The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 715

The ex-classmate continued, "And yet, in front of everyone, you're trying to pin all your past mistakes on Annalise? Do you really think that's going to work?"

"Everyone from our school knows exactly what kind of person you were. You threw your weight around just because your family was rich and had connections. If you didn't like someone, you bullied them. It was as simple as that."

"When students complained to the teachers, nothing ever changed. They had no choice but to endure it."

"Since we're talking about the past, why don't we go over all the brilliant things Yelena did?"

"Who was it that kept stealing the awards Annalise earned through her hard work? How did Yelena manage to get the awards when her grades were terrible, and no one wanted to associate with her?"

As more people spoke up, Yelena's expression darkened.

Of course, she couldn't admit to anything, so she quickly tried to twist the narrative. "My grades only went downhill because Annalise hurt me so badly that I lost all confidence in studying!"

"Oh? Then how did you manage to win all those awards when Annalise was still around, but the moment she left, you couldn't win a single one? Meanwhile, Annalise transferred schools and only won more awards."

Yelena opened her mouth but couldn't come up with an answer.

Then, someone pulled up competition records, revealing that Annalise had participated in numerous math contests throughout high school and had consistently ranked first in most competitions.

her classmates had been saying all along-Annalise couldn't have bullied Yelena as she

that aside from studying, Annalise

also running small side businesses, finding ways to stretch every cent

any free moment she got. And yet Yelena wanted people to believe that Annalise

of it made everyone laugh.

that she simply didn't have the time to do anything malicious and began

"You're all just ganging up on me to help Annalise bully me! I won't

she fled without another

the situation. He deliberately looked into Annalise's business ventures, noting

investigating their background.

What he found was

intriguing-though none of the

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particularly large in scale, Annalise had built them entirely on her own without relying on

this scale. The only strange thing was that, shortly

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finally understood why Annalise was in such a dire state during

though she had companies under