Chapter 262 Public Pressure
“You can’t just do whatever you want just because you’re rich!”
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“Seriously. Can’t they just talk things out like normal people? Who brings bodyguards to school–are they trying to make a scene?”
Voices erupted from the growing crowd, murmurs turning to judgmental whispers. Elaine looked like a child caught doing something wrong. Flustered and on the verge of tears, she pleaded, “Ms. Rivers, please believe me–this isn’t what I wanted! I’m not well… can you just let me explain?”
Eliza wasn’t naïve. This wasn’t someone trying to talk–it was someone trying to make a scene.
The whole scene felt like a setup–a stunt to draw attention from the crowd.
“Look, I don’t think there’s anything left for us to say,” Eliza said coolly. “If you’re looking for Nolan, go find him. I’m not the one you want, and I’m definitely not the one you should be bothering.” Without waiting for- a reply, she turned to Halbert and said, “Let’s go. I’m not wasting any more time on her.”
“Got it.” Halbert nodded, and the bodyguards stepped away from Elaine.
Eliza thought that would be the end of it–until Elaine suddenly pulled a small knife from her bag and pressed it against her own throat.
“If you leave, I’ll do it. I swear–I’ll end it right here!”
The air around them froze. A few people gasped.
Campus security rushed over as soon as they heard.
“Miss, please put the knife down! We can talk this out!”
“Yeah, come on. Whatever’s going on, it can be solved. Don’t do anything rash!”
“Whatever it is, we’ll help you through it. Just let someone know what’s going on!”
Students and security tried to calm her down, voices overlapping in panic.
But Elaine was unraveling..
“Ms. Rivers!” she cried, her voice cracking. “I’ve looked everywhere for Nolan–I can’t find him! Please, I’m begging you, tell me where he is! I know you know! Just give me his location, please! If you don’t… I’ll die right here!”
She didn’t look like she was bluffing.
Several students turned to Eliza, their voices rising in panic.
“Just tell her already! Can’t you see/she means it?”
“It’s just an address. What’s the harm in giving it to her? How can you be this cold?”
“If she dies here, that’s on you!”
All the pressure, all the noise–it was closing in on Eliza.
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She’d had enough.
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“Why would I know where someone else lives?” she snapped. “Miss, I don’t even know how you found me- so what makes you think I’d know Nolan’s address? And if he doesn’t want to see you, even if I gave it to you, it wouldn’t matter.” She turned to Halbert. “Call the cops. Let them deal with this.”
Halbert raised a hand, and one of the bodyguards immediately pulled out his phone to call 911.
But before anyone could make the call, Elaine did the unthinkable.
She slashed her own wrist with the knife.
Blood spilled instantly. It wasn’t a scratch–it was deep.
Eliza’s expression shifted in an instant.
The students around them froze, stunned by what they’d just seen.
No one had thought she would actually go through with it.
“Call the police–no, an ambulance! Now!” a security guard shouted. He was clearly shaken. “Now! Hurry!”
If this blew up publicly, how were they supposed to handle the fallout?
Eliza stood frozen, stunned that Elaine would go to such extremes.
All this… just because she didn’t get an address? She actually tried to take her own life?
Halbert stepped beside her. “This isn’t on us: She did this on her own. Let the medics take over.”
Eliza said nothing.
Some students were already whispering, watching Eliza and Halbert walk away with cool detachment, eyes filled with disbelief.
This was a human life–someone bleeding out right there on the sidewalk. And yet the two of them, heirs to the powerful Sue family, acted like it meant nothing.
Eliza noticed the stares and frowned.
“Are you sure we should just walk away like this?” she asked Halbert quietly.
“She made that choice, No one forced her. Don’t let her manipulate you,” Halbert said firmly. “She’s using her mental health like a weapon to guilt you into giving her what she wants. Let her throw her fit–we’re not the ones responsible.”
“What mental health issue?”
“You didn’t know?” Halbert gave her a sideways glance. “Elaine has a history of mental illness. You really didn’t know that? Seems like you don’t know your rival at all.”
‘I’ve never once said I was her rival,” Eliza muttered.
Halbert shrugged, unbothered. “I’ll take care of it. It’s just Elaine–she’s not going to stir up anything that matters. And those students? They may whisper and gossip, but no one’s dumb enough to pick a fight with. you. You’re still a Sue.”
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Chapter 262 Public Pressure
Eliza heard his words, but they didn’t sit right with her.
Elaine was rushed to the hospital shortly after.
But Nolan still didn’t show.
Back in class, more than a few students cast strange, uncomfortable glances in Eliza’s direction.
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