal this time.
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 10 That night, my stream broke a million viewers. I didn’t sing. I didn’t dance. I sat quietly and answered questions in chat. After the platform took its cut, the first thing I did with the gifts was pay Grandma’s hospital balance in full.
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 09 Ethan’s follower count started dropping. The number in the corner ticked down. Down. Down. He stared at his creator dashboard, his face cycling from green to white. Tara grabbed his sleeve. “Babe, say something! You told me she was obsessed with you! You
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 08 Chat exploded. Kneel. Ethan, a man keeps his word. Got real loud a minute ago — where’s your mouth now? Tara tried to smooth it over. “It was a joke, sweetie, you don’t have to take everything so seriously.” I turned to her.
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 07 Chat lit up. Oh HELL no. That’s not “similar,” that’s a photocopy. Tara used to be a round-eyed cutesy streamer. She changed her whole look right after they went public. Knockoff girlfriend confirmed. Tara went bloodless. Then broke into tears. “You can’t slander
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 06 Same face. If anything, without any smoothing at all, my features looked sharper. Chat imploded. Oh my god, Raw Cam is even better. Sis, are you here to raise the bar for the whole channel? With that face she could be on billboards
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 05 The instant the filter dropped, the stream felt like someone hit mute. The pointed chin — gone. The waxy porcelain smoothing — gone. The bug-eyes and needle jawline — gone. In their place was a striking face, cool and almost severe at rest.
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 04 The chat scrambled to catch up: Who tf is V. You don’t know V?? #1 on the Rippl leaderboard, media mogul, worth billions. He NEVER shows up in beauty streams — and he just dropped 100 Waves on the filter goblin? Tara recovered
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 03 Click. The stream froze. My Wi-Fi dropped. A notification flashed across my phone: PAYMENT PAST DUE. SERVICE SUSPENDED. I opened my provider’s app. Balance due: $18.50. I paid it, switched to cellular, and waited for the connection to stabilize. By the time I
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He Called Me Ugly Until I Turned Off The Filter Chapter 02 Ethan sat in his gaming chair in a black button-down. Tara sat sideways in his lap, touching up her lipstick for the camera. She spotted my username first. Her eyes lit up. “Babe. Isn’t that your ex? The one who wouldn’t show her
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