Jolie froze, realizing she'd let something slip. Her gaze darted nervously as she stammered, "Oh, uh, maybe? Maybe not? I might have remembered wrong..." Selena narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her closely.

Under that piercing gaze, Jolie's confidence crumbled, and she finally avoided eye contact altogether.

The atmosphere in the living room grew tense as Selena remained silent, simply staring at her.

Unable to bear the pressure any longer, Jolie threw up her hands in surrender. "I give up! I'll confess! Just stop looking at me like that. You're making me panic!"

Selena crossed her arms and raised her chin. "Start talking. Tell me everything."

"Um..." Jolie coughed awkwardly, finding it hard to voice the details.

"Hmm?" Selena's sharp gaze cut through her hesitation, making Jolie deflate instantly.

"Well," Jolie began hesitantly, "at a banquet at the Cooper family home, I was, uh, drugged... and Gavin took me to a room to help me. Then... um... one thing led to another, and... something happened."

She coughed again, her voice growing softer. "After that, I told him I owed him for saving me. He... he said I could repay him... ten times. So, yeah, that's... basically it."

She couldn't believe

unapproachable Gavin Cooper was secretly bullying a young

And... ten times?

What a shameless man!

already

tall and imposing, shattered into a million pieces. Truly, one should never judge

that, the Quin family hosted two more banquets and invited Gavin to both. He showed

don't like him. Once everything is settled, I don't plan to have any more contact with him. So, came up with a fake boyfriend and publicly introduced him

ignored my wishes and tried to send me abroad, all to force me

a bitter smile appeared

felt suffocating. Yet, strangely, saying it all out loud

was as though, from the moment she decided

silently, unsure

liking Gavin, yet maintaining a close relationship with him. Refusing the Quin family's attempts to push her

serious consequences just to

Selena's gaze was complex

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