Chapter 177

At this hour, the building was filled with teachers, along with a few students who had come to drop off their

assignments.

The door to the room was ajar, and both teachers and students stood at the threshold, staring in shock and

confusion

Leila lay crumpled on the floor, her clothes in disarray, a shoulder exposed, as she cried out, “I’m sorry, Mr. Latham, please let me go! I can’t stand being the talk of the school anymore…”

Latham was frantic, waving his hands in denial, “Leila, what are you talking about?”

After his plea, he turned to the other teachers and students in a panic, insisting, “I didn’t do anything to her! You’ve got it all wrong!”

Leila’s sobs were breathless and desperate.

The building was the teachers‘ office block, and Latham sometimes napped in this office, which is why there were no security cameras installed.

Considering Leila’s current state, there’s no way Latham could talk his way out of this situation, no matter how eloquently he spoke!

One of the teachers quickly spoke up, “I’m going to call the principall”

The principal and the head of academic affairs arrived promptly. They hurriedly reached out to Leila’s parents and then the principal took Latham aside, asking in a low voice, “What happened here?”

Latham’s face flushed with embarrassment. He was a simple man who biked to work on an old bicycle, his face deeply lined and tanned from the sun, and now he stammered, “This student is framing me–I’ve been cautious, but I never expected her to set such a trap!”

and more pitiful, “Latham, you, you…”

had their share of troubles with their kids recently, the call from the head of academic affairs had left them

Leila, Paulina entered, demanding, “What has Leila

might have hurt

a chair, her clothing creased and wrinkled. Shocked, as any mother would be for her beloved daughter, Paulina shrieked, “What happened here?”

to say anything, but you and Dad have been misunderstanding me. You’ve been ignoring me lately, and I’m so afraid of losing you…”

when Leila had remained silent and obedient, and now seeing her current state, Paulina suddenly realized, “You framed Merry

how could I frame her for no reason!” She cleaned

been mean to me, often calling me to the office and harassing me. Last time, he even forced me to take photos. He said he couldn’t appreciate them alone and wanted to share them. I begged him not to, and then when Merry’s incident came out, he said there were indeed photos of Merry at that school, and he wanted to pass my picture off as Merry’s, claiming that appreciating them alone

was too lonely!”

villainous act of showcasing misdeeds seemed to prove Leila’s story more believable.

unimaginable act left everyone present

of teacher are you? A role model for students, yet you’re nothing but a wolf in

Academy had turned into a nightmare. This caused Paulina’s trust in teachers to plummet, and in such cases, any parent would believe their child over others–after all, which girl would tarnish her own reputation

a scene, the online fiasco would’ve died down in a few days. Everyone knew

she was exposing this secret, how

her head, trembling with fear.

Paulina,

you, then who was it? Who’s been taking pictures of my little girl? How can anyone be that low! I’m

her phone to call the

you feel, but the truth of the matter is not yet clear. We will thoroughly investigate and not wrong anyone. If it truly was Latham, such an act against a minor is punishable with

my daughter jeopardize her own reputation

at the side. If possible, she

was real, her parents knew it, and she had to invent a story for it. Besides… the words she

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