"Sandra, do you need me to call the police for you? Report that you were abused and held captive?" Hannah asked with particr care.


    Sandra shuddered at the offer,pletely bewildered by Hannah''s sudden disy of kindness.


    She took a deep breath and shook her head. "No, thank you. I was just threatened. This is your business. You all can sort it out yourselves. I''m leaving."


    She stood up and quickly walked out of the coffee shop. The atmosphere was just too strange, and if she stayed any longer, the crowd would only continue to stare.


    This was their mess, yet somehow she had gotten dragged into the middle of it. The thought alone was suffocating.


    She even felt a pang of regret for ever crossing Hannah.


    The woman used to be so docile. When had she be this unhinged?


    Turns out even a rabbit bites when cornered — and it hurts more than you''d think. Hannah was a terrifying woman.


    With Sandra gone, only the four of them remained.


    Hannah lowered her gaze, thinking for a moment before looking up at Lionel, her tone heavy with meaning.


    "From the very beginning, you''re the one who has been taking matters into your own hands. You''re the one who insisted on showing me evidence. Now there''s no evidence, and your witness was lying."


    "And I never cared about this in the first ce. So, I assume this matter is now closed?"


    Lionel, who had been silent all this time, finally broke. "Hannah, please believe me. I''m not that vicious. I would never lie."


    "We''ve known each other for over a decade. You should know my character."


    Hearing this, Samuel couldn''t help but roll his eyes and burst outughing.


    Hannah let out a long sigh and looked into Lionel''s eyes. "You''re right, we have known each other for


    over a decade, and you think I should know of person What ki you are. By that same logic, you


    should also know what kind of


    person I am, shouldn''t you?"


    "But for the past three years, you never seemed to believe me. Why on earth should


    I believe you now?"


    Hannah picked up her coffee, making it clear she was done with the conversation.


    They had known each other for


    more than ten years, yet he had never trusted her, always taking Sandra''s word as gospel. Bubnow he was demanding her trust.


    He was invoking their decade-long history, but why should that history obligate her


    to believe him when it had never been enough for him to believe her?


    You had to admire his nerve. Standing there in front of everyone,ying it all out


    a truly bold disy of having no shame.


    "It''s gettingte. We should go. Let''s not take up the table, there are other people waiting."


    Hannah downed her coffee in one gulp, stood up, and left. Samuel and Quennel followed closely behind, leaving Lionel sitting alone at the table.


    He remained in his seat long after their figures had vanished from the coffee shop.


    All around him, people were furiously tapping on their phones, typing out messages to post online This was a shocking event, and it had to be shared immediately!