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Emma’s fall had caused her miscarriage, and anyone would assume Emily had pushed her. But she hadn’t even raised a hand, let alone pushed her. Still, with Emma losing the baby after the fall, who wouldn’t think Emily was responsible? How could she prove she hadn’t touched Emma? “There must be security cameras,” Emily thought, quickly making her way toward the surveillance room. She had been there once before, so she knew the way well. Halfway there, a stranger bumped into her. “Sorry,” the man said. Emily nodded briefly, too focused on reaching the surveillance room to pay him much attention. After her previous visit with Zac escorting her, the staff in the surveillance room recognized her and allowed her to check the footage. But, as luck would have it, the camera was angled away from her. The footage showed her standing up and Emma falling to the ground, but it didn’t capture whether she had extended her hand or not. Disheartened, Emily left the surveill
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“No, of course I trust Emily.” Between Emily and Emma, Zac trusted Emily’s character far more. Still, if Emma had really fallen on purpose, her scheming ran deeper than he had thought. But it didn’t matter whether he believed Emily or not—what mattered was whether Justin did. “This Emma is so calculating,” Helen said indignantly. “This whole thing must’ve been planned. She sent you that message on purpose to lure you here, just so she could stage a fall and blame it on you.” For all her usual loudness, Helen had surprisingly hit the nail on the head. Sean, still confused, asked, “But why would she deliberately cause a miscarriage? Wouldn’t having the baby work in her favor?” Exactly. If she kept the baby, wouldn’t that give her the leverage to marry Justin? Unable to figure it out, three pairs of eyes turned to Zac in unison. “Why are they looking at me?” Zac thought, exasperated. “It’s not my child!” Feeling the pressure of their stares, Zac sighed in defe
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His voice was cold as he questioned her, filled with disappointment. Disappointment? Did Emily care? She didn’t. All she cared about now was proving her innocence. But unfortunately, the one judging her was Justin, who was blindly loyal to Emma. He wouldn’t believe her. He was convinced she was lying. Between her and Emma, Justin would always choose to believe Emma unconditionally. He didn’t trust her. Justin mentioned that Emma had volunteered to step back and terminate the pregnancy. Weren’t they planning to get married? That didn’t align with what Emma had told her earlier at the garden. Emily decided to recount exactly what Emma had said to her at the garden. “I don’t care if you two are getting married or planning a wedding, it has nothing to do with me. But I’ll say it again: I didn’t push her. She fell on her own. I wouldn’t even have known she was pregnant if she hadn’t texted me.” Justin let out a cold laugh. Emma? Voluntarily tell Emily about
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Hearing the commotion and seeing Justin grabbing Emily, the three rushed forward to stop him. “Justin, calm down. Something’s not adding up here. Let’s talk this through,” Zac urged, trying to diffuse the situation. “Justin, if you dare lay a hand on my friend, I’ll make sure you regret it! My whole family won’t let you get away with this!” Helen yelled, stepping forward and taking a swing at Justin in an attempt to free Emily. Sean, his face full of rage, grabbed Justin’s arm, trying to pry him off Emily. “Let her go, Justin! This has nothing to do with her. Emma fell on purpose. Don’t blame Emily for it!” Everyone believed Emily—everyone but Justin. From the other end of the hallway, several bodyguards appeared and quickly pulled the three away from Justin, focusing on dragging Sean farther away to keep him out of reach. “Justin, let her go! You’re nothing but a bastard!” Sean shouted as the bodyguards escorted him out of the area. “This has nothing to do with Se
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Helen couldn’t hear what was said inside the room, but when she saw Emily push the door open and leave, she quickly ran after her. Knowing Emily’s personality, there was no way she would apologize to someone like Emma. The door slammed shut behind Emily. Inside the room, Justin apologized on Emily’s behalf. “I’m sorry. This is my fault for not keeping her in line. I’ll make sure she apologizes to you.” Emma smiled weakly and shook her head. “Justin, it’s really not your fault. As long as you and Emily are happy together, I’ll be happy too.” Of course, she was thrilled. The tension between them was exactly what she wanted. Seeing Emma’s pale face and her forced strength, Justin felt an even deeper sense of guilt. The idea of sending her to a branch office after she recovered no longer felt appropriate. He couldn’t bring himself to suggest it now. *Helen finally caught up to Emily by the garden. To her surprise, Sean was already there. The bodyguards had appa
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“How did I find out? Of course, I saw it on my phone. The video has already gone viral online. If you don’t have the heart to deal with it, I’ll be the bad guy. I’m already at the hospital, and I’m going to find her now.” Heidi hung up in a rush as she entered the hospital, determined to locate Emma’s room. Being a private hospital, combined with the Yates family’s connections, Emma’s room wasn’t hard to find. Heidi stormed into the elevator heading to the VIP floor, her energy radiating indignation. Justin, already overwhelmed, didn’t want his mother adding fuel to the fire. He immediately instructed his bodyguards to intercept her and send her back home. Heidi had just stepped onto the VIP floor when she was stopped by the bodyguards and forcibly escorted back to the Yates family estate before she could find Emma. Justin’s expression was icy as he stared at the video now circulating online. Judging by the angle, it had been filmed by a patient at the hospital and uploaded
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Justin was convinced that Emily had pushed Emma, and the bodyguards, not instructed to investigate further, stayed silent. To them, Emma, being someone recognized by their boss, wasn’t seen as a threat that needed any special monitoring.Frustrated, Justin waved a hand to dismiss William. He concluded that Emily’s visit to the hospital was purely coincidental. She couldn’t have known about Emma’s pregnancy, as Emma wouldn’t have told her. He believed Emily had acted out of jealousy, gotten into an argument with Emma, and pushed her. Emma’s fragile health, combined with the fall, resulted in her miscarriage.Meanwhile, Richard had just finished bypassing the internet firewall when Evelyn, who kept a constant watch over Emily, stumbled upon the news from Haven State. The eldest daughter she had cherished for years—someone she couldn’t bring herself to criticize—was now being publicly shamed online. The video didn’t capture Emily pushing anyone. It only showed Emma crying dra
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Helen pocketed her phone and returned just as Emily was getting ready to leave. “I’ll take you home,” Sean offered, stepping forward. Before Emily could respond, the bodyguards who had been called away earlier reappeared, stepping between him and Emily. “Mr. Smith, please don’t make things difficult for us,” one of them said politely but firmly. Justin had just given strict orders that Sean was not to have any contact with Emily. The bodyguards had been called away by William for questioning and, during that time, they did not notice Sean returning to the hospital to find Emily.Sean’s face flushed with anger, his fists clenching tightly. “It’s fine,” Emily said, breaking the tension. “I drove here. I can get back on my own.” The group of four walked off in the opposite direction, leaving Sean standing in place, watching Emily as she left. His hands clenched into tight fists. “I’m still not strong enough,” he thought bitterly. “If I were, she wouldn’t be taken fro
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Haley shook her head quickly, flustered. “No… I mean—no.” Then she realized how that sounded and corrected herself. “Actually, yes. I’m just hot.”Helen blinked in confusion. “Hot? The classroom has air conditioning. Was the sunlight from the window hitting her seat?” Helen wondered.Without missing a beat, she rushed over and tugged the curtains tighter, making sure her bestie didn’t get “sunburned.” She still needed Haley to hold onto that top spot. Otherwise, she would lose her excuse at home for going out to “study” with Zac.The pressure and tension of senior year finally came to a close. On the day of the college entrance exam, when everyone stepped out of the test hall for the last time, their faces lit up with genuine smiles—relaxed, free, and full of relief.Haley tossed aside her textbooks. Her summer break was filled with makeup shopping trips with Helen or third-wheeling her and Zac on their study-dates-turned-real-dates.That routine came to an end the d
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Haley’s eyes shifted as she thought quickly. “But… I don’t really like guys who rank higher than me on exams.”She gave a light shrug and continued, “I mean, I think we should be focusing on school right now. Relationships can wait until after we get into college, right? What if we don’t even end up at the same school? Long-distance never works, and after a while, we’d probably drift apart. Don’t you think?”Was that a gentle rejection? It seemed like it. Haley wondered if she had been too blunt. Had she left him any dignity at all?They still had a whole year of high school left together. She didn’t want things to get awkward between them. A harsh rejection would only make everything more uncomfortable.Justin furrowed his brows, thinking for a long moment before giving a single reply. “Okay.”Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked off.Haley stood there, completely confused.“Okay? What did he mean by that?“Did he understand what I was trying to say?
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Emma and her little clique of schoolyard mean girls had Justin completely surrounded.“I’ll ask you one more time,” she said, smug and unbothered. “Will you be my boyfriend or not?”“No,” Justin replied coldly, his face unreadable.“Hey!” one of Emma’s loyal followers stepped forward, cracking her knuckles and getting way too close. “Do you even know who our Emma is? She’s the heiress of the Xander Corporation. She’s giving you a chance, and you should be grateful. You better say yes.”“What, you want us to beat you up before you agree?” another girl sneered.Justin didn’t flinch. His icy stare locked onto the girl who spoke, completely unbothered by the threat.Emma waved a hand to hold her crew back, pretending to be generous. Then she turned to Justin again, cocky and bold.“I like you way too much to have anyone rough you up,” she said sweetly. “But I heard you’re trying to get into Altiplano University in the capital. Here’s the deal—if you go out with me, I’ll have my dad
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As soon as Justin sat down and pulled out the textbook for the next class, a hand suddenly reached out from beside him.“Hey, I’m Zac White,” Zac said.Justin glanced up with a cold look, then went right back to pulling out his notebook and pen—completely ignoring the extended hand.Zac awkwardly pulled his hand back, speechless.“Man… this guy’s seriously cold. What a show-off,” he thought to himself.The class flew by. When the bell rang, signaling the end of the period, Haley and Helen linked arms and headed off toward the bathroom. Zac immediately trailed after them.“Where are you two going? Take me with you.”“You planning on going into the girls’ bathroom, you perv?” Helen smacked his hand away, not wanting their classmates—or worse, their teacher—to get any ideas about the two of them dating.Zac scratched his nose. “Fine, I won’t go in the girls’ room… but I can go to the guys’ one, can’t I?”“Hmph!” Helen huffed, scrunching her nose playfully.Zac clutched his chest
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At a top-ranked high school in Lincourt City, the bell rang.Students still lingering in the hallways or restrooms were urged to hurry back to class.Outside, the summer heat simmered, accompanied by the steady buzz of cicadas. Inside, the air-conditioned classrooms offered a much more comfortable escape.In Class 2–1 of the junior year, students hurried back to their seats. Just as the final chime faded, the homeroom teacher walked in, holding a stack of freshly graded exam papers.“For this round of mock exams,” she announced, loud and clear, “the top score in the entire grade once again goes to our very own Haley!”A wave of murmurs and applause followed. “Let’s all work hard and try to catch up to her next time!”She began handing out the papers in order, from the highest score to the lowest.After Haley got her paper, the next few went to her seatmate, Helen, and the student sitting behind them—Zac.“Work hard and catch up?” Helen muttered as she slid back into her seat, s
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But what did it matter, even if she still loved him? The pain he caused her in the past was still there, lingering beneath the surface.They had loved, they had hurt, they had been entangled for years. But not every love story had to end with forgiveness and reconciliation.Haley couldn’t pretend the past hadn’t happened. She couldn’t smile and pick up where they left off, as if nothing had ever gone wrong.She would always remember that street in Merika State, when Justin turned away, picked Emma up in his arms, and left her standing there alone.Even if he had mistaken someone else for her, the pain he caused and the love he failed to give were real.And that wasn’t something she could ever forget.She could make peace with the past, but she could never erase it.Her heart ached, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she turned and walked away.*Years later, Haley passed away peacefully in her bedroom at the estate.That same day, Justin had gone out to the grocer
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It was just a shame that life rarely worked out the way people wanted it to.*Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.Chase and Alex had grown taller and older. Haley’s once-small jewelry brand had not only found its place in the industry—it had grown into a globally recognized luxury label, known for bespoke, high-end pieces.As for Justin, he split his time between Haven State and Merika State. Whenever he wasn’t busy, he would shamelessly camp out at the estate, claiming he was just there to “see the kids.”Eventually, no one even bothered to call him out on it anymore.One day, Haley had a business meeting with a potential partner—a widowed single father. Somehow, Justin caught wind of a rumor that the man had feelings for Haley and was actively pursuing her. Word had it that she was interested too, and they were currently having dinner together at a restaurant.The second Justin heard that, he canceled a company meeting, boarded his private jet, and flew straight to Mer
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As soon as Haley stepped into the room, Justin followed right behind her.It was the first time he had ever set foot in Haley’s room—the space where she lived in Merika State.“Get out!” she snapped.“Haley, I just wanted to see you. Please don’t make me leave, okay?”His eyes scanned the room. The walls, the shelves—everything was filled with Haley’s photos. There was even a custom-built glass display case, clearly made with love, housing her pictures from childhood to adulthood. It was something Evelyn had put together just for her, and it overflowed with affection.There were portraits of her alone, family pictures, and right at the top—photos of Chase and Alex.Justin looked at each one carefully, as if he were trying to piece together a life he hadn’t been part of, but desperately wished he had been.Then his gaze landed on a particular photo: Haley in her teens, wearing a soft pink-and-white hoodie with little bunny ears on the hood. Her pale skin, big round eyes, and brig
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“Haley…” Justin’s voice was weak. There was so much he wanted to say, but he didn’t even know where to start.“I heard you’re sick?” Haley said.“I… I’m fine. I’m not really sick, I just—”“Take care of yourself. Heart problems aren’t like other illnesses. Just look forward. Let go of the past. Meet someone new. Live your life.”Justin fell silent. His head dropped, and the phone pressed against his ear was clenched so tightly in his hand that his knuckles turned white. He wrestled with the words for a long moment before finally managing to force out.“Okay.”But he knew. He wouldn’t meet someone new. Without Haley, what kind of life could he possibly call “living”?The call ended. Life went back to its quiet rhythm. Justin no longer clung to Haley or tried to find her. After one more day in the hospital, he threw himself back into work and took over the reins of RC Corporation.They had truly managed to part on peaceful terms.After returning to Merika State, Haley d
