In a panic, her backpack fell under the seat.

rieka pounded Kieran’s shoulder like crazy. “Kieran, are you out of your mind?”

Kieran mped around her waist, pinning her to the driver’s seat. He used one hand to hold her chin, his dark eyes sharply fixed on hers. “Do you think I’m stupid?”

rieka put her arm between them to keep a distance. “You mistook me for Roschelle. Why can’t I feel disgusted?

“I said I wanted to keep my distance from you. It’s you who crossed the line.

“Also, have you found out who drugged you?”

She grabbed Kieran’s neatly cut cor. Her cold eyes were moist with tears. “Don’t frame me again.”

“Again?” Kieran looked at her coldly. “When have I ever framed you?”

ricka thought, “He framed me so many times in the past. How miserable my death was. Kieran and Roschelle stabbed me many times.”

Suddenly, Kieran sneered and gripped her chin, “Also, keeping distance? I never allowed it.”

ricka’s eyes reddened instantly. “What do you mean?”

Kieran’s voice was very calm. “Before I figure things out, you can’t run

away.”

“All in all, you still don’t doubt Roschelle,” ricka said sarcastically “It’s already obvious. Other than that ss of juice, where else is the doubt?”

She smiled sarcastically at Kieran. “Roschelle seeded, didn’t she?”

Kieran’s expression darkened, his words unclear. “No.”

But rieka understood what he meant. “This has nothing to do with me.”

She pushed Kieran away hard, sat back in her seat, and picked up the backpack under the seat to hug it.

The rest of the journey was filled with silence. Kieran resumed his focus on the tablet, scrolling through documents.

Upon arriving at school, ricka swiftly got out of the car and left without a backward nce.

Meanwhile, inside the car, Kieran’s phone began to ring.

It was a call from Roschelle. “Kier, are you feeling better now?”

Kieran grunted softly.

After a pause, Roschelle spoke quietly, almost shyly, “Kier, why didn’t you let me help youst night? I know you care about me, but I was willing to…”

“Rose,” Kieran interrupted, his voice low, “don’t think about it.”

Roschelle fell silent.

After a while, she asked, “Kier, why did you send Ms. Huston to

school today? What did you talk about?”

Kieran replied briefly, “Nothing.”

Roschelle suddenly said, “Kier, do you suspect me of drugging you?“,

After a brief silence, Kieran’s voice softened. “No, don’t worry.”

Roschelle finally smiled in relief, “Then I’m at case. I’ll wait for you toe back.”

Kieran grunted and hung up the phone.

He nced at the school gate. rieka had already melted into the crowd.

Because of rissa, rieka was quite unpopr at school. She was mostly left out and had few friends.

This was an elite school, filled with spoiled kids. Since the Argent family was the top family in town, rissa had a bunch of followers.

After all, she was the real heiress of the Argent family.

As soon as rieka walked into the ssroom, one of rissa’s followers started mocking, “What’s that smell? So bad. Did someone not take a bath for days and roll around in a trash can?”

The other studentsughed, their eyes kind of drifting over to ricka with looks of mockery and disgust.

rieka walked by, expressionless, and kicked a foot deliberately ced in the aisle. She then sat down calmly.

rissa was irritated by her behavior.

She stood up, gathered her followers, and kicked over rieka’s desk.

Chapte 15

ricka stepped back just in time to avoid the falling desk.

She looked up coldly. “What are you doing?”