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Olivia quickly got up and continued walking, her f

pale.

Finally, she had parted ways with the boy she had liked for years…

That night, she didn’t dare to return home. She stayed in the dormitory, where she developed a fever. She felt as if she were in a daze, as if she had lost her soul.

The next day, she was roused from her sleep by a barrage of phone calls. She was drenched in sweat. Glancing at her phone, she saw numerous missed calls from Sophie, mutual friends of hers and Jacob’s, and many classmates.

One text message from Sophie caught her attention: “Olivia, something happened to Jacob.”

Olivia’s hands trembled as she read the text. She immediately called Sophie, and the latter answered

right away.

“Olivia! You finally called back! Jacob is at the police station!”

Olivia inquired, “Why is he there?”

a fight at a bar last night. He seems to

at the Harris Group. Is he out of his mind? He’ll have a stain on

told herself to stay calm. She replied,

the next moment, her phone rang again, and

answered.

second–generation rich person from a prominent family. Even my dad can’t

Olivia said was, “I understand,” then

her mind was in chaos. She knew that Jacob was jeopardizing his future because of what she had said to him the previous day. What should she do now? How could she save him? How could she ensure that he didn’t end up with a permanent stain on

a

would assist her, but he had told her to reach out no matter the

hands, Olivia dialed the number. It rang three times before someone

silence on the other

in her voice as she said, “I need

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amiss on her end, and his brows furrowed. He was in the midst. of entertaining at a noisy restaurant, but he rose from the table. “Calm down and

got into a fight at a bar, and he’s at the police station. They told me he seriously injured the other person, and

to hear that.

his hand holding a wine glass. He

this happen?”