Ellie trembled slightly.

It felt like her world was collapsing.

When she first heard it was Darien who had bribed her maid, she didn't believe it. She thought Darien would never harm her, so when Mollie stepped forward and confirmed it, she had no choice but to believe.

But she never expected...

She never expected herself to be the fool—the completely hopeless fool!

Darien was actually behind everything!

Ellie took a deep breath, the shock and disbelief flooding her mind with no outlet. She wanted to scream, to run, to escape it all...

But a hand gripped her wrist tightly, stopping her from pulling off the headphones as if forcing her to face the cold, harsh truth.

Ellie squeezed her eyes shut, covering her ears as she sank to the ground, muttering, "It can't be... He saved my life, so why would he do this? It's not true…"

Maybe her murmurs triggered the audio because Mollie's voice came through again. "Darien, why is she still clinging to you? You've treated her like trash, and she still doesn't give up. What a pathetic loser. Ugh, I can't stand it!"

Then Darien's voice followed, cool and dismissive. "It's simple. There was an accident a while back, and a firefighter saved her. I was just nearby, but she mistook me for him. Ever since then, she's been obsessed with me. Thanks to that incident, I can do whatever I want to her, and she still won't leave."

As his smug laughter echoed through the headphones, it was like a knife plunging deep into Ellie's heart.

lifted her head in disbelief. "It wasn't him? It really

eyes cleared in an instant like she'd been slapped awake. She shot up to her feet,

it not

could this be

but it was as if she'd finally come to

at Keira

conversation through the headphones. He stepped forward, concern on his face, and

Ryan.

a bitter smile and

couldn't fully process

for over three years, and this revelation was going to be hard

her whole body relaxing as if a weight had been lifted. "How could I have been in love with this scumbag for three

looked at Ryan and said

"Understand what?"

"I don't know why, but I used to be infatuated with him, obsessed. But now, knowing he wasn't the one who saved me, that obsession… it's just

chest. "Now, all

she shot Darien a furious

the Cobb family, had been deceived by this jerk for

no way she was going

off the Bluetooth headphones and handed them to Keira. She strode over to Darien with

Mollie were whispering to each other, most of their conversation

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