Despite everything, Sophie decided to make one last attempt.
Clutching her phone, she dialed Lucy, Jaziel’s mother, crying out for help:
“Lucy, Jaziel… Jaziel bullied me…”
Her words were deliberately vague, leaving plenty of room for interpretation.
Hearing Sophie’s hoarse, pitiful voice, Lucy’s temper flared instantly.
“Sophie, wait right there. I’m coming over now! That boy–if he’s bullied you and won’t take responsibility, then no son of mine!”
Lucy hung up the phone and rushed over as fast as she could.
Jaziel’s glare was icy, his face dark with fury.
“What are you, Sophie? How dare you slander me?”
His composure shattered, he grabbed Sophie’s chin, his grip so tight it left her skin bruised.
But Sophie held onto her phone as if it were a decree from heaven, refusing to let go.
Nolan gently patted Jaziel’s shoulder, speaking calmly, “Don’t worry about her. She’s just a clown. Lucy won’t be s blind as to believe her over her own son.”
Hearing this, Jaziel took a deep breath, releasing Sophie’s chin.
The moment Lucy stepped through the door, ready to scold her son, Jaziel handed her the investigation report.
After carefully reading through it, Lucy’s expression darkened like a storm.
She stormed over to Sophie, dropping her elegant facade, yanking Sophie’s hair, and delivering a hard slap to her
face.
Almost instantly, Sophie’s cheek swelled up.
“Lucy… why would you treat me like this? Jaziel… he’s only saying these things to deny what he’s done to me…” Sophie stammered, trying to twist the situation again.
“Enough!” Lucy cut her off sharply, her cold smirk eerily similar to Jaziel’s.
“Charlotte chose to spare you, but the Collins and Rogers families won’t. Mark my words.”
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