Chapter 19

Miranda furrowed her brows. So, it was him.

She glanced at Theo, whose lip was practically badly battered.

That was a pretty brutal hit.

With Elian's unexpected testimony, everything Miranda had just said stood unchallenged. No one dared to contradict Elian.

Even if Theo wanted to explain, he knew Mr. Ashcroft had done it on purpose. He could only swallow his pride and mumble reluctantly, "Mr. Ashcroft, maybe there's some misunderstanding here.

Arabella chimed in, her voice exaggeratedly sweet, trying to sound like she was on equal footing with someone like Elian.

"Mr. Ashcroft, surely you must be mistaken. Theo would never harass her. Everyone at school knows she was the one chasing after Theo, and he wasn't interested. That's why she's doing this. You can't just go by what you've seen, right?"

Her last words were laced with a hint of a coquettish plea.

narrowed dangerously. "Are you

not what I meant. Mr. Ashcroft, how do you even know her?" Miranda raised an eyebrow, noticing Arabella was still trying to fawning over him, but her

Elian had left behind earlier were now surrounding

Blackwell." the manager who had brought Elian was

Arabella, Elian stepped closer to

between them shrank, and the subtle scent of cedarwood he had became more pronounced. Miranda frowned slightly.

difference, Miranda stood

him?" He asked as if puzzled by something

was full of mischief, his

"Is he even worth

really. But I'm not deaf,

they also realized this lady knew Elian. The onlookers were buzzing with excitement. Some couldn't help but start shipping them right there! Their height, their looks... it was

swollen, looked mortified. If it weren't for the bodyguards holding him up, he might've just

team came over to announce

on landing the role of Dr. Ember Sinclair in

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