Chapter 534

• Joan’s lips trembled, her forced composure slipping as she struggled to keep up her act.
• Liza narrowed her eyes, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips. “So this is your plan, huh? You want to make yourself look pitiful so that everyone sympathizes with you. But tell me… What happens if I don’t play along?”
• Her voice was laced with mockery as she took a step closer. Her fingers curled into fists, and her sharp gaze locked onto Joan. “Those two slaps earlier? That wasn’t bullying. That was just the beginning.”