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.

*****

Hailey had a

gates, a sleek black

wasn’t inside. He was waiting

sharp features and cool demeanor made him impossible to ignore.

hesitated for half a second.

mind flickered to

thought

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whispered, eyes wide. “So it’s true–he’s really

and students

face turned cold. She

for weeks. And you know Selena’s

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

Noelle hesitated.

up, her eyes lit up, a flash of excitement

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 shame!‘

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

Selena would make sure of

car, heading to his family.

her uniform, smoothing the fabric. “Should I

stop by the mall

settling

later, they arrived at one of the most exclusive shopping centers in the

first

The entire floor was empty and not a single customer was

boss arranged for a

Hailey was touched.

gaze with calm indifference. “The mall belongs

it as if it

meant to shut down an entire floor of a high–end shopping mall.

hour.

of the mall was lined with luxury boutiques, where a single dress could

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

shop was filled with dresses

unique and had a

the open back… it wasn’t exactly the kind

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was low beside her. “Which one do you like?

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