hapter 56 I’m the Victim Here

Watching Olivia’s perfect impersonation of a wronged and helpless victim, Lucas could only marvel. He’d give her a standing ovation if it weren’t so surreal.

If he hadn’t witnessed Olivia singlehandedly taking down those thugs with the precision and flair of a martial arts master, he might have believed her innocent act.

But the police? They hadn’t seen Olivia in action. All they saw was a petite girl, wearing oversized glasses, with an aura of meekness that screanied “model student” And sprawled around her were a group of burly. tattooed thugs with more muscles than common sense

It wasn’t a hard decision.

To the officers, it was obvious who the victim was.

“Are you alright, young lady?” one of the officers asked with genuine concern.

Olivia nodded timidly, her demeanor that of a frightened sparrow. “I’m fine, thanks to these two classmates. They saved me just in time.”

She gestured toward Lucas and Benjamin.

Lucas felt an awkward pang of embarrassment.

We saved her? Seriously? He exchanged a bewildered glance with Benjamin, who just looked resigned.

The officer nodded approvingly, glancing at the two boys. “Well done. It’s great to see young people stepping up. Just be careful in the future, alright? You don’t want to get hurt.”

“Uh… sure,” Lucas muttered, unsure how to respond.

Meanwhile, the thugs lying on the ground felt their world spin with injustice.

Step up?

yell, She’s the one who

his stomach in pain, was especially bitter. If the cops hadn’t shown up, he was sure Olivia would have snapped

the innocent lamb while they were treated

of the injuries, couldn’t help but

ease up on the force next time. Look at

Lucas almost choked.

did most of

turned to Olivia, Benjamin, and

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thugs were lined up against the wall Euffed and bruised beyond

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front of the officers, recounted her story

had cornered her, how Benjamin and Lucas

was ever

role in beating them

Olivia said, her voice soft and trembling. “But they clearly came for me. They knew my

the

to target her?”

thugs hesitated, then all their

to deny it, but then caught Olivia’s gaze. Her lips curled into a sweet, innocent

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