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    The apple had caught Damianpletely off guard. He’d been sitting there, enjoying the show and waiting to see how Heather would respond to Clifton’s jab, never imagining the response would be aimed at him.


    If anyone else had thrown it, Damian would have med bad aim. But Heather never missed her mark. She had aimed for him.


    After the sting began to fade, Damian turned to her, his face twisted in anger. “Are you out of your mind? I didn’t even say anything! Why am I the one getting nailed?”


    He didn’t have to say what everyone was thinking. The insult hade from Clifton. Why not aim for him?


    Heather ced her hands on her hips again, a sly smile appearing. “You really think I’d waste an apple on Clifton? I can’t take him in a real fight, and I’m smart enough not to go after someone who’d beat me.”


    There was no sugarcoating her reasoning. She picked her battles carefully and only went after those she could outmatch.


    Among the Four Guardians, everyone knew rank came down to fighting skills, and Heather had Damian beat every time.


    Damian red in disbelief, but after a moment, he gave up and stormed off without bothering to argue further.


    Meanwhile, Adah was already upstairs, sitting across from Elliana in the study. She studied her friend for a moment and asked, “Elliana, what’s got you looking so pale?”


    Elliana was still simmering. Her thoughts kept circling Cole’s n to marry the real Campbell heiress. She twirled a mango milk candy between her fingers, her face set in a grim line.


    Elliana looked up, met Adah’s eyes, and then dropped her gaze with a heavy sigh. “Adah, you were right. There’s not a single good man left in this world.”


    Adah paused briefly before letting out a chuckle. “A couple of hours ago, you were flirting with Cole like a pro. Why the long face now?”


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    Elliana didn’t hold back. She poured out every detail of her conversation with Paulina.


    “Hmph!” Elliana scoffed, frustration bubbling over. “Cole didn’t push me aside and let me flirt with him. He has Paulina snooping into my background, all the while searching for the real Campbell heiress just to marry her. What a total scumbag!”


    Elliana ripped open the candy wrapper and shoved the sweet into her mouth. But instead of savoring it, she bit down hard, crushing it with sharp cracks, as though she were chewing Cole to bits.


    This very candy had been a gift from Cole. In fact, all the sweets she ate these days were from him.


    Back when he was chasing her, he’d showered her with candy. He’d even handed her an entire billion-dor candypany, making her believe life with him would be nothing but sweet. And now, looking at the bitterness his frustrating memory loss caused her, she thought, What a bastard!


    Adah processed the revtion before shrugging. “Yeah, that’s pretty scummy.”


    Cole’s actions were baffling. His mother’s dying wish was for him to marry the Campbell heiress—he’d never go against that. But digging into Elliana’s background? That meant he was interested. What kind of twisted game was he ying? Maybe he nned to marry the Campbell heiress and keep Elliana hidden away. Pfft. Dream on.


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