The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 1685

"Okay."

Pandora nodded so fast her hair almost flew, snatching up her phone to contact Gallagher right away.

"Charlotte, Patricia, Hartley..."

The lab team ran the comparison, then projected the results up where everyone could see.

Turns out, the extra fingerprint was a ninety-nine percent match to the one Karan had left on her signed statement.

So...

It wasn’t just the thief who’d touched the phone. Karan had too.

All at once, every eye in the room and every camera lens locked onto Karan.

Rumors started buzzing around instantly.

"The mastermind is really Karan? That’s twisted. I never thought she was capable of something like this."

"She’s still angry about what happened with Shirley, isn’t she? This has to be revenge."

"She pretended to be Shirley and sent those disgusting texts. It’s not just about ruining a scholarship. She was out to ruin Shirley completely."

"Shirley just can’t catch a break. She finally got her scholarship and almost lost everything over this."

"Someone like Karan doesn’t deserve to be called an Outstanding Graduate of The Cabinda University, if you ask me."

Mr. Lane stood frozen, staring at her with a look you just couldn't put into words. He just looked... crushed.

It was like, in that moment, he realized he had never really known Karan at all.

How could anyone be so calculating and cruel?

The only thing you could feel in that room was disappointment.

"Karan, you need to tell us what's really going on. We deserve an explanation."

Hartley was just as stunned. He never imagined the person behind all this would be one of Cabinda University's star students.

He’d even felt sorry for her after the last contest, thinking she’d just made a dumb mistake.

But this...

This was on a whole other level.

He paused just inside the doors, scanning the room. The moment he spotted his two granddaughters, his voice boomed out, full of authority, "What happened?"

"Grandpa! Someone’s abusing their power, trying to force the school to expel Karan!"

The second they heard his voice, both Karan and Pandora snapped to life. Hope flickered back in their eyes.

With Grandpa here, nobody would dare keep picking on them.

"It’s her!"

Gallagher’s expression turned icy as he followed Pandora’s gaze and landed on a young woman.

He recognized her right away.

Charlotte?

She was basically a celebrity around Cabinda, someone he’d wanted to meet for ages.

“Charlotte’s teamed up with the university leaders. They faked evidence and are framing Karan. Now they want to sue her and kick her out…”

Pandora held tightly onto Gallagher’s arm, her voice sharp and proud. “Grandpa, you have to back us up. Make Charlotte and Shirley pay.”