He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 110

Nelson was a bastard.

The absolute worst bastard on earth.

*

When she woke up, her leg felt significantly better. The sharp, stabbing pain was entirely gone.

She quickly checked her phone and saw several missed calls from the police station.

She dialed back immediately.

"Ms. Lane, we have a solid lead. By tomorrow at the latest, we'll have the complete, unedited footage."

Juniper let out a long breath of relief, a small smile finally touching her lips. "Thank you."

The officer was equally perplexed. The cameras in that specific area had been thoroughly wiped—how had a copy suddenly surfaced?

But that wasn't their concern. Juniper was the victim, and their job was to secure the evidence she needed.

Juniper ordered breakfast to her room. Since stepping outside was out of the question right now, she decided to take advantage of the forced isolation to properly rest her leg.

She also packaged up her broken custom hearing aid and shipped it to the manufacturer to see if it could be salvaged.

She had gotten it repaired there once before, and she was deeply attached to it. She just couldn't bear to let it go.

The package was intercepted by the same technician who had handled her repair years ago. He vividly remembered her and the tiny note she had included back then.

He gave her a call.

"It can be fixed, but it'll take a few days before I can ship it back. Honestly, June, I have to ask—are you having a hard time letting go of the device, or the person who gave it to you? You're incredibly sentimental."

The hearing aid had been meticulously cared for. For it to survive ten years in such good condition was rare.

His words felt like a knife twisting into her chest, sending a jolt of pain through her entire body.

*Wren? What is twenty-five-year-old Juniper doing right now?*

She was hurting. She was heartbroken.

Growing up wasn't nearly as beautiful as she had imagined, and being with Nelson certainly wasn't the fairy tale she had dreamed of.

Her throat burned with unshed tears as she remembered her younger self—secretly falling in love but too cowardly and deeply insecure to act on it, terrified of taking advantage of Nelson's wealth. She remembered the girl who used to fall asleep clutching a pile of cheap, handmade trinkets.

Her karma hadn't just arrived; she had been living it for years.

*

Right now, her mental defenses had to be at their absolute weakest. It was the perfect time for him to swoop in and 'comfort' her.

Back at the villa, the mob outside the gates showed no signs of dispersing after Jade leaked the address.

Someone even managed to scale the perimeter wall and completely shattered the windows of Juniper's bedroom.

Terrified neighbors immediately called the police, and the community's security had to drastically increase their patrols.

Next door, the atmosphere inside the studio was dead silent. Everyone was secretly wondering who had leaked the address.

Their eyes inevitably drifted toward Jade.

With Juniper gone, Jade had skipped several of her scheduled livestreams, dumping the workload onto two other colleagues. Instead, she spent the whole day glued to her phone, smiling smugly at the screen.

After a long silence, she looked up at the group. "Let's put together a joint petition right now and demand Caleb fires Juniper. Are you guys in?"

The other eight employees didn't say a word, keeping their heads down and focusing on their work.

A wave of inexplicable fury washed over Jade. "Aren't you guys mad?! You all graduated from top universities, and you're being ordered around by a woman with a high school diploma! A woman who slept her way to the top! It's a complete insult to all of us!"

One of the girls murmured softly, "June said she's going to clear her name... Maybe the internet got it wrong..."

Her voice trailed off, growing quieter. The scandal was so massive, it seemed impossible for Juniper to dig her way out of it. Besides, the woman in the video, Audrey, seemed so genuinely devastated.