Chapter 47
Athee whari Lila kalid, pestin seemed to flare up in anger. “What kind of logic is that? past because there have been scandal before doesn’t mean we can just let the university’s reputation to!
Lilesaid, “But & Serena reports this to the police and the truth comes out, would’t that clear het name?”
Justin’s ange veemed to be ignited even further. He glared at Lila and said, “This matter will only be handled according to what I said. I’m warning you, if you keep making a
Lila was about he retort when 1 quickly grabbed her arm.
– already in a difficult situation. I couldn’t drag Lila down with me.
“TE figure it out,” I sak holding onto Lila tightly to stop her from speaking.
Peter finally stopped forward “you really can’t resolve this, then bring your guardian in. We can discuss the situation together.”
Inodded. Even though I was unhappy about the situation, I still dragged Lila out after expressing my thanks.
“Serena, Justin is clearly abusing his power,” Lila sald angrily.
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ery well, but thad no choice but to swallow my pride since he held all the power here. After all, I couldn’t let Ula get dragged into this. esilent I was and sighed. “What are you going to do now? Why don’t you gave Alexa call? Let him help you.”
Like sneered, “Just loves to suck up to the rich and powerful while trampling on the week. If Alex shows up, I guarantee he’ll start groveling before you.”
I was very against that idea.
First et all, I didn’t want ble Alex with everything. Secondly, I really didn’t want Alex to know about the situation I was in. I didn’t want him to see me in such a sorry state. teouldn’t even explain why I felt that way.
Howard my head and said, “Let me handle this myself first. If I really can’t deal with it, then we’ll talk about it.”
“So, what’s your plan Lila had an expression of worry and concem.
“I’ll surt by asking the restaurant to see if they have any surveillance footage,” I replied.
sponded, “I go with you”
At the restaurant, the staterer pointed out the cameras and apologized, “I’m sorry, miss. None of the cameras happen to be filming that table.”
enough, none of the surveillance cameras faced the table Julian and had been sitting at
that cor, could you help me find any of the dinits who were sitting near us?” I pleaded
But the statt neroben replied, “I’m sorry, miss. We can’t disclose any information on our guests when it could harm them.”
Frowling, I looked at the staff “What do you mean?–
The stati merüber shrugged slightly, but the smile on their face was one of mockery. “The matter has been causing such a stir. Anyone who steps forward to help you might find thesundes being attacked by public operaion How are we supposed to keep our business running if we expose our guests to that?
ply beart tank. “Hasil ben te hard to even and someone to tell the truth in today’s society?”
Dloughed. “There’s no surveillance lootage and no eyewitnesses. Serena, what do we do nowh
