""Get lost!"
Vermes Marley let go of Ruby Carter as if discarding trash, not even bothering to spare her a glance.
With a feeling of extreme fear and shock, Ruby fled, tears streaming down her face as she ran. The injustice of it all was overwhelming.
Even when Garvin didn't reciprocate her feelings in the past, he had never been this brutally harsh towards her, at most showing an indifferent and aloof demeanor. But now, for the sake of Ella Lacey, he tore off all pretenses, ready to wage a war.
What was so special about Ella Lacey?!
Could it really be, as Sally had said, that Ella had something extraordinary about her that both the elders of the Lindsey and Jefferson families wanted?
If only she had known. She should have killed Ella when she was trapped under that mountain after her transfer to Cloud University.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have so much trouble now.
