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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evening, Hailey had a

school gates, a sleek black car caught her eye,

inside. He was waiting

tall, slender figure stood out effortlessly–his sharp features and cool demeanor made him impossible to

hesitated for half a second.

mind flickered to

thought aside and walked

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

was the end of the school day, and

turned cold. She said nothing,

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

leaned in conspiratorially. “If Hailey’s with Owen, what’s going on with Joshua? You think she’s

Noelle hesitated.

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

‘Hailey, that shameless girl–first she went after Owen, and now she’s trying to get close to Joshua. She really has

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

Selena would make sure of it.

slid into Owen’s car, heading to his family.

from the school, she glanced down at her uniform,

stop by the

settling into silence.

they arrived at one of the most

past the bustling first

frowned. The entire floor was empty and not a

knowingly. “Miss Dalton, the boss arranged

Hailey was touched.

“The mall belongs to my family,” he said simply.

said it as if it was

meant to shut down an entire floor of a

hour.

with luxury boutiques, where a single dress could

Owen said, leading

shop was filled with dresses designed for girls her

quite unique

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.