After Stefan left, Shirley quickly knocked on Renee’s room door.

"What do you want?" Leia scoffed, narrowing her eyes at Shirley suspiciously like she was a ticking time bomb. When everyone had gone to Owen, Leia had followed Shirley upstairs, and blocked her way when she knocked on Renee's door.

"It's none of your business; this is between Ms. Everheart and me. She promised to speak to me alone just now." Shirley's expression was hostile and unfriendly, very much different from her innocent look when she was in front of Xavier. 1

"It's my business since you're looking for my bestie. She just had surgery and is blind, so she needs to be protected from wicked people like you," Leia said firmly.

"Ms. Osborne, I don't owe you anything, and I'm not your prisoner. Why do you always object to everything I do? Do you really have that much time on your hands?" Shirley smoothed her hair, her tone sarcastic. "If I were you, I would have spent more time dressing up. There are plenty of women like me, and men care about appearances the most. No man wants to date a girl who acts like a guy!" In her mind, Leia was an unattractive and noisy tomboy-the kind of woman no man would fall in love with. She firmly believed that Xavier had not fallen in love with Leia, and was just doing all this to infuriate Shirley. 1

as if she found Shirley very pitiful. "Hmph, spoken like a true celebrity. Clearly, you have no understanding

doing this because you love him too. Since we're alone here, I can

Xavier cares about the most. Am I right?" Shirley sneered, continuously stressing how important she was to Xavier. 2However, it was actually because she felt guilty.In the past, she did not find Leia a threat, but as time went on, she became more concerned. She hadn't thought that Xavier would fall in love with a tomboy like Leia, but... he

admit that?" Shirley

righteously. 1

knew Shirley couldn't see past her shallow beliefs,

true? You know you're prejudiced against me, and it's not because I did anything bad but merely because I'm the woman Xavier cares about the most. Am I right?" Shirley sneered, continuously stressing how important she was

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