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The Love I Hid from You
The Love I Hid from You
Author: Sugar Cake

Chapter 1

Author: Sugar Cake
Jameson University's biggest scandal this year was the video of Joy Quinn losing her virginity being sent to the campus group chat.

The video was taken in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel.

Completely naked, Joy Quinn was pinned against the floor-to-ceiling window by a man a head taller than her, and the rhythmic sounds never ceased.

After it was over, the man leaned close to her ear and said, "Good girl."

Those mere two words were like a grenade, setting off a huge explosion in the group chat.

[Is this voice... Leon Scott's?]

[Joy is so scheming. She hooked up with our school director! It’s no wonder the people who bullied her before are quiet now.]

[I always thought Joy was innocent, but I never expected her to be a scheming b*tch. She's indeed the daughter of a homewrecker!]

When Joy heard the news, she was knitting a scarf for Leon in the dormitory.

Her roommate turned the video volume up to the maximum, passed the phone around with a sneer, and deliberately drawled, "Joy, you moan so skillfully. You must've had a lot of practice."

There was a burst of laughter. Joy froze on the spot, her face ghastly pale. The scarf she was knitting halfway suddenly fell to the ground as she got up and rushed out of the door.

She staggered toward Leon's office, wanting to ask him about the video. Just as she reached the door, she heard taunting voices coming from inside.

"Leon, you really don't show any mercy to Joy. You deliberately filmed her face so clearly, leaving her no chance to explain."

Joy’s mind nearly exploded, and a chill instantly swept across her body.

"It's all her fault. She provoked the woman Leon loved the most. She deserves to be punished."

"It's a pity that Leon had to find someone to spread the rumor that Joy's mother was a homewrecker and also pretend to be a savior to deal with her bullies and act affectionately toward her."

"By the way, Leon, when are you going to tell her the truth? If that girl finds out that the person she has liked for so long is actually her future brother-in-law, she will probably faint right away. Hahaha..."

Leon was lazily sitting on the couch. He tapped his cigarette on the edge of the ashtray with a gloomy expression.

The friend next to him saw that he was silent and quickly asked, "Feeling sorry for her? She took great pains to exile Charmaine Quinn abroad for two whole years, and Charmaine almost starved and froze to death there. We can't spare Joy!"

Leon finally reacted at the mention of Charmaine's name. He put out his cigarette and replied calmly, "Let’s wait until Charmaine returns home. That day is also the anniversary day that Joy has been looking forward to. I'll give her a 'surprise' and make her pay back everything she owes Charmaine."

Joy's breathing paused, and her eyes fell on Leon's indifferent face through the smoke. She felt a searing pain tear through her chest, and the pain turned her vision black.

It turned out that Leon had spread those rumors that slandered her mother! Leon pursued her and protected her just for revenge. The person he really loved was her half-sister, Charmaine.

Joy could no longer listen and turned around to escape. However, she was blocked by several women after taking only a few steps.

"Oh, if it isn't the star of the video…"

"You just came out of the office. Are you rushing to a rendezvous again?"

Joy's face paled as she tried to escape, but those women pushed her around.

Just then, Leon's icy voice rang behind her. "How dare you touch Joy under my watch! Do you have a death wish?"

Leon had left the office at some point, and his tall and straight figure sauntered over. When the women saw Leon, they immediately scattered.

Leon came over to Joy and raised his hand to help her fix her messy hair. When he leaned over to look at her, he gently caressed her cheek with his fingertips. "Didn't I tell you to mention my name if anyone bullies you again?"

The familiar smell of tobacco rushed into Joy's nose, stinging her eyes.

The Leon in front of her overlapped with the figure who had protected her countless times in her memory. It was like an old dream. When her mother committed suicide, her father rekindled his relationship with his first love, and her life became not quite unlike an orphan's, lonely. Later, the school began to spread rumors that her mother was a homewrecker and that Charmaine was the legitimate daughter of the Quinn family.

As "the daughter of a homewrecker," she could not escape the fate of being bullied. Leon saved her from despair and used his position as the school director to provide her protection.

Yesterday was Leon's birthday. The two of them shared a bed under the influence of alcohol. Leon shed his usual elegance and forcefully pressed her against the uncovered floor-to-ceiling window, admiring her body as she trembled.

When Leon took her, Joy felt like a long-lost bird that had finally found its nest. Little did she know that it was a calculated trap.

Joy fell into a trance. When she came to her senses again, Leon had led her out of the office building and into the front passenger seat of his car.

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  • The Love I Hid from You   Chapter 15

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