“Miss Liara, is this the punk who was bothering you last time?”
“Pfft. Just a couple of losers. And here I thought it might be someone special and that’s why we couldn’t track them down. You must be tired of being alive, huh? Trying to start something with our Miss Liara!”
Several men were posturing hopefully for Liara’s approval.
“Miss Liara, I know these two! The girl is one of my classmates. Her name is Queta Smith. That guy seems to be her boyfriend!”
Linda finally understood what was going on here. One moment they’d been welcoming Miss Liara, and the next, she was pointing at Queta and shrieking for someone to grab her.
And then, Miss Liara slapped Queta right across the face.
So… Queta had been stupid enough to draw Miss Liara’s ire.
Beside herself with excitement, Linda scrambled to tell on the offending duo.
Liara was a big-time celebrity in Sunnydale University, with Rye Group behind her and all.
She was one of the empresses of the campus, haughty and forbidding. No one dared to cross her.
In fact, matters of reputation played a major part in why Liara was holding such a grudge against them. That night, she’d planned to put on a big show in front of her uncle’s men. That was why she’d showed up all of a sudden, aiming to be the first one on the scene to take charge of everything.
Instead, she’d crossed paths with an ignorant fool who wouldn’t allow her to cut in line.
Damn him! He deserved the worst fate imaginable.
She was the renowned Miss Liara! If not for the sake of appearances, would she even have bothered with getting in line?
What a joke!
The point was that she was very upset over the whole affair. She’d managed to keep it bottled up at the time, until they were finished with visiting Uncle Damien. Then, she’d summoned a small army of men to hunt down Gerald, but he’d slipped through the net.
And yet, what a beautiful coincidence this was!
“Hey, seize that guy too!” Liara shrieked jubilantly. “Ahaha! This is the best birthday present I could possibly receive! I’m going to enjoy this to the fullest!”
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