The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 49

"Exactly! Neither of them are good people. We completely support you."

"Don't cry. Everyone can see exactly what happened. Don't waste your tears on a manipulative snake like Seraphina!"

Seeing Mika—the clear victim who had just been slapped across the face—the students were filled with righteous indignation and deep sympathy.

Mika simply shook her head through her tears, her voice weak and hollow. "I'm so sorry to involve all of you in this. I just... I want to be alone for a little while, if that's okay?"

After witnessing something like that, no one had the heart to ask Mika for physical therapy.

They offered a few more words of comfort before slowly trickling out of the room.

In an instant, the rehab room was empty, leaving Mika completely alone.

She stared at the tightly shut blue wooden door and gently wiped away the tears still clinging to her lashes.

From those clear, bright eyes, the profound sorrow seemed to vanish into thin air, instantly replaced by a calculated, icy calm.

After a long moment, she lowered her gaze and let out a faint, imperceptible smirk.

A spectacular show, finally concluded.

From the moment Jude received Seraphina's call and left, she had been following them closely from a distance.

Outside the diner, she had snapped a photo of Jude and Seraphina laughing and talking, fully intending to post it anonymously to the forum. But then she noticed Seraphina getting into an argument with another student.

She knew the time had come.

She specifically messaged the rehab group chat, booking seven or eight students for a session that afternoon, and then simply waited right here.

—Waited for Seraphina to come and slap her.

A person who was already covered in dirt could never wash themselves clean.

She knew exactly how Seraphina would try to shift the blame onto her, and naturally, she knew exactly how to counterattack.

Actions spoke louder than intent.

[Sneaking around with someone else's boyfriend and then getting mad when people talk about it? And when she gets exposed, she physically bullies the victim? I can't believe Hudson University's sweetheart is actually this kind of person.]

[Hilarious. She said Mika was deliberately smearing her? Does she think all of our accounts are Mika's burners?]

[By the way, that Jude guy is disgusting, too. He clearly liked Seraphina, but he used Mika and tricked her into dating him. Anyone who plays with someone's genuine feelings deserves to rot in hell!!]

It was right after reading those comments that Jude received Mika's call. He jumped up, shoved his feet into his shoes, and practically sprinted to the rehab room without a second thought.

When he pushed the door open, he saw Mika sitting completely alone on the floor in the corner of the room.

Her eyes were swollen, and a faint red mark still lingered on her cheek.

But she wasn't crying. She was just sitting quietly in the corner, hugging her knees, her clear eyes clouded with a desolate, empty fog.

And in that very moment.

Jude's heart, as if possessed, gave a sharp, painful ache.