Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 253

The wind on the rooftop was fierce, howling past Carmen as she stood teetering on the edge.

Below, the woman who had attacked her earlier was pointing upward while gesturing wildly, her voice faintly audible even against the wind. Around her, a small crowd had gathered. Some laughed while others shook their heads, but they all watched with that morbid curiosity reserved for train wrecks and car crashes. Carmen glanced down, her heart heavy with despair but tinged with something darker-resentment.

She thought about what their faces would look like after she jumped. Would they scream? Would they cry? Or would they feel that cold rush of guilt as they realized they'd pushed her this far?

A bitter smile tugged at her lips. The thought felt almost like revenge.

Closing her eyes, Carmen raised her arms, the wind tugging at her clothes. Then, she let herself fall forward.

"Gosh!"

"She's jumping!"

Screams and gasps erupted from the ground below as her body tipped over the edge.

a brief moment,

Then, everything stopped.

only to find herself hanging in mid-air. Her

resolute, and her

Felicia's forearm where it had scraped against the coarse edge of the rooftop, but she was smiling. She looked relieved, almost triumphant. "Gotcha," Felicia

legs screaming with every step. She was completely out of breath by the time she reached the rooftop. But in that critical moment, she

"Let go. Just let me go. I can't

in an unrelenting grip while the other clung to the rooftop's edge with all her strength to keep them both from falling. Her voice, strained but steady,

deserve to die are those who spread lies about you. They haven't faced

were fierce and resolute. The fire in

of people gathered on the rooftop

a flood of well-meaning advice followed-"Don't give up", "Life is precious", and "Think

you save me?"

wasn't a simple question. Felicia had risked her own life saving Carmen's. One wrong move, and she