Yvonne's frail body swayed slightly.
In just this short time, tears had already filled her eyes, ready to fall at any moment.
I frowned in disgust and scolded:
"What's the point of crying? You break someone else's things, you should pay for it, isn't that only natural?"
Her voice became hoarse, and she lowered her head, looking like a fragile flower being crushed.
A few students in the classroom saw what was happening and began to discuss in low voices:
"Rosamund is bullying Yvonne again."
"Isn't this school bullying? How many times has it been this month?"
"She always makes her cry. Yvonne is so pitiful."
I frowned and was about to explain.
Suddenly, the classroom door was kicked open with force.
Then, a stool was thrown at me without warning.
If I hadn't dodged quickly, the stool would have hit me square in the face.
"Rosamund, you evil woman, how long are you going to bully Yvonne!"
Evander pushed through the crowd, strode toward me, and without saying a word, pulled Yvonne into his arms.
My friends stood frozen, shocked at what just happened.
Evander's disdainful gaze swept over each of their faces:
"As expected, a bunch of hypocrites. You spend all your time bullying the weak at school. Rosamund has the Whitestone family backing her, so I won't touch her for now, but what about you? Do you think I won't use my family's influence to crush you with a single hand?"
I had just recovered from the fear of almost being hit.
And then I heard Evander's venomous words.
I immediately shielded my friends behind me and spoke:
"Evander, stop being crazy. It's your little wife who broke my things first. What's wrong with me asking her to pay for it?"
Evander looked at Yvonne with sympathy.
Then he looked up again, his face filled with disgust. "You know Yvonne doesn't have the means, yet you insist on making her pay. How is that not bullying?"
He said as he looked around at my friends:
"And you brought such a large group to intimidate her. If I hadn't arrived in time today, Yvonne would have definitely been bullied again!"
I rubbed my temples.
Evander, completely immersed in the storyline, was acting like a lunatic, and no explanation would work.
So I gave Yvonne a look:
"You tell him, did I bully you? Did my friends touch you?"
Yvonne peeked out from Evander's arms.
When our eyes met, she recoiled in fear.
After a while, her voice, full of grievance, came out from Evander's arms, muffled:
"Miss Whitestone, I know you resent me for taking away Evander, so you're finding reasons to suppress me... But I just want to study hard. I promised my mom I'd make something of myself. Please, stop making trouble for me, let me go."
Me:"..."
Speechless.
As soon as Yvonne finished speaking,
The gossiping students around us immediately shot disdainful glances at me:
"I knew it, Yvonne is usually so kind. She would never cause trouble for no reason. It must be Rosamund bullying her."
"So it's all because of Evander."
"Rosamund is really domineering. She likes Evander and doesn't allow anyone else near him. Good thing he doesn't like her. If it were me, I'd prefer Yvonne too."
They spoke as if they were programmed robots.
Even though I had never shown any affection for Evander.
Even though I had only scolded Yvonne to make her pay for the damages.
Affected by the plot, everyone around me seemed like NPCs.
Perhaps I should just follow the script, mindlessly liking Evander and becoming the malicious villainess targeting Yvonne.
But I stayed silent.
Evander misunderstood this as agreement.
He looked at me with disdain. "So you've been targeting Yvonne all along because of me."
"Too bad I have no interest in a woman as vicious as you. The only person I'll ever love is Yvonne. If you can't accept that, then you're opposing my family."
"And you all," he said, glaring fiercely at my friends:
"You bully Yvonne, and I'll make sure you don't get away with it. Your parents' business dealings with my family will be over."
My friends turned pale at his words, begging for mercy.
Evander sneered at their pitiful expressions:
"Forgive you? Fine, as long as Rosamund drops out and leaves me and Yvonne's world, I won't hold you responsible!"
