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.

through the room, shattering the afternoon stillness. Ethan gathered his books

surged through Melanie’s chest as she bolted forward, her fingers closing around his sleeve before

turned to face her, wariness flickered across

need something?” Ethan’s voice was filled

a shaky breath, she rushed the words out before her courage could abandon her. “Ethan, I

to where her fingers still gripped his sleeve. A slight frown creased his brow. “Okay, but… could you

water. Her ears burned with embarrassment as she realized she was

at

lip hard and dropping her gaze to

Ethan pause. Maybe some things did need clearing up between them.

man known across Twitter as JusticeBlaze. His reputation for

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