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Chapter 161

Author: Nini
last update publish date: 2026-07-06 16:27:28

Lilly held Rue’s gaze and didn’t look away.

“I feel deeply sorry for your mother,” she said. Her voice was even and clear and carried exactly as far as it needed to. “Because if she is as powerful as you claim — if her name is everything you say it is — she wouldn’t be proud of a daughter who hides behind it to ruin other people’s reputations.” She paused. “All because a boy she liked didn’t like her back.”

Rue’s expression did something complicated. Then she scoffed, collected herself with the
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