Chapter 33: They Bullied Me
(Amber's POV)
"Nephew, your mate runs away!" I called out, watching Ethan's face contort with anger and embarrassment.
The words left my lips with a strange sense of déjà vu. I'd been in Melissa's position once - the humiliated one, the one running away in tears. Except, unlike her, I hadn't schemed or plotted. I had simply been Amber Chase, the girl everyone thought was easy to bully.
My mind flashed back to that rainy night at the Moonlight Club. I had gone there looking for Ethan after he'd missed our dinner date - again. I'd heard his voice from the VIP section and approached, only to freeze when I heard my name.
"Amber Chase?" one of his friends had sneered. "You could do so much better, Ethan."
"Her own family prefers their adopted daughter ove
