Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 1657:

Celine was caught off guard by Harlee’s directness in exposing her tactics. Quickly regaining her composure, Celine adopted a humble tone.

“Harlee, I truly wish to apologize. If you doubt my sincerity, I’m willing to keep kneeling until you forgive me.”

Despite her words, Celine was already itching to get up. The discomfort from kneeling was more than enough.

Harlee’s dark eyes narrowed, her expression enigmatic, a slight smile playing at the corners of her mouth. Her voice was lazy and nonchalant.

“Oh, then keep on kneeling,” she said, her smile sharp as her gaze turned piercing.

“Just a friendly reminder, I won’t let the court of public opinion sway my decisions.”

Back then, after being ousted by the Gill family, any remnants of conventional morality had dissolved within Harlee. The Gills’ disgraceful and failed attempts to profit from claiming they had raised her—leading to their being driven from Baythorn—was a testament to her resolve.

blackmailing her? Heh, wishful

as she glared at Harlee, her eyes

that moment, Elva pushed her way through the bustling crowd, attracting loud curses and unfair accusations. The

momentarily. Though moral blackmail couldn’t sway Harlee, perhaps the pressure

shifted to Elva, and a barrage of insults rained down on her. The crowd had absorbed

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only with the president, petty criminals, wealthy youths, and classmates but was now also accused of enticing a seventy-two-year-old professor who

comments, approached Harlee and noticed Celine kneeling.

Elva’s resilience, she answered gravely, “Celine came up with this poor scheme after the Duke

compelled Celine

powerful? The Duke of Mylo had actually demanded his favored

felt surreal to

her face a picture of despair. It wasn’t until now that she understood how foolish she had been. She had believed her plan was flawless, but to Harlee, she was nothing more than a joke. Harlee was fully aware! Harlee knew not only that she planned to manipulate public opinion to secure forgiveness, but also that the Duke of Mylo had pressured her into