Lauren’s P.O.V.The heavy, unfair, and suffocating silence in the room pressed against me.I let out a quiet, humorless laugh, shaking my head slowly.“I understand now,” I murmured bitterly without looking at them.I don’t need to see their reactions. They decided for me as if my opinion and my presence didn't matter.“This project, this institute, my own work…. None of it actually belongs to me, right?” I asked sarcastically, keeping that bitter and mocking smile plastered on my lips.I sniffed and slowly stood up.“Lauren, listen to me." Caellum tried to speak to me, but I had had enough for one day.“I won’t argue with you, bro, because my opinion doesn’t matter,” I said, picking up my bag.“You have already decided everything anyway, just like you always did.” I didn’t know why I said the last statement, but it came out naturally as if it had originated from a deep resentment from the past.“That’s no….” Caellum stood up too, trying to explain things to me, but I shook my head in
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