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Chapter 4

Auteur: Arctic Islands
“Denise, look what you caused!”

I was completely lost.

Corbin sneered at me coldly, “If you hadn’t thrown a fit and switched to the night shift, Mabel wouldn’t have felt like she had to wait around for you to get off work. She wouldn’t have gotten cornered by that creep trying to save you!”

I panicked.

So, Mabel was the one who deliberately set off that police siren.

The reason that dark figure did not catch me was that he found Mabel hiding in the shadows. He then turned on her to get back at her, which gave me the chance to escape.

I became overwhelmed with guilt.

I covered my head in my hands and sobbed uncontrollably.

“I didn’t know...”

I genuinely thought a police car had happened to pass by and scared that person off.

Corbin mocked, “You didn’t know?

“Denise, besides throwing tantrums and demanding that everyone always cater to you and accommodate you, what else do you even know?!”

My face turned pale, and my whole body trembled violently.

I tuned him out.

The only thing I could think of was hoping Mabel would be alright.

Fortunately, half an hour later, the doctor came out.

“She’s going to be fine. We gave her about a dozen stitches on her hand. As long as she rests it and follows up on the wound care, she’ll be good as new.”

Corbin visibly relaxed.

Perhaps sensing that he had overreacted earlier, his tone softened as he said to me, “From now on, can you just not be so difficult anymore?”

As he spoke, he reached out to embrace my still-trembling body.

I instinctively dodged his touch.

“Sorry, but we’re already broken up. Have some respect.”

After saying that, I did not look at him again and quickly went to check on Mabel.

Corbin’s hand froze in midair.

He watched my back and laughed in exasperation.

“Fine! Denise, you better never come crawling back to me for the rest of your life.”

Over the next few days, because of this incident, both Mabel and I quit our part-time jobs at the cafe.

During that time, the police also came several times to ask questions, investigate, and take statements.

Gradually, rumors began to spread all around.

Every time I went out, the neighbors would point and whisper about me.

“Oh man, with something like this happening, how’s she ever going to get married now?”

“I heard it was consensual though? Otherwise, why would she have asked to switch to the night shift for no reason?”

“Forget whether it was consensual or not. The point is she’s ruined now. What guy would ever want her?”

Every word cut deep. I was so angry that I almost cried.

I shouted at that group of people, “Do you even know that spreading rumors and slander is illegal?!”

The neighbors exchanged glances and stopped gossiping.

In the silence, someone muttered under their breath, “What rumors? Mabel is the one who said it to the media herself!”

I was in disbelief.

It took me several seconds before I could even react.

I turned and rushed to the hospital to confront Mabel directly.

“Why would you say that about me? You know very well that nothing even happened that day!”

Mabel’s gaze darted away evasively.

She reached out her hand, trying to pull me closer.

“Denise, I’m so sorry. I was just really scared that day—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Corbin appeared.

He stood in front of me with a sour expression.

“It’s not even true. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?

“If she hadn’t said that, those people would only gossip and make up wild stories about Mabel.”

My heart was so hurt it felt like it shattered to pieces.

“What about me?”

Did my reputation and my innocence not matter at all?

Corbin’s gaze turned cold.

“If it weren’t for you, Mabel wouldn’t have gotten into this mess in the first place.

“She saved you. Can’t you just bear a little gossip for her in return?

“Denise, after everything that has happened, why can’t you just be more sensible?”

I looked at him numbly.

I was so speechless that I could only let out a bitter laugh.

What was I even expecting?

Was I really still expecting him to prioritize me over Mabel?

In the end, I simply turned and went home without saying a word.

To protect me, my mother had me move to my aunt’s house for the rest of the summer holiday.

Corbin sent me many messages afterward.

[Denise, they caught the guy who attacked you and Mabel. All the rumors have been cleared up too.]

[Summer is almost over. You want to meet up? Don’t end up crying and missing me after I’m really gone.]

I did not reply to him at all.

On the day Corbin was leaving for college, which was also my supposedly first day of repeating senior year, he showed up at my doorstep early in the morning with his suitcase in hand.

He had promised to drop me off at school before heading to the train station.

He knocked for a long time, but no one opened the door.

Finally, the neighbor across the hall heard the commotion and came out.

“Stop knocking. Their whole family left for the station a while ago.”

Corbin was stunned.

“What? But Denise is repeating senior year.”

“I heard she’s not repeating. She got into a college down south.”

His face turned pale.

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