The Forgotten Girl Is Back For Revenge

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.

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had a dinner to

a sleek black car caught her eye, parked neatly by

was waiting

features and

hesitated for half a

to

swallowed, then pushed the thought aside

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that Owen?” Annie whispered, eyes wide. “So it’s

day, and students were pouring out of the

face turned cold. She said

there to ask?” Noelle scoffed. “It’s been obvious for weeks. And you know Selena’s had a thing for Owen

conspiratorially. “If Hailey’s with Owen, what’s going on with Joshua? You think she’s stringing them both along?”

Noelle hesitated.

eyes lit up, a flash of

she went after Owen, and now she’s trying to

she could make Owen believe Hailey was two–timing him–he would

would make

slid into Owen’s car, heading to

away from the school, she glanced down at her uniform, smoothing the fabric. “Should

“We’ll stop by

nodded, settling

of the most exclusive

led her inside, past the bustling first floor, and up to

The entire floor was empty and not a single customer was in

boss arranged for a private shopping

Hailey was touched.

who met her gaze with calm indifference. “The mall belongs to my family,”

if it was

she knew what it meant to shut down an entire floor of a high–end

hour.

was lined with luxury boutiques, where a single dress

take a look in here,” Owen said, leading her into a

shop was filled with dresses designed

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 to a

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voice was low beside her. “Which one do you