They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 243: Poor Girl Chapter 243: Poor Girl “Me?

I come from a poor background, and yet I have never stolen anything in my life!

But you you were born with everything handed to you on a silver platter, and still, you couldn’t resist taking what wasn’t yours?

How could you?” A few people in the crowd nodded, already swayed by Evelyn’s words.

She was not just denying any involvement, she was flipping the entire situation to make Chineye look worse.

And for people who enjoyed gossip, this was a twist they had not expected.

Chineye stood frozen, her breath catching in her throat.

The betrayal was so sharp, so sudden, that she struggled to process it.

Evelyn, the friend she had trusted for years, was standing before her, lying so effortlessly, so convincingly, that even she, for a brief second, doubted herself.

“I thought you were a good person,” Evelyn continued, her voice growing louder, more indignant.

“That’s why I chose to be your friend!

I may not be a noble lady like you, but at least I have principles.” The weight of Evelyn’s words settled over the crowd like a heavy fog.

Suspicious glances were thrown Chineye’s way.

Whispers grew in intensity.

The shift in public opinion was happening fast, too fast.

Chineye snapped out of her daze when she felt the firm grip of the security officer on her arm.

“Lady Chineye, you need to come with us,” one of them said, his tone neutral but firm.

Panic flared in her chest.

She turned to Evelyn, eyes searching for a hint of the girl she had once called her best friend.

But all she saw was someone she no longer recognized.

“Why?” she breathed out, barely able to form the word.

Evelyn’s gaze flickered, but she held her ground.

Chineye swallowed hard.

one who put this dress in my bag?” The question hung in the air like

the first time since

brief, barely noticeable, but Chineye caught

that, everything made

was not

This wasn’t an accident.

This was a setup.

most painful

the one

Nnenna mentally applauded.

Chineye is

of the situation, Chineye

time floundering or blindly pleading for mercy, she had immediately identified the

voiced her suspicion,

glances

Whispers spread quickly.

was the only one standing close enough to slip the dress into the bag.” “She admitted she’s from a poor background… maybe she

like Chineye had no reason to

But Evelyn?

maybe she

a moment, the tide of public opinion started to turn

the manipulator, sensed

getting flustered, she did something that immediately won

eyes widening in disbelief, and

she whispered, her

The accusation dripped with

performance worthy

for years,”

was your

when

was always there for

one else did.” People in the

heard of their

Tinrin’s family for decades now, and they’ve always been close to the Duke’s family.” Seeing

you’re in trouble, you

wanted someone else to take

me… after everything we’ve been through.” A wave of

“She must be so