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 head in

like she'd been slapped awake. She shot up to her feet,

could it

this

was as if she'd finally

Keira and then

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

him, Ryan. It

expression flickered between a bitter smile

yet couldn't fully

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

Ellie let out a low chuckle, her whole body relaxing as if a weight had been lifted. "How

and said slowly, "Ryan, I think I

"Understand what?"

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

at her chest. "Now, all I

shot Darien a furious

the proud daughter of the Cobb family, had been deceived by this jerk for

way she was going to let him get away with

yanked off the Bluetooth headphones and handed them to

and Mollie were whispering to each other, most of their conversation filled with insults

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