Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 240

She bit her lower lip, trembling slightly, looking utterly humiliated yet too scared to argue back.

She pushed away the credit card Liam offered, her voice trembling with tears, full of grievance and helplessness, "Believe me or not, I never wanted your money. Last night was an accident, not your fault."

With that, she abruptly stood up, shoved past a couple blocking her way, and dashed out of the café.

Watching her flee, Liam felt a deepening sense of pity, mixed with a growing disdain for the couple who had provoked her.

He stood up, intending to follow her.

But the young man blocked his path with an arm.

"She's just putting on an act. Women like that aren't worth your pity."

Liam's gaze, from behind his glasses, turned icy. Patience was not one of his virtues.

"Do I need your opinion on my affairs?"

The couple, intimidated by his presence, flushed red and white but dared not retort.

Liam strode purposefully out of the café.

the street and was heading towards the campus

panic, Liam shouted,

pair

stopped in her tracks,

incinerate anyone who ruined her plans. But as she turned around, she quickly masked her

to act a little longer-maybe she could

scene before her left her wide-eyed, her jaw nearly

clinging to Liam's waist like a koala, burying

the sudden embrace, instinctively wanted

Do you know how terrified I was, locked in the restroom

against Liam's chest, looking for all the world

it

seeing Andie now, Liam might have forgotten about him entirely. Andie was a sight to behold, with hair tangled like a bird's nest, streaked with scabs from scratches across his face, and

known Andie as a stylist who adored beauty and cleanliness, always pristine and fragrant, like

restroom odor that nearly made

seeing Andie in such a state, Liam suppressed his urge to retch, gently patting

all your fault for leaving me alone at

cried even harder, tears and snot

the crying but he couldn't get angry, so he patiently