Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 754:

Approaching him seemed almost impossible when half their classmates were busy making things worse on purpose.

What had happened during afternoon break still made her cringe. She had finally gathered enough courage to walk over to his desk, but before she could even get close, someone behind her started making jokes.

“Oh, going to see Ethan? Trying to stir up trouble again? That will only make you apologize to Maia one more time.”

Marisa, who should have been in Class Three, appeared suddenly. Her voice cut through the quiet classroom like a blade. The perfectly timed remark sent ripples of laughter through their classmates.

Heat flooded Melanie’s cheeks as she spun around and hurried back to her seat, mortified.

Now the dismissal bell was seconds away from ringing. This was her last chance, and she knew it.

chime echoed through the room, shattering the afternoon stillness. Ethan gathered his books with practiced efficiency, ready to

bolted forward, her fingers closing around

froze mid-step. When he turned to face her, wariness flickered across his

voice

out before her courage

to where her fingers still gripped his sleeve. A slight

like cold water. Her ears burned with

at

sleeve immediately, biting her lip

up between them. The past was the past, after all, and he wasn’t completely

across Twitter as JusticeBlaze. His reputation for

as Ethan opened his mouth to respond, a familiar voice cut through