The Forgotten Girl Is Back For Revenge

Chapter 28

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

black car caught

wasn’t inside. He was

features and cool demeanor made

half

mind flickered to that kiss.

then pushed the thought aside and walked toward him.

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that Owen?” Annie whispered, eyes wide. “So it’s true–he’s really with Hailey? But

of the school day, and students were pouring out of

She

for weeks. And you know Selena’s had a thing for

going on with Joshua? You think she’s stringing them both

Noelle hesitated.

up, her eyes lit up, a flash of excitement gleaming in them.

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

proof–if she could make Owen believe Hailey was two–timing him–he would drop her in a

would make

car,

down at her uniform, smoothing the

stop

settling

of the most

led her inside, past the bustling first floor, and

frowned. The entire floor was empty and not

knowingly. “Miss Dalton, the boss arranged for

Hailey was touched.

her gaze with calm indifference. “The mall belongs to my family,” he said simply. “Don’t

said it as if

shut down an entire floor of a

hour.

second floor of the mall was lined with luxury boutiques, where a

Owen said, leading her

was filled with dresses designed for

quite unique

But the open

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low beside her. “Which one do you

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