Rohan posted an official statement on the university website.
He confirmed that everything Noemi had said was true.
The truly guilty ones were never Noemi, they were he and Odette.
Odette burst into his room, furious. "Rohan, have you lost your mind?! More people hate me now. Are you satisfied?"
Rohan ignored her, huddled in the corner of his bed with a bottle in his arms. He drank steadily, his stomach burning, as if he could no longer feel anything.
He looked at Odette, hatred rising clear in his gaze. "Noemi is gone. You succeeded in driving her out of the family. Are you happy now?"
Odette froze. "How could she leave? Noemi is so status‑obsessed, she would never give up being the heiress."
Rohan gave a bitter laugh, fighting back tears.
He had believed Odette, too.
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