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.

afternoon stillness. Ethan gathered his books with practiced efficiency,

through Melanie’s chest as she bolted forward, her

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

need something?” Ethan’s voice

breath, she rushed the words out before her courage could abandon

still gripped his sleeve. A slight frown

ears burned with embarrassment as she realized she was still

more at

her lip hard and dropping

clearing up between them. The past was the past,

her father was Hurst, the man known across Twitter as JusticeBlaze. His reputation for righteousness and

as Ethan opened his mouth to respond, a familiar