If she had bumped into someone else just now, they might not let her go due to how bad her attitude was.
What about this woman who managed to defeat Tina and Melody?
Cynthia's heart was beating so fast that it threatened to jump out of her throat as she panicked. "Miss Reed—"
She was about to beg for mercy again when Sonia raised her hand to interrupt her. "Enough. All you did was verbally abuse me back then. Besides the flashlight incident, you didn't cause me any harm, and I already got my revenge for that incident, so you're spared this time. Anyway, you have nothing against me now. Beating a drowning dog isn't something I would do unless they are a hopeless cause. I won't bother to waste time on someone like you."
Although she was unhappy that Sonia made her sound worthless, Cynthia felt relieved that she did not intend to pursue her on this matter.
"Miss Reed, are you letting me go?" Cynthia clenched her fists and asked excitedly.
Sonia raised her chin and questioned, "Did you not hear what I just said? I am not someone who would beat a drowning dog unless they are a hopeless cause. I won't even spare a glance at someone like you. Are you self-proclaiming that you're a hopeless cause?"
Cynthia shook her head like a rattle before uttering, "You are well aware of what I did not do to you when I was friends with Tina, except for that one incident. I would usually just verbally abuse you, but after Tina left, I never appeared in front of you again or got in your way. I'm not a self-proclaimed hopeless… cause…"
She forced the last two words out of her lips even though she felt ashamed.
With an arched brow, Sonia questioned, "Why are you still standing here, then? Do you want me to—"
"No!" Cynthia shook her head fervently before forcing an awkward grin. "I will leave right now." With that, she turned around immediately to leave.
However, the moment she turned around, something popped into her head, and she turned back to Sonia.
Seeing that, Sonia narrowed her pretty eyes. "What? Want me to punish you?"
"No, no, no." Cynthia waved her hands in denial.
"Then what?" Sonia frowned.
Cynthia's gaze darted around the room before she bit her lower lip and asked in a subdued voice, "Erm… Do you still hate Tina?"
Sonia squinted her eyes skeptically and questioned, "Huh? Why do you ask that?"
Cynthia squeezed her fists and rephrased her question, "I mean, even though she is dead now, you should not have forgotten what she did to you, right? So, do you still hate her? Or do you still want to take revenge on her?"
Sonia couldn't comprehend why she was asking questions like this. Her eyes flickered as she replied softly, "Why would I still hate on a dead person? Do you think I could resurrect her to get my revenge even if I wanted to?"
Hearing Sonia's answer, Cynthia finally released the breath she had been holding. After taking a deep breath as if to muster up her courage, she looked Sonia in the eye and said, "If you still hate her and want to take revenge on her, I will tell you a secret."
Then, she stepped forward.
Sonia's heart sank as she made a guess in her mind, but on the surface, she pretended like she was calm. "What secret?"
Cynthia stopped in front of her, covered half of her face, and whispered, "I suspect that Tina is not dead. That corpse is fake."
Sonia's pupils dilated. I was right, she mused.
When Cynthia suddenly asked her those questions and said that she would tell her a secret, her first thought was that Cynthia would tell her Tina wasn't dead.
Her suspicion was proven to be correct the next second.
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