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Chapter 105
in peace .
After this unexpected interlude , everyone was finally able to watch the live stream in
However , for some reason , the content of the live stream became duller than before , almost as if waiting for this drama to conclude .
Just as Althea walked off â screen , the footage immediately changed .
What no one could have anticipated , though , was that instead of the imagined scene , a close â up of a face appeared on screen-
other than Stelian .
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the face of none
But what caught everyoneâs attention more was his action .
He was blocking Elysia against the door with one hand .
A faintly mocking smile played on his lips as he asked , â Why arenât you avoiding me this time ! Hmin ? â
Elysia turned her head , her gaze landing on her small room of less than 100 square feet .
She wanted to hide , but there was simply no place to go !
This scene , however , triggered something in Stellan .
Memories he thought long forgotten suddenly resurfaced , and he instinctively raised his hand to cover his face , unable to bear the awkwardness of it all .
Meanwhile , viewers in the live stream were mercilessly mocking him .
Stellan , do you think youâre some domineering protagonist in romance novels , huh ? That pose , that tone â LOL ! Come on , Stellan , say something .
Go on ! Hmm ? ]
[ Dude , youâve barged into her room ! Where else can she hide ? ]
[ Whatâs wrong with you , Stellan ! Stop pestering Elysul What are you trying to do ! Did you bully her ! Hit her ? Insulted her ? Or slandered her like that bitchy Rowena ! ]
Stellan thought , â Well , no , I didnât do any of that , Do I look like one of those brainless fools from the Drayton family ? â
Stellanâs lips twitched as he mustered the courage to look back at the screen .
Anyway , the viewers would soon know what he was going to do .
But suddenly .
Elysia said , â I donât know you .
Her voice was barely audible and her words muffled and hesitant .
She hadnât expected the young man to barge into her room when she opened the door , leading to their current situation .
Stellan was momentarily at a loss for words .
After all , he was the one who caused her to be surrounded and photographed last time , and in the end , even scared her away .
Therefore , he figured it would be better to offer her an explanation to avoid making it harder to approach her in the future .
â Your dad asked me to pick her daughter up from the school back then , so I assumed it was you .
It wasnât until later that I found out it was Rowena , clarified Stellan .
Right then , the otherwise silent room was suddenly interrupted by a beeping sound .
Stellan looked down and noticed two drops of blood on the light â colored marble floor .
Blood had come from Elysiaâs fingertip , where she had pressed so hard it broke the skin .
Elysia looked embarrassed as if someone had discovered her secret .
Sise quickly hid her hand behind her back and feigned calmness as she asked , â So , do you have anything else to say ? Please say it quickly and then leave my room .
â
Stellanâs gaze flickered away as if he hadnât noticed anything .
He said teasingly , â I heard you didnât get the fist â track admission spot? â
Elysiaâs heart jolted .
She thought , Is he here to mock me ? Or did he receive Rowennâs orders to humiliate me again and again ! â
Either way , Stellanâs presence made her feel strange and uncomfortable .
Even diugh she knew he wasnât that man , he still gave her a sense of fear .
Elysia kept her lips pressed tightly together , tacitly acknowledging his words .
Stellan smiled confidently .
Under the confused gager of the audience , he said , â I have a way to get you into high school .
â
moment .
She stopped pinching her fingers behind her back as she looked up blankly at the tall man before her .
Elysia Image for a moment .
However , it only lasted for three seconds .
After those three seconds , she lowered her head like a deflated balloon and said , â No , thank you â
Her response carried a hint of resignation and self â mockery .
Because deep down , Elysia knew she had nothing of value to exchange with the young
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Stellan , however , couldnât understand .
Based on what he had heard from Rowena and what he had seen himself , Elysia should have been desperate to leave her family .
Stellan couldnât help but wonder , â Could it be that she doesnât care about the humiliation her family inflicted on her ? No , sheâs only sixteen .
How could she possibly endure all this ?â
for good .
Or do
Stellan continued , â I can get you into high school , and youâll only need to stay there for two years before you can leave this place for g you want to stay in this broken â down cage , letting Rowena steal whatâs yours ? Right now , Iâm the only one who can help you .
â
Stellan proposed another highly tempting offer .
If Elysia accepted it , she could escape this tormenting cage of a home much earlier than expected .
By all rights , she would be free in two years when she turned eighteen , but with the current situation , high school would last three years .
That meant she would have to endure three more years of living with them or maybe less
After all , Torin had mentioned that once she came of age , he would let her fend for herself .
The young manâs words drew her in like a magnet , igniting a strong desire in her heart .
Compared to Elysiaâs current state , Torin was watching everything unfold from off â screen in anger .
Just moments ago , he had been wondering why there was a specialized class with a two â year program and he also hadnât seen Elysia at all during the last year .
â So itâs all your doing ! Youâre stirring up trouble ! What good does it do for you to take Elysia away from our family ? Torin growled after figuring out everything .
Stellan merely rolled his eyes at him while netizens jumped to his defense .
Does your relationship even need string ? Thereâs no bond or care , just a pile of loose sand that scatters with the wind .
]
[ Oh , here we go again ! Torin being Torin , always blames everyone else : Dr.
Rookwood is saving Elysia ! Bow down and thank him already ! ]
â What do you want ? â Elysiaâs voice cur through the silence , making her desperation clear .
She was so eager to leave that she did not even question the method or why the timeline was so shor
Torin felt a pang of shume .
The netizens â comments and Elysiaâs words siung like a slap across his face .
He thought .
But I also want to know why is Stellan helping her .
What is his motive ? Or ⦠has he been manipulating her feelings from the start ? But back then , she was only in junior high ! This bastard ! â
As Torin clenched his fists , ready to pin Stellan down and beat him , the latter calmly said , â I donât need anything .
I just want to help you .
His tone was unusually sincere .
Elysia was stunned , not because of how close his face was but because of the earnestness in his gaze .
Once she regained her composure , she couldnât deny that she felt moved , but there was still a lot of doubt in her mind .
He was just a boy around her age , not a family member or someone she was particularly close to
Elysia recalled what Stellan Rookwood had told her as school before ,
â Iâm not pregnant , â Elysia said in a muffled voice .
The sentence she had repeated countless times to her family surfaced again , carrying an indescribable weight .
Even she didnât know why she blurted it out to someone who was practically a stranger .
Therefore , the moment the words left her mouth , she regretted them .
Frustrated , she snapped , â Did Rowena send you ? What exactly does she
Stellan extended his slender fingers without warning , Before Elysia could react , he quickly brushed aside her thick bangs and pressed them to the top of her head .
Her beautiful eyes were fully exposed and reflected shock and disbelief .
In the face of her startled expression , Stellan said calmly , â Of course , I know those rumors are false .
And your grades arenât bad either , right ? â
Hirvoice , like a gentle stream , soothed Elysiaâs tightly wound nerves .
But before she could fully relax , Stellan continued , â No one in your family believes you , and your teachers at school wonât step in .
What do you plan to do ! Rowena is afraid of you stealing her spotlight .
Even if you switch schools , she wonât stop smearing your reputation until ⦠your father kicks you out â
Elysiaâs face turned pale , and her struggles grew more frantic .
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But Stellan wasnât finished .
He leaned down to meet her gaze again and added , â No , I stand corrected .
Someone who values his name like your father wouldnât let you cause trouble and embarrass him .
That leaves only a special school ⦠or juvenile detention â
Each word felt like a heavy stone dropped onto Elysiaâs heart , the weight building and she felt as if she would collapse at any moment .
She had thought that changing her environment might free her from this nightmare , but after hearing Stellanâs words , she couldnât deny that Howena likely wanted to drive her out .
However , she refused to believe Rupert would send her to such a place .
Fear gripped Elysia at first , but it quickly turned into despair .
No matter the outcome , she felt crushed under the suffocating weight of it all .
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