Taking her suitcase, Rita was walking to her dormitory.
It was the first time that she had ever come to the dormitory, so she kept looking up at the numbers to find “605”.
All of a sudden, someone came out and bumped into her.
Then she felt her right arms was scalded by something.
She looked down and found there was porridge all over her.
“Sorry! I go too fast. Do you ger hurt? Rita?”
Her voice sounded familiar, so Rita was stunned.
She knew who she bumped into even though she did not raise her head.
It was Nora.
What a coincidence that she would come across Nora in the dorm.
There was some glint in her eyes, but then she calmed down as usual, “Miss Nash, what a coincidence.”
She gave a polite smile and kept walking.
But then her arm was grasped by someone.
She turned around and looked at Nora, “Miss Nash, what’s the matter?”
“Rita, I’m sorry that I got your clothes stained. Let me wipe the porridge for you.”
Speaking, Nora was to wipe the stain with tissues.
Rita was astonished seeing her groveling. Liam was not here, why was she still putting on an act?
She stepped back and rejected when Nora stretched her arms to her, “Miss Nash, never mind. I’ll do it by myself later.”
“Well…” Nora stiffened.
“Nora, don’t do it, since she was reluctant.” Suddenly, a girl wearing hoodies approached.
She looked at Rita arrogantly and sniffed, “there is no need to be nice to someone who steals friend’s boyfriend like her.”
“Lilly Murphy, stop.” Nora pretended to be worrying and tugged at Lilly’s sleeve, “Lilly, it’s a misunderstanding.”
Lilly sneered, “What misunderstanding? She stole the boyfriend of your sister. All the socialites in F City have known that.”
They kept talking about this, and there were more and more students who came near them to see what happened.
Hearing what Lilly had said, some students who didn’t know Rita all looked at her in a strange way.
“How could she do that?”
“Well, you can never judge a person from her appearance. You can’t know what a good-looking girl would do behind your back.”
Gaining the upper hand, Nora was delighted inwardly.
But she soon hid her feelings and pretended to grab Lilly to come back to their dorm anxiously, “Lilly, stop it. It’s a misunderstanding.”
“Don’t be afraid, Nora. She’s the one who betrays your sister.”
Staying where she was, Lilly looked quite brave and upright.
Others nodded and thought she was right.
Nora lowered her head and continued to put on an act. But she was gloating secretly when others echoed her and Lilly.
Rita watched Nora acting impassively and jeered at her inwardly.
Well, what a bitch! She was an ace at inciting and manipulating others, Rita thought.
Nora was defeated twice by her. It seemed that Nora wanted to take revenge on her now.
Rita rolled her eyes and stepped forward, staring at Nora.
“Miss Nash, I think you should explain what had happened for me.”
“Rita, I don’t want to talk about it now, especially when my dead sister was involved. Moreover, I really don’t know what happened among you guys.”
Nora gave her vague explanation on purpose so that she could frame Rita implicitly and show her innocence.
What she said was implicating that Rita was the one who stole friend’s boyfriend as Lilly had pointed out.
Rita glanced at others and found that they all looked at her in a more contemptuous way as she expected.
“What’s wrong with her? She even wants Nora to explain for her.”
“Well, she is that shameless. No wonder she would steal other’s boyfriend.”
“Right.”
Others continued to speak with contempt.
But Rita looked like she did not hear what they had talked.
She took out her phone and searched for something in her Contacts, “If you’re not willing to explain for me, I have to call Liam so that he can ask you to explain.”
Nora’s face turned pale when she heard that Rita was going to call Liam.
She just wanted to pay Rita back for her being humiliated the other day.
But she did not expect Rita would call Liam.
If Liam knew what she had done, things would get worse for her and her family.
She managed to stop Rita, “No!”
Seeing that Nora was strained and unnerved, Rita shrugged, “Why?”
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