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At that moment, Soren look actly like a petty thug throwing a tantrum.
to
Eliza suddenly lost all desire believe me, do whatever you want.”
Jason with him. “Fine. Go ahead and terminate the contract. If you don’t
She turned to leave, but just then, Soren caught a glimpse of the ring on her finger.
“Stop right there!”
He stepped forward and grabbed her arm without warning.
His eyes locked onto the blood–red diamond ring. He didn’t get angry–instead, he laughed.
“He gave you that ring?”
“Yes.”
“You two are dating?”
“…You could say that.”
“Do you even realize Nolan already has a fiancée?”
“Not anymore.”
“Are you kidding me? He can’t just call off an engagement with the Lynn family like it’s nothing.”
Soren didn’t believe it for a second. Nolan would never break off that kind of arrangement.
“Believe it or not, it’s true,” Eliza said. “I was with Nolan at Hayes Corp yesterday because he was ending the engagement with Elaine. If you don’t believe me, just wait–news should break tomorrow. Elaine’s fiancé now is Tyson.”
“Ridiculous!”
Soren’s face darkened immediately.
He couldn’t believe Nolan would go that far for Eliza.
Break off his engagement with the Lynn family?
And hand Elaine over to Tyson?
That was practically giving away the Hayes family itself.
- I was your
“I’ve said everything I needed to say,” Eliza continued. “I’ve never lied to you. I just didn’t bring it up because your relationship with Nolan is complicated. But I never once mentioned you to friend–nothing more. I didn’t use you.”
She had said everything she needed to say.
Now it was up to Soren whether he wanted to believe her.
As she turned to leave, Soren said coldly, “I canceled the contract out of anger. It doesn’t actually benefit
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- me. I just want to ask you one thing–do you really like Nolan?”
“I do.”
Eliza answered without hesitation.
When he heard her say that, Soren felt something tighten in his chest.
“So… all this time, I was just a friend to you.”
“Yes. I never intended to use you.”
Deep down, Soren had already h
But that wasn’t what he wanted.
He didn’t want to be her friend.
“Go. Forget what I said about the contract.”
Eliza didn’t say another word. She simply turned and walked away.
After she left, Soren’s manager looked at him suspiciously. “Mr. Hayes… so we’re not canceling the contract?”
The termination papers were already drafted.
They were ready to go–and now he was backing out?
“Shred them. I never actually planned to cancel it.”
All Soren wanted… was to make sure Eliza would come looking for him.
That was it.
The next morning, Eliza got a call from her assistant.
Soren had officially decided not to terminate the contract.
When she heard the news, she finally let out a breath of relief,
Thank god. If he had gone through with it, MISS would’ve been in real trouble.
“Got it.”
“Will you be coming to the office today, Ms. Eliza?”
“Not today. I’ll come in tomorrow.”
She had classes to attend–and it was Wednesday, the busiest day of the week. There was
substitute.
Eliza packed her bag and left the apartment.
Just as she stepped out, she saw Halbert waiting outside.
way to find a
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“Off to another secret meeting?”
+8 Pearls
“I’m going to school,” Eliza said. “You’ve already taken plenty of time off. You’re not even injured anymore. It’s not really appropriate to skip class again.”
Knowing Halbert suspected her of something else, she brought it up herself.
Halbert already had his bag ready. “Perfect. I was planning to go today anyway.”
He walked ahead, and Eliza followed him out the front door.
The driver took them both to campus.
Since Eliza had been helping cover for Halbert in his absence, the two of them showing up together caught a lot of their classmates off guard.
Most of them thought they’d dropped out for good.
“She’s seriously got the nerve to show up?”
“Right? After everything she’s done, she should’ve been expelled.”
“Expelled? You must be joking. She’s the Sue family’s princess–she got in through connections.”
The whispers around them weren’t exactly subtle.
And both Eliza and Halbert heard them clearly.
“What do you mean, ‘got in through connections?” Halbert snapped.
He marched right up to the students who had been talking.
Even at this prestigious university, there was still a pecking order.
And with Halbert’s family being one of the wealthiest overseas, no one dared challenge him head–on.
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