Given that she planned on entering Jadeborough University, she was naturally concerned with Donovan's recent tardiness.
At that moment, Wendy heard the students seated behind her discussing something. When the word “Arielle” pricked her ears, she couldn't help but turn around.
“Are you talking about Arielle?” Wendy put on a warm smile to feign friendliness.
However, the two students looked at her warily, as if she was the enemy.
Smiling awkwardly, Wendy explained, “Please don't misunderstand. I did have some conflict with Arielle before this, but everything has been resolved now.”
The students asked skeptically, “Really?”
Wendy nodded. “Really. It wasn't a big conflict to begin with. Just a trivial
squabble between girls.”
Just as she spoke, her classmates lowered their guard against her.
Feeling relieved, Wendy pretended to be concerned. “Actually, I do sympathize with Arielle. I didn't expect her dad to be so evil to the extent of endangering the homes of others and delaying the salaries of his workers. When Arielle was using her dad's money, she probably wasn't aware that it belonged to the workers. What a shame...”
When Wendy was done making her snide comment, she waited for a turnaround in attitude from her classmates.
She figured that her insinuations were obvious enough to convince them that Arielle too was at fault.
However, when she raised her gaze, she saw them frowning with displeasure.
Frozen momentarily, she asked, “What is it?”
“Didn't you read the news?” One of them explained, “Arielle never used any of Henrick's money.”
Wendy scoffed, “How is that possible?”
The girl squirmed her lips. “If you don't believe it, you can read the news yourself.”
“But...” I did go through the news.
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