Gossip Girl Reborn by Darlene Nunez

Chapter 446 Lost His Dignity Finished

"The truth was, back then, you deliberately led me toward Janice who happened to be passing by. But Janice simply ignored us and walked away. Yet, you told me we might have been recognized, that she might report us. I believed you and ran away desperately with you. But the reality was that you never intended to elope with me. You were too embarrassed to admit your retreat, and you wanted to pin the blame on someone else to stop yourself. You regretted your decision even before we set off. You staged your disappearance at home, hoping the nanny would notice. But when there was no news, you pulled this stunt when you saw Janice."

Cody's pupils constricted, looking as if he was about to stop her.

However, Cecilia didn't give him a chance to respond. She continued, "From start to finish, I was the one who truly followed you. But all you cared about was holding on to your privileged lifestyle."

"No, that's not it. It was Janice who wanted me. She deliberately stopped our elopement... It was her..."

"What are you talking about? I didn't even know you in high school!" Janice finally exclaimed in shock and

anger.

So, what Cody meant was that she was the one who started it all.

Cecilia laughed, saying, "Janice, there's no point in arguing. He'll never admit to being such a despicable coward. One of the reasons he treated you so badly in college was to cover up his own disgrace. He pretended that you really did betray us and was keeping us apart. That's why he was able to treat you so harshly without any guilt."

to tremble, not from the justifiable anger toward her mother and brother, but from the inexplicable malice that made her feel sick to her stomach. Was it just by sheer coincidence that she happened to pass by that she had to endure all this? It was

even less of a man

refused to admit. "It's not that I've let you down,

by phone? You seem to have assumed that everything about the future was decided on that day. You couldn't have tried

all his strength, after all, his last shred

completely exposed, leaving him with no confidence to argue or

you purposefully because neither of you could be

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446 Lost

she's not obsessed with love

that she was now fearless, undeterred by heaven or earth. Indeed, it was those who had nothing to lose that were the most terrifying. Janice looked at Cody, her distaste for the man had grown to the point of numbness. She felt

another being played by Cecilia like this, Janice felt that it was a form of

own way.