No longer a pushover

Chapter 285

Noelle's expression remained icy. "Get it straight. You and Samuel planned to harm me, and you're the real culprit here. If anyone deserves to suffer, it's you, not me!"

"This has been your fault from the beginning, Noelle. Why didn't you help me in the first place?"

"Why should I? Now that Samuel is caught, all the videos and pictures will be deleted. They never leaked. If you're too stupid to see that, who else is to blame?"

Jessica was on the verge of breaking down as she realized she had misspoken. She shouldn't have tried to pin the blame on Noelle. If she hadn't, the latter wouldn't have exposed the truth.

A teacher turned to Jessica and instructed, "Now explain!"

Jessica started trembling in fright. "It wasn't me! It has nothing to do with me!"

"But many students overheard your conversation with Samuel last night, and it was clear you two planned this together.

"Come with us to clear this up. Otherwise, we're gonna have to send you to the police."

Jessica burst into tears as she curled up on her bed and refused to leave. Her defiance left the teachers speechless as they exchanged a glance, but they hesitated to use force.

statement anyway. Jessica and Samuel being accomplices is a fact, and

a victim too! Why

reason with her. "If you're a victim, explain everything clearly so we can help you when the police get involved. Otherwise, we'll have to call your parents to

about

learning the school might involve her parents. In the end, she left

turned to Grace and explained,

She brought

desire to intervene further. Jessica's downfall was entirely

many witnesses in the dorm last night hearing Jessica and Samuel's exchange. Jessica might've had a

rug, but Jessica's foolishness and selfishness sealed her fate.

morning, Nancy opened her laptop and organized the evidence she'd obtained from

included detailed records of Samuel taking kickbacks and misappropriating club funds. There was even

there was no direct evidence

The only thing Noelle found was a financial statement linking the Merlock family's

evidence was enough to make Samuel