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Chapter 8: Sapphire Locket
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The Billionaire’s Scandalous Contract Chapter 8: Sapphire Locket
Elowen could feel Reina's gaze on her back, but she ignored it and headed out of the classroom, moving quickly down the main corridor. She rushed past the students and stepped outside. Pausing to catch her breath for a moment, she then made her way to the library. She sat on the bench near the entrance and let out a deep sigh. Taking out her phone, she sent her dad a short message about her absence from class. She started waiting patiently for his reply.The library smelled of old paper and flickering dust—more like a reliquary than a place of study. Light filtered through the tall windows in long, golden shafts that bent gently across the room’s quiet. She scrolled through a few reels on her phone and noticed Blake’s new TikTok had already hit 60K views in just two hours. She sighed and kept scrolling, then started reading the comments—strange ones, at least to Elowen:“omg marry me!!!!”“he doesn’t even go to my school but I’d transfer.”“someone tag his girlfriend, I just wanna tal
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"But what happened to your face?" Reina asked worriedly, staring intently into Elowen’s eyes. Elowen didn’t respond; instead, she looked down, lost in thought. Reina’s lips pursed. "You should talk to your father at least. How can he—""I'm fine now, Reina," Elowen interrupted softly.Reina’s frown deepened. Something was definitely wrong. "Really?!" she exclaimed. "You should talk to your father at least," she insisted again, more firmly this time. Elowen only nodded solemnly. Reina took her hand and led her to a nearby bench."Why are you just nodding, Elowen? Try talking with him," Reina said, irritation creeping into her voice. "At least tell him you’re not good with martial arts, but you do best in holistic subjects."Elowen sighed. "It’s nothing too serious. It’ll be okay."Reina shook her head, standing up from the bench. "It’s probably something that needs fixing. I can’t believe you’d let something like that slip through your fingers," she muttered, storming off toward the sc
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Mr. Caldwell’s lips quivered into a small, almost reluctant smile, the kind that seemed too fragile to last long on his weathered face. Deep lines creased the corners of his mouth, hinting at years of labor and days spent squinting beneath the sun’s harsh glare. His voice, when it came, was steady, but carried the unmistakable edge of exhaustion — not just the kind that came from long days, but the kind that settled into a man’s bones when life had been too hard for too long. “It’s something I’ve always been doing, Elowen. If I can work until my old bones fall off, I’ll do everything in my power to help my family,” he said, the conviction in his words absolute, even if his body no longer matched their strength.Elowen stood still, arms folded tightly against her chest, the fabric of her dress wrinkling beneath her fingers. “Even if it means leaving me behind?” she asked quietly, though she already knew the answer. She’d always known. Still, some stubborn part of her clung to the hope t
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The corridors throbbed like a hive too packed, too loud, too ready to explode. Overhead, the fluorescent lights flickered and buzzed with that maddening, insectile hum that seemed to crawl straight into the bones. Backpacks slammed into locker doors with dull thuds. Voices collided midair—shouts, gossip, half-formed arguments, and nervous laughter. Someone was laughing too loudly, someone else crying too quietly behind a bathroom door just out of sight. The air was thick with the scent of cheap perfume, sweat, and adolescent panic, clinging like a second skin that refused to peel off."Why does it always have to be like this?" Elowen thought bitterly. "No matter what I do, I’m either invisible… or a target."She slipped through it all like thread through a needle’s eye—narrow, silent, and overlooked. Her books were clutched tightly to her chest, not out of academic purpose, but for protection—her only barrier between herself and the chaos pressing in from all sides. Every step was inte
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