"Since Hannah''s not here, I have nothing to say to you. She can''t stand you, after all. I asked you to put in a good word for me, but who knows what kind of nonsense you''d actually say."


    He had thought that getting in so easily today meant he''d finally get to see Hannah and sort things out, but instead, she was gone, leaving him with the very woman who used to bully her.


    He had only found out about her mistreatment of Hannahter on.


    The moment Hannah returned home, Cherry had gone after her, even knowing full well who Hannah was. She still had the audacity to bully her!


    Who knew if she''d turn on Hannah again in the future? It was better to keep his distance. Besides, if Hannah found out he''d been in contact with her, she would despise him even more.


    Associating with the people who had hurt Hannah felt like a betrayal.


    He''d already learned his lesson with Sandra; he absolutely couldn''t make the same mistake with this woman.


    "Listen to you. Anyone who didn''t know better would think you neverid a hand on Hannah. The one who hurt her the most, who cut her the deepest, was you, not me. All I did was bicker with her, and we made up right after."


    Cherry watched his self-righteous act. If she hadn''t known what this man was truly capable of, she might have mistaken him for some kind of righteous hero who had suddenly appeared before her.


    "To be honest, at first, I was also worried Hannah wouldn''t forgive me."


    Cherry feigned a look of concern, touching her cheeks as she continued to mock him. “After all, I gave her a hard time, and you did too. Since she never forgave you, I assumed I''d meet the same fate. But to my surprise, Hannah didn''t hold a grudge. She''s been incredibly good to me."


    Cherry knew exactly what he hated, what he envied, and what he wanted most. She was deliberately twisting the knife.


    Sure enough, after she finished speaking, Lionel''s expression turned venomous.


    He stared at her, grinding his back teeth so hard his jaw ached. He clenched his hands into tight fists, the veins popping on their backs.


    Seeing his barely contained rage, Cherry''s delight grew, and her smile widened.


    “You see, I made the same mistake you did at the beginning. But I came to my senses immediately, realized I was wrong, and quickly bowed my head, apologized, and swore it would never happen again."


    "And so, Hannah forgave me. But look at you. You just kept making one mistake after another, digging the hole deeper and deeper. After everything you''ve done, you still expect her forgiveness? What a joke. For someone like you, even if you got down on your knees and begged right now, Hannah would never


    forgive you."


    Cherry noticed that as long as she kept talking about Hannah, especially about how


    Hannah had forgiven her, he grew increasingly vtile.


    He was like a powder keg with a short fuse.


    But everything she said was the truth.


    selfish had acted out of


    back then, trying to


    intimidate Hannah, the moment she


    returned to put her in her ce:


    However, she had also apologized to Hannah immediately, realizing that fighting her


    was pointless. So, she had wisely thrown her lot in with Hannah.


    It was a testament to her cleverness.