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Chapter 137\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 137\u00a0<\/p>\n
Violet\u00a0<\/p>\n
M J\u00a0<\/p>\n
All my life, I fooled myself into believing that avoiding conflict was the safest path. That staying quiet and swallowing humiliation would protect me. But all it did was turn me into an easy target. My silence didn\u2019t just fail to protect me, it nearly cost my brother his life. And that is something I will never forgive myself for\u00a0<\/p>\n
I will have my revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I said I would get my revenge, people assumed I would go all out immediately, they thought I would destroy them, ruin their families, and burn their reputations to dust in one strike. With Hades\u2019 power behind me, I could. I could crush them all without lifting a finger and reclaim everything that belonged to me and Sebastian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But no. That would be too easy. I wasn\u2019t going to drag them straight to hell. Instead, I would stand at the edge and watch them walk into the fire themselves, one step at a time, never realizing that I was the one who loosened every stone beneath their feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNext time, move out of my way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cafeteria went dead silent after I lifted the bowl and poured the steaming soup on Nora. Everyone stared at me as if I had finally lost my mind. Their eyes were wide, mouths open, and frozen in shock as if they couldn\u2019t process what they had just witnessed. Because the girl who always avoided drama, the girl who used to keep her head down, just walked up to Nora and poured an entire bowl of soup on her without flinching.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And to make it worse, the words that came out of my mouth afterward were absurd, and shameless, as if Nora was somehow at fault for getting soup dumped on her while she was just sitting there, but her reaction was priceless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She trembled where she stood, dripping soup from her hair to her shoes. She looked genuinely stunned that someone had done to her what she just did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Funny how that works.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she saw the smirk curling on my lips, she snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cViolet! You crazy bitch!\u201d she finally screamed, voice cracking. \u201cDo you have a death wish?! Why would you pour a bowl of soup on me?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shrugged. \u201cLike I said, it\u2019s your fault, you were in my way. I wouldn\u2019t have spilled the soup if you\u2019d just stayed put.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nora\u2019s face twisted, going even redder \u201cI was in your way?! Are you fucking kidding me?! I was just sitting! You poured it on me on purpose!\u201d She shrieked, rubbing her eyes in pain. \u201cIt\u2019s so spicy, ah-my eyes!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I raised my eyebrow as if genuinely confused, my tone light and unbothered. \u201cOn purpose? You\u2019re being dramatic. Why would I do something like that?\u201d I gestured lazily. \u201cIt was clearly an accident.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCut the bullshit! It\u2019s because I did-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stopped instantly, realizing she was about to confess she splashed water on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter why! What matters is that you poured soup on me! I won\u2019t let this go, Violet! I\u2019ll take this to the cops. I\u2019ll press charges. This is assault! Do you hear me?! ASSAULT!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would you press charges, Nora? You\u2019re saying I assaulted you, when everything was just an accident.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou-\u201d She was fuming, and the calmer I acted, the redder her face became. I dragged it out intentionally, watching her unravel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It was entertaining.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
E55 vouchers\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you splashed water on me,\u201d I continued, \u201cI chose to see it as an accident. Why can\u2019t you extend the same courtesy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her jaw dropped. She looked like she wanted to rip her own hair out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd besides,\u201d I added, tilting my head, \u201cyou\u2019re the only one claiming I did anything on purpose. It\u2019s not like anyone saw me do it intentionally.\u201d My eyes drifted over the cafeteria. \u201cOr did anyone see anything?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind me, Penelope\u2019s lips curled into a wicked little smile. She folded her arms, leaning forward. \u201cOf course not. Nobody saw anything. You were just passing by, and the soup accidentally spilled on her. Right?\u201d Her tone was playful, but the warning beneath it made people flinch. \u201cOr\u2026 did anyone see anything?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A boy two tables away opened his mouth. \u201cI-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could finish, Kai moved. He didn\u2019t even need to speak. He simply walked over to the boy\u2019s table, stood there with that cold, bored expression, and raised an eyebrow. \u201cDid you see something?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The boy instantly snapped his mouth shut and sank into his seat like he wanted the floor to swallow him. \u201cI-I didn\u2019t see anything,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d She spun around, looking at the crowd. \u201cWhat?! Are you all serious right now?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She searched the cafeteria like she expected someone to be brave enough to help her. But all she found were people avoiding her gaze, pretending to eat, staring at their shoes, or quietly muttering to themselves. The entire room had collectively decided they wanted nothing to do with this fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you all keeping quiet?!\u201d Nora screeched, sounding more like a spoiled child than the elegant girl she pretended to be. \u201cSay something! You all saw what she did! Don\u2019t tell me you\u2019re afraid of her, there\u2019s nothing she can do! Just say something!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A girl near the window whispered under her breath, \u201cThere is no way I\u2019m offending the psycho couple. I\u2019m not dying today. And besides, she started it first, so she should deal with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAhhh!!! You\u2019re all crazy!\u201d Nora shouted. \u201cYou don\u2019t have any backbone! You\u2019re all fucking useless!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She turned to the only person she thought she still had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sat frozen in her seat, shoulders stiff, hands shaking so slightly most people wouldn\u2019t notice. But I noticed. She couldn\u2019t even meet my eyes. The girl who once would\u2019ve laughed, mocked, and thrown fuel on the fire was now praying she could disappear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nora grabbed at her arm desperately. \u201cRiley! Even if they\u2019re all pretending nothing happened, you are still a witness.\u201d She pointed at me with a shaky finger. \u201cCome on, Riley, tell her what you saw! Tell her she did it on purpose!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, no one will be able to save her. Do you really think you can pull something like this and I\u2019ll just let it slide, Violet? Not everyone is afraid of you and your little friends, right Riley?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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21:00 Fri, Jan 9 MJ.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nights Burn With Regret \u2014 by Nathan Perez 137 \u00a0 Chapter 137\u00a0 Chapter 137\u00a0 Violet\u00a0 M J\u00a0 All my life, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craving-the-guardian-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}