Chapter 11

Claire felt a surge of anger rise from the pit of her stomach. She pushed herself

up from the ground, but the pain in her leg made her stagger. She gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Ethan.

"Mr. Ethan, you certainly have a talent for speaking without thinking!" she snapped. "It was Vanessa who ran into me, yet you blame me without knowing the facts. What is it? Does blaming me come so easily that it costs you nothing?"

"You-" Ethan began, but Claire cut him off.

"There are dozens of witnesses here," she said, gesturing around the room. "So tell me, is it me who's blind, or is it you, Mr. Ethan?"

the guests were all watching him with a complicated mix of expressions. These were people from

Ethan, it was indeed Vanessa who bumped into her. We

lead, others nodded

disrupted Vanessa's birthday party to embarrass the Linwood family in front of Cresthaven's elite. He knew his sister well-Claire was spiteful and vengeful, capable of any deceit. There

"Even if Vanessa did bump into you, it was an accident. Couldn't you have stepped aside? You did it

her grip on sanity. Step aside? She could barely

for her limp ever since she was

but ignored that Claire had

so keen on disgracing her, Claire decided she had no reason to protect their reputation. In front of everyone, she

shocking. Her elbow was a mess of blood, the angry red of her wounds stark against her pale skin. Her palm wasn't spared either; blood

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