How the Ice King Became my Doting Billionaire Husband

Lorna huffed and walked away without another word.

Dahlia, too, had left for class.

Soon after, Keira emerged from the shower, only to find Dahlia and Lorna had already left.

Morwenna was waiting for her, concern written all over her face. "Why don't you ask for help when you're bullied? Even if you're afraid to reach out to others, why not tell me? Aren't we friends?"

Fiddling with a towel, Keira responded with a mix of nervousness and helplessness. "I... I thought I could just bear it and it would pass. I'm used to it, really, it's nothing."

Morwenna's brow furrowed. "Used to it? How long have these people been bullying you?"

Keira lowered her head, staying silent.

With a stern tone, Morwenna pressed. "If you still consider me a friend, tell me."

Trembling slightly, Keira whispered, "Since freshman year. The Roberts family knows mine, and Sandra has known me since we were kids, though we weren't close. She knows I'm a nobody, that my family doesn't care, and she just wants to take advantage of me..."

Morwenna gasped. "So, you mean they've been bullying you for a whole year?"

Keira trembled again, biting her lip and nodding.

Morwenna was baffled.

someone endure bullying without

had shown her kindness;

crew had no connection to Keira,

"Why not fight back?"

need to

needs parents? I lost my parents when I was five, but

head bowed, causing Morwenna to feel even

such deeply ingrained thoughts

stand by and watch

thought to

in her childhood had

not doing well enough, for not reflecting on

say she was a nuisance, nowhere near as good as

happens, you must tell me. We're friends, and

Morwenna, now that she was aware, she wouldn't just stand

difference whether she spoke up or

shouldn't have returned to school. Maybe taking

felt like she

of school and something happened to Morwenna