Linda’s face faltered, just for a second, before she quickly recovered.
She tried to defend herself, her voice shaky but still dripping with venom.
“Because he liked Sophia,” she spat, clearly trying to deflect blame onto me.
But Mia wasn’t having it.
She let out a short, bitter laugh, and I could see the fury in her eyes.
“That’s a lie,” she said, her words laced with disdain.
“You used Ryan and manipulated him into pleasing Sofia just to use him to get gifts and favours from Sofia. Don't pretend I don't know what you're doing.”
There was a long, stunned silence as Mia’s words sank in.
Linda’s carefully crafted image, the sweet and kind actress that everyone adored, was shattered in an instant.
The truth was out, and the people who had once admired her were now looking at her In disbelief.
Linda’s eyes widened in shock, and for the first time, she looked truly vulnerable.
The mask had slipped, and everyone could see who she really was.
I could feel a sense of triumph rising within me.
Mia had finally spoken out, exposing the lies that Linda had been hiding for years.
But Linda wasn’t going down without a fight.
Her eyes began to well up with fake tears, and she turned to Caden, her voice trembling with desperation.
“Caden, please,” she cried. “Don’t listen to them. It’s all lies. They’re just trying to ruin me.”
Caden, who had been standing silently off to the side, his expression unreadable, looked from Linda to Mia, then to me.
He seemed uncertain, his face showing signs of conflict, as if he didn’t know who to trust.
It was clear that he had believed Linda’s side of the story for all these years, but now, with the truth laid bare, he wasn’t sure what to think.
Lirian, who had been watching everything unfold with a cold, calculating gaze, finally spoke up.
His voice was low, but there was an unmistakable authority behind it.
“Caden,” he said, his tone sharp and commanding.
“You’ve got some nerve, daring to bully my Luna. Do you think Ironclaw doesn’t exist?”
The words sent a chill through the room, and I could feel the atmosphere shift.
Outside the hotel, the presence of Ironclaw warriors could be felt in the air, their looming power surrounding us like an invisible wall.
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