Chapter 28

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Beatrix and her group shuffled forward, their expressions grim. They didn’t have a scratch on them, but the way they carried themselves–defeated, drained–spoke volumes.

And the smell was awful–like they’d been dunked in a sewer.

The moment Beatrix spotted Eliza, she straightened, forcing authority back into her voice. “Eliza! Get over here and help me to the showers. And tell the professor I won’t be in class,”

Eliza didn’t move. Arms crossed, she regarded Beatrix with a cold expression.

Beatrix scowled. “Did you not hear me?”

Eliza let out a short, sharp laugh. “And why exactly should I? Who do you think you are? My boss?”

Beatrix’s eyes widened in disbelief. “You dare speak to me like that?”

Even Selena, with all her self–righteousness, treated Beatrix with a degree of deference. But Eliza–a nobody, an adopted daughter of the Daltons–dared to talk back.

Eliza rolled her eyes and turned on her heel, walking away withou

Beatrix stood there, fists clenched, face pale with rage.

another word.

She thought, ‘That wretched Hailey. She forced us to clean the school bathrooms! We had never so much as washed a dish in our lives!‘

And worse, they had tried to fight back. Tried. But Hailey was impossible to beat.

Every strike she landed was calculated–enough to send pain searing through their bodies, yet never leaving a visible bruise.

Beatrix seethed.

And as if that humiliation wasn’t enough, Hailey had declared that this wasn’t a one–time punishment.

Every single week, they would be scrubbing toilets and picking up garbage on the school grounds like janitors.

Beatrix swallowed down the burning anger in her throat.

‘This isn’t over. Hailey is going to pay!‘ she thought.

*****

Friday evening, Hailey had a dinner

black car caught her eye, parked neatly by

was waiting for her.

features and

for half a second.

to that kiss.

then pushed the thought aside and walked toward him.

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whispered, eyes wide. “So it’s

school day, and students were pouring out of the

face turned cold. She said nothing,

obvious for weeks. And you

in conspiratorially. “If Hailey’s with Owen, what’s going on

Noelle hesitated.

lit up, a flash

that shameless girl–first she went after Owen, and now she’s trying to get close to Joshua. She really has no shame!‘

she could make Owen believe Hailey was two–timing

Selena would make sure of

slid into Owen’s car, heading

down at her uniform,

hesitate. “We’ll stop by the mall first.”

settling into

they arrived at one of the most

past the bustling first floor, and up to the second

floor was empty and not a single customer was in sight.

the boss arranged for a private shopping

Hailey was touched.

to Owen, who met her gaze with calm indifference. “The mall

if it was nothing.

shut down an entire floor of a high–end shopping mall. These stores made a

hour.

luxury boutiques, where a single

in here,” Owen said, leading her into a store.

dresses designed

design was quite unique and had a

landed on a crimson chiffon gown. The design was stunning, bold. But the open back… it wasn’t exactly the kind of thing you wore

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her. “Which one do you like?

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