Chapter 81

Olivia’s brows knit together, a flicker of guilt lighting up inside her.
Charlotte stayed silent. Nancy took that as a win and stepped protectively in front of Olivia, her face brimming with smug satisfaction. “Why are you staring at Olivia like that? You already hit her once. What, you want to do it again?”
“Wait, she actually hit Olivia?” someone chimed in, sounding genuinely shocked. “I thought all those posts on the forum were just rumors.”
Another classmate jumped in, “She’s so out of line. She just got here and already thinks she can push people around?”
“Honestly, it just shows how sweet and gentle Olivia is,” another voice added.
With everyone backing her up, Olivia let herself smile, just a little, before quickly putting on a wounded expression. “Guys, that’s enough. Let it go.” She looked at Charlotte, her tone soft and concerned. “You should go home. Mom and I have been worried about you.”
“Nancy, let’s go.”
Feeling like she had the last word, Olivia grabbed Nancy’s arm and started to walk away. But before they could get far, someone yanked Olivia back by the collar.
“Did I say you could leave?”
Charlotte’s grip was iron-tight. In one swift move, she tossed Olivia onto a nearby bench. Pain shot up Olivia’s back, right where her bruises hadn’t healed. Tears pricked her eyes, but she tried to push herself up, jaw clenched.
Suddenly, something cold pressed hard against her forehead. Olivia blinked, realizing it was a phone, and the pressure was sharp, almost threatening to crack bone.
“You
“Move again and I’ll break your skull.”
Charlotte’s voice was ice, sending a chill straight down Olivia’s spine. Her strength left her and she slumped back onto the bench, too scared to move.
Nancy rushed forward, shouting, “Charlotte, what’s your problem? If you hit anyone here, I’m telling the teachers-ah!”
Before she could finish, Charlotte
caught her wrist and tossed her next to Olivia, Nancy landed hard, the worldspinning She clutched bet am, too stunned and hurt to say anything.
Everyone else just stared, completely stunned that Charlotte would actually go this far at school.
While the crowd stood frozen, Charlotte slowly lifted her head. Her eyes were cool and distant as she looked at Olivia, then a mocking smile curled across her lips.
“Did you forget how your mom moved you into the Main family the second my mother died?”
Gasps rippled around them. All eyes darted to Olivia.
Her face drained of color. She bit her lip, trying to sound tough. “You have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Charlotte’s gaze was like steel. She tapped her phone against Olivia’s forehead, each word coming out slow and sharp, cutting right. through. “If you want to put it nicely, you’re the Main family’s stepdaughter.
But to be renovel
you’re
just a burden. There’s nota drop of Main family blood in you.”
A wave of shock swept through the group.
“So the forum was wrong? Charlotte isn’t the illegitimate one? She’s actually the real daughter?” someone whispered.
“We’ve had it backwards this whole time. Olivia isn’t even related to them, let alone an heiress.”
The truth landed hard, right in front of everyone. With all the stares
burning into her, Olivia felt her
cheeks sting like she’d just beennet
slapped over and over the
humiliation almost too much to bear.