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They continued, each argument more audacious than the last, as if 790 million dollars was just pocket change to them.
Or maybe they thought since I had money and wasn’t dead, I should just be their scapegoat and absorb this loss without a second thought.
I couldn’t help but snort in disbelief, my tone dripping with sarcasm. “So now that you know we’re classmates, it’s all good, right?
“When you were beating me up, did you think about that?
“Weren’t you all mighty when you were smashing my stuff? And now you want me to just drop it? What’s that about?
“What’s the deal? You’ve got the guts to break things but not to pay for them?”
Throughout high school, I had always kept
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a low profile, my nose buried in my books.
I never stirred up trouble.
But Felicity, on the other hand, was constantly stirring up trouble for me, accusing me of being pretentious and aloof, unfit for any social circle.
She would rally her flock and lead them in teasing me, making my high school days a living hell.
Back then, I’d just kept my head down and avoided confrontation, hoping to ride out. the storm.
Ironically, my passive approach only seemed to fuel their audacity.
Now, they were mercilessly pushing me into a corner, ready to beat me into submission.
If I didn’t teach them a lesson now, they’d only feel emboldened to keep targeting those weaker than them.
Seeing that I was unyielding, the old
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classmates finally panicked.
No longer daring to confront me directly, they turned their collective ire on Felicity.
“It’s all your fault, you shameless witch! You didn’t get the facts straight and went
off on a rant!”
“Seriously! You’re the mistress here, yet you’re pointing fingers at her and dragging us into this mess!”
“And claiming to be the wife of the CEO of All Grand Group? Have you no shame?”
“You dragged us into this mess just because. we wanted to be on your good side! Now you want us to pay for your mistakes? Not a chance!”
“Exactly! You’re the one who should foot the bill for that 790 million dollars! Don’t even think about dragging us into this!”
In the face of their accusations, Felicity’s rage boiled over.
She retorted without hesitation, “You
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pathetic losers have the audacity to blame me?
“From high school, it was you who egged me on to bully others!
“If it weren’t for your desperate attempts to climb the social ladder. I wouldn’t have been pushed into this position at all!
“You treated me like royalty when you thought I was the president’s wife, but now that the chips are down, you’re all ready to throw me under the bus!
Look at you all–so shameless, it’s like you were born to be lapdogs! Not one of you is getting out of here today!”
Felicity and her old classmates went back and forth, hurling insults at each other. If the police hadn’t intervened just in time, they might have ended up in a full–blown brawl.
After the shouting match, the classmates. tried to defend themselves, claiming they hadn’t broken anything–that it was all
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someone else’s doing.
But when the police pulled out the surveillance footage from the incident,
their bravado crumbled.
Each person was held accountable for their deeds.
Some, desperate to avoid jail time, pleaded for money, selling off possessions and begging for loans, only to leave defeated after settling their debts.
Others faced divorce papers from their spouses and found themselves cut off from friends and family.
With no one willing to lend them a dime, they were left to face the consequences of their actions behind bars.
As for Felicity, she had been the most enthusiastic participant in the chaos.
Unsurprisingly, the debt she incurred was the highest.
Now, confronted with this astronomical
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compensation demand, she found herself at a loss and turned to Logan for help.
“Logan, for the sake of our years together, can’t you help me out? There’s no way I can come up with this much money, even if I sold myself!” Felicity wailed, tears streaming down her face, her voice dripping with desperation.
Logan, feeling a pang of sympathy,
hesitated for a moment before glancing at
me with pleading eyes.
“Honey, we don’t have to go to such
extremes. Can’t you cut her some slack?
Just this once, for old times‘ sake?”
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