Ever since Damaris walked through the door, the atmosphere of the normal gathering had become awkward and absurd.
Therefore, in this kind of situation, anyone who spoke up was liable to become the center of attention.
And Seraphina seized this exact opportunity, when no one dared to speak lightly, to fulfill her promise to Lucas.
Now that everyone had seen what Mika's mother was like, her assessment of Damaris wouldn't be considered a biased smear campaign.
Mika snapped out of her daze, looking at Seraphina with clear eyes devoid of any defenses.
"Seraphina, what's wrong?"
Seraphina feigned a conflicted and guilty expression, her gaze sweeping over the crowd at the table as she bit her lip.
"I'm sorry, Mika! Actually, this afternoon, because I was unwilling to accept that you'd never speak to me again, before seeing you, I said some bad things about you to Lucas. I made malicious assumptions...
But I didn't expect you to forgive me. That proved my assumptions about you were wrong, I'm so sorry!"
Mika froze, her eyes filled with shock and a hint of being caught off guard. "You... what did you say about me?"
A flicker of excitement flashed in Seraphina's eyes. Though she couldn't wait to speak, she still maintained a conflicted tone.
"I said your mother has spent years bouncing between different men while raising you, so you might have picked up a few things by observation...
Because I really couldn't figure out why you saved Lucas but didn't tell me, so I guessed...
Maybe after saving Lucas, you decided Jude wasn't good enough anymore, and you wanted to get close to Lucas, but you were afraid you weren't as pretty as me.
So, killing two birds with one stone, you deliberately let the rumors about Jude and me fester at school. That way, you could logically dump both me and Jude, and focus entirely on getting close to Lucas!"
Seraphina poured out this entire string of assumptions.
Gasps echoed one after another around the table, and for a moment, the atmosphere grew even heavier.



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