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Halbert suddenly stopped walking. “You think what I said was gaslighting?”
Eliza looked puzzled. “Wasn’t it?”
From the very beginning, when Halbert kept preaching about doing things “for the Sue family,” she’d assumed it was classic emotional blackmail.
Apparently, he hadn’t seen it that way.
As expected, Halbert’s face darkened the moment she said it.
Eliza patted his shoulder. “I get it. You did it all for the good of the Sue family.”
“Like hell you do.”
He immediately slapped her hand away.
Then he stormed off to the car alone.
Eliza could only shake her head helplessly.
Men–all so full of contradictions.
By evening, they arrived in Westbrook.
Tristan had found her a nice place to stay near campus–a standalone apartment, not too big, but more than enough for one person.
He’d even hired a housekeeper to clean and cook for her every day.
Halbert’s place was right across the hall.
Tristan had given them both strict instructions to look after each other.
As Eliza stood in the unfamiliar apartment, her thoughts drifted to Nolan.
She still had a lot of her belongings at his house.
“Halbert, could you send someone to this address later and pick up a few things?”
She didn’t say whose place it was–just handed over the address.
Halbert didn’t ask. He simply turned to his assistant and gave the order.
Since Eliza had deleted Nolan’s contact, he hadn’t reached out–not even a single message. Probably hadn’t even noticed she’d blocked him.
Whatever. She wasn’t going to think about it anymore.
Now that she knew he had a fiancée, she refused to be the other woman.
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The next morning, a luxury car escorted Eliza to Claire University.
As she and Halbert stepped out together, a crowd of students gathered at the entrance.
“Look, that’s the girl from the news–Eliza.”
“She’s really the Sue family’s heiress? Didn’t expect that.”
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“No wonder she got into Claire University. With a name like that, she probably got in through connections.”
Snide whispers spread among the students.
Eliza had already caused a stir when she first enrolled.
Her grades were excellent, sure–but her background didn’t fit Claire University’s typical student profile.
Yet the school had made an exception.
Clearly, they had known she was the Sue family’s daughter all along.
The cold stares didn’t bother her.
They didn’t know the truth.
She hadn’t gotten into Claire with her last name–she’d earned it with her own power.
Right now, video e–commerce was exploding across the country. All the trending influencers were signed under her agency.
Her beauty brand, MISS, had already kicked off a new wave of makeup trends..
She owned a publicly listed company and flipped her identity in just one year.
With credentials like that, what top–tier university wouldn’t want her?
Just then, Eliza spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.
Naomi?
She blinked, thinking her eyes were playing tricks.
After the Rivers family went bankrupt, Naomi had nowhere to go.
So what was she doing here at Claire University?
It didn’t make sense.
“You see an old friend?” Halbert’s voice came from beside her.
She turned. “You know Naomi?”
As far as she remembered, Halbert had only shown up after the Rivers family went under.
There shouldn’t have been any overlap.
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But from his expression earlier, it sure seemed like he recognized her.
“I don’t,” he said plainly.
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“Doesn’t look that way to me.”
Even though she hadn’t known Halbert long, Eliza had already picked up on his sharp mind and deeper- than–he–lets–on nature.
Halbert replied, “When I looked into your background, I also investigated the Rivers family.”
He pulled out his phone and opened a folder, handing it to her.
“See for yourself.”
Eliza looked at the screen.
Inside the folder was a detailed report tracking everything the Rivers family had done since arriving in Westbrook.
Dates, names, locations–everything documented. There were even photos.
Pictures showed Naomi, Nathan, and Evelyn hunting for housing, eventually squeezing into a cheap motel.
Nathan had been seen job hunting and getting rejected.
Evelyn, begrudgingly, tried to find work too–without success.
“Your guys really can do anything,” Eliza muttered.
Even covert surveillance, all neatly packaged into a PDF.
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