Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 695

"No need. Trust me."

As they spoke, Lady Lilian and Luna were already walking toward Mira. Leah asked Elara shakily, "Is it really okay? Should we call a professor?"

"Probably not. Let's do as Mira said and watch how things unfold."

Students nearby began to stop and stare, but Lady Lilian and Luna completely ignored them.

At that moment, Vanessa Voss and Seraphina Quinn popped out of nowhere.

"Mrs. Lance..."

"Call me Lady Lilian."

The older woman cast a cold glance at the two. "You call yourselves her good friends, yet when Luna was bullied yesterday, why didn't a single one of you step up?"

"Lady Lilian, we..."

Lady Lilian ignored them.

"Mom, don't blame them. It all happened so fast, and they weren't around at the time."

"Then why didn't they speak up for you on the Aethelgard Social Forum afterward?"

The two girls cursed inwardly. In that situation, who would dare speak up and become a target?

Vanessa tried to say something else but was pulled away by Seraphina. "She's furious right now. We'll talk later."

But Seraphina still hadn't spoken a single word to Mira.

Jillian Lowe and Piper Bennett were also standing not far away, though they didn't have the status to approach Lady Lilian.

The reason Luna and her mother had pinpointed Mira's location immediately upon entering the school was that this group had led them there.

The bodyguards fanned out. Some cleared the immediate area, others stood guard nearby, while a few stood rigid like grim reapers behind Lady Lilian.

Standing opposite them, Mira was entirely alone, yet she showed no fear as she met Lady Lilian's gaze.

"You're Mira Mercer?"

"To what do I owe the pleasure, ma'am?"

Facing a gaze full of murderous intent and loathing, the young woman merely tilted her head slightly, a faint smile on her lips.

Right here, right now! Otherwise, my bodyguards might not hold back."

"Aren't you worried about causing trouble for your daughter? What if the university administration holds her accountable and expels her?

Aren't you afraid the police will come arrest you for intentional assault?"

"Expel? Ha, you must not know this, but our family donates millions of dollars to this university every year.

Unless my daughter commits murder, the school won't expel her.

As for assault, as long as you're not dead, it can easily be spun as a mutual conflict where you got accidentally injured.

We'd gladly cover your full medical bills, offer a massive settlement, and announce it publicly.

If you still complain after that, you'll just be seen as unreasonable, and you'll instantly become the one everyone condemns.

In the battleground of high society, it's all about seizing the narrative. Do you understand, little girl?"

Mira smiled and said, "I didn't before, but I do now.