The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1789

"I..."

Valerie felt a wave of embarrassment wash over her.

"If I say I didn't do it on purpose, and that it's just because I haven't fully mastered the skateboard yet, are you going to lecture me even harder?"

Claire merely gave her a flat look, the answer entirely self-evident.

Valerie shifted awkwardly. "I really didn't mean to. I just refused to accept defeat."

If other people could ride perfectly fine, why couldn't she?

Valerie had been plagued by bizarre, unlucky accidents since she was a kid. She had wanted to learn how to skateboard for years, but her family had strictly forbidden it.

Once she got to university, the more her family told her not to do something, the more she wanted to do it.

After all, things couldn't possibly get any worse.

That was Valerie's logic, but she hadn't anticipated that her terrible luck wouldn't just mess up her own life—it would drag innocent bystanders down with her.

Claire highly suspected that Valerie's bad luck was precisely because of her stubborn refusal to listen to reason.

The more people told her no, the harder she pushed back. She was just entirely too headstrong.

That kind of attitude easily led to disasters that dragged down everyone nearby.

"I'm sorry. Please let me buy you dinner to properly apologize."

Valerie bowed deeply to Claire, moving so fast Claire couldn't even stop her.

With the girl going to such lengths, what else could Claire really say?

It wasn't like Claire was the one walking around with a massive lump on her head.

"There's really no need for dinner."

"I'm not just inviting you. I also want to invite Norris and Professor Warner."

"I was worried that if I went by myself, they'd reject me. I heard you're quite close with Norris..."

Valerie looked incredibly sheepish.

"Please promise me you'll come. I am genuinely so grateful. If it weren't for you guys, I might have actually died."

"Or... is it because I'm so unlucky that you don't like me?"

Valerie's eyes turned red as she asked the question.

"I've been a walking disaster since I was little, so I don't really have any good friends..."

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