Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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In her past life, at that extravagant banquet thrown by the Dalton family. Hailey had been humiliated and bullied by others.

Back then, she was a scared little mouse, too terrified to even think about standing up for herself.

The Dalton family members watched her suffer, and instead of offering help, they shamelessly berated her in front of all the guests.

From that moment on, the name Hailey Dalton became a running joke in Hallon City.

It was also at that same banquet where Selena, pretending to care, offered a few half–assed pleas for help.

Of course, it didn’t do a thing, but back then, Hailey, in her naive innocence, actually thought of Selena as a good sister and followed her around like a lost puppy.

As Hailey thought back to all that, a cold, deadly gleam flashed in her eyes.

She took her time walking over to a quiet corner, sipped her orange juice, and after finishing half of it, grabbed a delicate piece of cake.

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a few guys heading her way

Here they come.

Knowing full well that the ballroom wasn’t the right place to deal with this, Hailey deliberately stood up and started heading toward a quieter part of the venue.

The three guys immediately followed her.

The place was huge, and tucked away at the back was a small pool. The area around the pool was surprisingly quiet, a sharp contrast to the chaos and noise in the main hall.

Hailey casually walked toward the poolside. The men picked up the pace, quickly catching up with her.

“Hey, Miss Dalton, one of them called out.

Hailey turned around. pretending to be confused, her face innocent as she asked, “What do you want?*

The guys blocked her path, and one bold jerk reached out to touch her shoulder.

Hailey effortlessly dodged his disgusting hand, acting shocked as she asked, “What the hell are you guys trying to do?”

Miss Dalton, the blonde guy said with a sleazy grin, his eyes full of gross intent. “We just wanna be friends.”

her. Suddenly, the

disappeared. Without hesitation, she kicked him square in

pain, dropping to the floor and clutching his groin. “Holy shit, that hurts like

in shock, Hailey moved fast. She slammed her

on her left and slapped the guy on her right hard across

of the

staggered back, groaning from the unexpected pain.

men by their hair and dragged

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men, no matter how hard they tried to pull away, could escape bee iron

Thud- Thud-

heavy splashes, Hailey unceremoniously kicked both of them into the

still had a slight chill from the cool of

night sky sank lower and the air got cooler, getting shoved into

lips as she arched a brow. “You gonna jump in yourself, or do

lights, her face was flawless, her voice soft and almost ethereal, but it was enough

when their eyes locked. It was like he was

nervous, his steps shaky as he inched toward the edge. He took a

the three big guys were all drenched.

and elegant in

she spoke, her words were ice–cold. “Consider this a little warning If I ever catch you bullying someone weaker than you, I’ll make sure you never have

as ghosts, nodding in sync, silently agreeing that Hailey was not someone

then turned and walked away with effortless elegance.

a sofi, amused smile. He’d been looking for a quiet spot to

claims she’s being bullied by the Daltons? With that attitude, it’s no surprise she’s the one

even listening?” came the voice from the phone.

That’s it.

the hint right away. “What’s more important than the new project at work?” His gossip radar was pinging, and

and hung

up gossip, he knew something was up with this

pointless events, had actually shown up tonight. And while talking about the company’s new project, Owen had zoned out and

then–he was going to find out exactly what was going

the banquet hall when her stepmother,

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