I just wanted to quietly wait to die here, but if they insisted on coming at me, I wasn’t some pushover they could walk
k all over.
I snatched up the textbook with the fake roach still stuck to it and strode towards the girl who’d been openly enjoying the show.
I slapped the book right onto her face.
Before she could even shriek, I dumped all the books out of her desk and found an identical textbook.
The original Elara had always been quiet and unassuming in class, never making a sound.
Today, with my flushed face, I drew the silent attention of many classmates.
Now, my once invisible self was causing such a commotion.
The classroom instantly fell silent.
The girl snapped back to reality and lunged at me like a maniac, trying to scratch me.
I grabbed her hair and said coldly. Tim letting bygones be bygones for what happened before. Don’t you dare mess with me again.””
With that, I shoved her away and went back to my seat, slumping down.
Not only was my stomach burning, but I also felt faintly nauseous, like I was about to vomit.
The girl wouldn’t let it go, raising her hand to slap my face.
Suddenly, her wrist was caught by Jax, who sat behind me.
His rebellious face darkened. “Too loud.”
The girl’s eyes widened when she saw it was Jax, and she instantly shut up.
Jax was the undisputed king of the school, a total bad boy.
His family had serious power and influence, so no one dared cross him.
She went back to her seat and exchanged knowing glances with the others who’d been enjoying the show.
A smirk played on their lips.
I was in so much pain I couldn’t straighten up, cold sweat beaded on my forehead, and I bit my lip hard to suppress the nausea.
The frown etched on my face from the pain wouldn’t ease.
This wasn’t right
It shouldn’t have progressed this quickly.
This felt like late–stage.
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This felt like late–stage.
The next moment, I was suddenly lifted into the air.
The jarring screech of a chair dragging across the floor made the whole class turn to look.
I struggled, trying to get out of Jax’s arms, but I didn’t have enough strength and he held me even tighter
The tall, slender boy seemed to have endless energy.
“Don’t move.
He seemed to see me like this for the first time:
“I thought you were just a meek little mouse, always letting people walk all over you. Guess even the quiet ones snap sometimes
As we walked, Jax sighed lightly:
w can you be so light?”
“How can
Before we
we even reached the infirmary, Liam lunge
Liam’s anger surged, and he sneered coldly.
lunged forward, blocking our path, fuming.
“Elara, are you serious right now? Class is about to start, and you’re out here on a date with a guy!”
“Clearly, you have no upbringing at all. You’re nothing like Jessica.”
My heart suddenly twisted with a sharp pain.
A wave of emotions, not entirely my own, surged through my chest, overwhelming me.
It was always like this….
No questions, just immediate blame.
The pain intensified, and the taste of blood flooded my mouth.
My eyes welled up with tears. I quickly ducked my head, refusing to acknowledge they were mine.
Through his thin summer shirt.
Jax seemned to feel the hot teardrops. His face was etched with confusion.
He had a hot temper, and he said Impatiently,
“Who are you? Can’t you see she’s not feeling well? You just came up and started yelling? Go get some therapy if you’re sick, don’t throw a Lantrum here!”
He started to pull my face away, but then he looked down and saw the angry, bright red scald on my cheek.
“Don’t scare me. We’ll be at the Infirmary soon.”
Even if only for a second, I saw Liam’s gaze sweep over me.
He must have seen the blood at the corner of my mouth.
His face instantly panicked,
He wanted to follow, but Jessica, who had caught up, pulled him back.
“Third brother, why didn’t you wait for me! You ran so fast?”
