Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 14

Six months ago, a girl at Silverwood High School was viciously slandered after she turned down a boy's confession.

The boy spread malicious rumors about her, and soon, she was the target of everyone's gossip and judgment. In the end, she was driven to suicide The incident was fresh in everyone's minds, yet many had already chosen to forget it. Lyla glared at Leah. "And how is that any of your business? You're always poking your nose into everything"

Leah was taken aback by Lyla's hostility and quickly put on a pitiful expression. "I didn't mean anything by it. Why are you so mean to me?"

Her indignant tone made me laugh. "Because you're spreading baseless rumors," I said as I tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "Do you realize that making up lies about someone is grounds for a defamation lawsuit

Leah's hands clenched at her sides as she stared at me. I didn't pay her any more attention and led Lyla back to our seats.

Erhan was sitting on a desk just a couple of rows away from mine with his hands in his pockets and one leg stretched out onto the desk next to him.

I stopped in front of him, intending to ask him to move. But when I looked up, I accidentally met his gaze. For a brief moment, I thought I saw restraint and complexity in his eyes

He quickly moved his leg, and Lyla and 1 took our seats.

long after, our homeroom teacher entered the classroom with a big smile on her face. She announced as she stood at the podium, "Class, I have some good news! The two students who got the

coom erupted

our

"Who is it?"

tell us! We want to know who the top scorers

grinned and said, "Well, the first place obviously

for dramatic effect. The class started urging her on again, and she finally said, "Second

points, just 15

teacher finished speaking, heard gasps and

by, I overheard someone say, "How

at the bottom of the class. How could she suddenly jump to second place in

you forget that her grades have been improving rapidly for the past two

forget, but there's still a huge difference between being in the top 20 in the class

was behind me, hugging me excitedly and shouting,

to cover her mouth. "Thanks, but keep it down. The teacher's going