Chapter 128
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Chapter 128
Everyone was scrambling like crazy to find Stella.
Especially the next morning, when the news about Summer plagiarizing Stella’s Redcrest Valley project shot back onto the trending list.
Summer had barely slept for days.
The moment she saw the internet flooded with insults and attacks against her again, her whole body seemed to go weak.
She dragged herself to Ruby, only to find that Ruby had been up all night too, dealing with the mess in Eirden.
Now, seeing Summer in this state and finally hearing the full story, Ruby snapped, “So did you plagiarize her work or not?”
“Mom, I…”
Summer froze.
The rest of her words lodged in her throat.
Ruby had never asked before.
No matter what she did to Stella, Ruby never cared about the details or the reason. She had always just backed her up.
But now…?
“If you copied it, then deal with the consequences,” Ruby said sharply. “If you didn’t…”
She stopped there.
The words deal with the consequences made Summer’s pupils tighten instantly.
She almost could not believe what she was hearing.
“Mom, what did you just say? I… I should just deal with it?”
What did that even mean?
No matter what happened before, her mother would always help her get payback.
And now she was saying this?
That she was supposed to swallow this humiliation from Stella?
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Ruby looked at her coldly. “What else do you expect? Do you think I’m in any position to settle scores for you right now?”
Summer fell silent.
Looking at Ruby lying in the hospital bed, unable to move from yesterday until now, Summer felt like she could barely breathe.
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Stella.
She had actually pushed her mother to the point of backing down too,
She was really something.
It only made Summer more certain that things with Felix and Fiona had to move faster..
If Stella really got together with Felix, who in Harbor City would dare mess with her?
At that moment, Alex stepped forward. “Miss Summer, Madam is already overwhelmed with the situation in Eirden. You should go back to your room for now.”
Summer looked at Ruby, tears pooling in her eyes.
But in the end, she forced them back.
From the time she was little, Ruby had hated crying the most whenever she was already upset. It only made
her more irritated.
Summer let the nurse wheel her around.
Just as she reached the doorway, Ruby called after her.
“For now, stay away from Stella.”
That made Summer’s heart turn even colder.
“She’s the one coming after me.”
Her voice was full of grievance.
She had not gone looking for trouble with Stella these past few days. Stella was the one targeting her.
Ruby heard the hurt in her voice and let out a sigh.
Then she said coldly, “I know you feel wronged. But right now, Felix is backing her, and we can’t do anything to her.”
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“Give me time to think. I’ll figure out a way to make Felix lose interest in her.”
Letting Stella get tangled up with Felix was too dangerous.
This was only the beginning, and he was already helping her crush them like this.
If those two really ended up together, they would bleed them dry.
Summer said, “The Wright family is already talking to the Hernandez family about a marriage.”
“Which one of the Wrights?”
“Fiona.”
At the name Fiona, something in Ruby’s expression stiffened for a second.
Then she laughed.
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“Well, that’s good news.”
Fiona hated Stella.
If she really married Felix, Stella would not be having such an easy time then,
Summer added, “Mrs. Lewis already went to the Hernandez family yesterday to act as matchmaker. Things move fast with families like theirs.”
Once both sides reached an understanding, Fiona’s marriage into the Hernandez family would not be far off.
Ruby nodded. “Then tell Fiona to put in more effort. Felix has very high standards.”
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Sara Lili
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
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