Jolie froze, realizing she'd let something slip. Her gaze darted nervously as she stammered, "Oh, uh, maybe? Maybe not? I might have remembered wrong..." Selena narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her closely.

Under that piercing gaze, Jolie's confidence crumbled, and she finally avoided eye contact altogether.

The atmosphere in the living room grew tense as Selena remained silent, simply staring at her.

Unable to bear the pressure any longer, Jolie threw up her hands in surrender. "I give up! I'll confess! Just stop looking at me like that. You're making me panic!"

Selena crossed her arms and raised her chin. "Start talking. Tell me everything."

"Um..." Jolie coughed awkwardly, finding it hard to voice the details.

"Hmm?" Selena's sharp gaze cut through her hesitation, making Jolie deflate instantly.

"Well," Jolie began hesitantly, "at a banquet at the Cooper family home, I was, uh, drugged... and Gavin took me to a room to help me. Then... um... one thing led to another, and... something happened."

She coughed again, her voice growing softer. "After that, I told him I owed him for saving me. He... he said I could repay him... ten times. So, yeah, that's... basically it."

stunned. She couldn't believe her

unapproachable Gavin Cooper was secretly bullying a young girl like

And... ten times?

What a shameless man!

already benefit

million

hosted two more banquets and invited Gavin to both. He showed up, and they immediately

want to. I don't like him. Once everything is settled, I don't plan to have any more contact with him. So, came up with a fake boyfriend and publicly

me abroad, all

she spoke, a bitter smile appeared on her

suffocating. Yet, strangely, saying

was as though, from the moment she decided to

silently, unsure

him. Refusing the Quin family's attempts

faking a boyfriend and suffering serious consequences

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