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.

her chest as she lifted her head in disbelief.

like she'd been slapped awake. She shot up to her feet, her gaze burning with anger

it not

could this be

but it was as if she'd finally come to

she glanced at Keira and then

He stepped forward, concern

Ryan. It wasn't

flickered between a bitter

looked devastated yet couldn't fully

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

say something, Ellie let out a low chuckle, her whole body relaxing as if a weight

Ryan and said slowly,

"Understand what?"

why, but I used to be infatuated with him, obsessed. But now, knowing he wasn't the

her chest. "Now, all I feel here is

she shot

been deceived by this jerk for three

she was going

Ellie yanked off the Bluetooth headphones and handed them to Keira.

most of

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