CHAPTER 467: CHAPTER 467: DON’T WANT TO BE A BAD GUY

Jocelyn Hayes asked expressionlessly, "What do you mean?"

Evelyn Vaughn stepped forward and said, "If Ashley Shaw really considered you her best friend, she should have taken you with her in that car just now. But she didn’t; she took someone else... I remember the four of you always hung out together, right? You treat her as your top friend, but in her heart, someone else holds that spot."

After Evelyn Vaughn finished speaking, she turned to leave.

However, before she could fully turn around, Jocelyn Hayes grabbed her shoulder, forcibly turning her back.

Evelyn Vaughn didn’t understand what was happening, and in the next second, she got slapped hard across the face.

Her cheek burned with pain, but Evelyn, too surprised to react, merely stared wide-eyed at Jocelyn Hayes.

Jocelyn Hayes sneered coldly, saying, "Sowing discord, you deserve a slap!"

Evelyn finally reacted, covering her face with disbelief.

"You dare hit me?!"

"So what if I hit you? If murder weren’t illegal, you’d be dead already."

"You... you... aren’t you afraid I’ll tell the teacher?"

Jocelyn Hayes laughed.

"Go ahead, tell the teacher. I have something to say to Ms. Wright too. Some people waste a whole day at school not studying, just scheming. Have you watched too many palace drama shows?"

"You..."

Jocelyn Hayes didn’t give her a chance to speak, continuing, "You said I’m not Ashley’s top friend, someone else is... and you’re right. I’ve known Ashley for less than a month, but she’s known Ariana for three years. If she suddenly treated me as her best friend, I’d think there’s something wrong with her."

"..."

"You wanted to say she took Ariana instead of me this time, right? To be honest with you, it was one of Ashley and Ariana’s former high school classmates who invited them out. Why would they take me to a high school reunion?"

Evelyn Vaughn widened her eyes, completely unprepared for this revelation.

No words left to say, her face only felt hot.

But before she could say anything, Jocelyn Hayes spoke again: "I don’t have many friends because I’ve seen too many people like you. I’d advise you to behave yourself in the future, or I’ll slap you every time you cause trouble. You should know what my family does; if things really get out of hand, I can just drop out and destroy you!"

Evelyn Vaughn’s face turned pale.

She couldn’t afford to mess with a lunatic who had nothing to lose.

Thankfully, there was no one in the hallway to witness her getting slapped by Jocelyn Hayes, saving her a bit of face.

Jocelyn Hayes gave her a cool glance, sneered softly, rubbed her hand, and turned back to the dormitory.

Evelyn Vaughn’s body began to slowly tremble, partly from fear and partly from anger.

The anger needs no explanation. As for the fear, it was because of Jocelyn Hayes’s threatening remark: "You should know what my family does; if things really get out of hand, I’ll destroy you!". Such harsh words, said by anyone else, could be ignored.

But Jocelyn Hayes... She had witnessed her shameless, brazen behavior during military training.

She was the type who meant what she said.

After steadying her trembling body with difficulty, Evelyn Vaughn returned to the dormitory.

Fortunately, the slap left no mark, but people were curious when they saw her return: "Weren’t you going to borrow a broom? Where is it?"

Evelyn Vaughn tried to come up with an excuse: "I ran into an old high school classmate..."

Mentioning high school classmates reminded her of what Jocelyn Hayes had said.

Clenching her hand tightly, she continued, "Talked for a bit and forgot. I’ll go borrow it now..."

This time, after going out, she finally borrowed a broom and started cleaning.

...

On the other side, the one Jocelyn had quietly reported to—the one who betrayed her, Jensen Hayes—finally called.

But she wasn’t saying anything bad, so she felt at ease.

"Robin..."

Jensen Hayes, with droplets of water on his tanned skin, had just finished training and taken a shower.

When he saw the message from Jocelyn, he hadn’t even dried his hair—there was no need; it dried quickly under the sun.

"Are you adapting to the new school?" Jensen asked.

"It’s okay, at least happier than before. Occasionally, some fool looks for trouble, and I just slap them..."

Jensen nearly blacked out on the other end of the line.

"Robin, why are you fighting with people again?"

"I’m not fighting; I’m one-sidedly hitting them."

The vision went even darker.

"You know your own health; you shouldn’t let your emotions fluctuate too much. Learn to control your emotions, don’t be a slave to them..."

"Oh, come on! Jensen, did you call just to lecture me?"

Jensen frowned disapprovingly on the other end: "Mind your manners!"

Then he asked, "You said Ashley went out to have fun?"

Finally, getting to the point.

Earlier, he felt embarrassed to ask, as he had seen Ashley Shaw only a few times.

Now if he acted too interested, would it make him seem like a bad guy intent on seduction?

He despised associating with anything "bad" in his life.

But how could Jocelyn think of it this way?

Hearing him finally mention Ashley, she smiled.

Glancing over at Lynn Redding, who was passionately gaming with her headphones on, she felt relieved and spoke into her phone: "Yeah, with a rich and handsome guy! I watched from the balcony, and he was so handsome I nearly fainted."

Jensen got nervous.

"You feel dizzy? Have you checked your heart rate?"

Jocelyn was speechless.

"Brother, is your mind only filled with being a cop, leaving no room for anything else?"

Hearing her words, Jensen snapped out of it.

"Is he... is he pursuing her?"

"Yes!" Although Jocelyn didn’t know the specifics, she blatantly lied: "You wouldn’t believe it! When Ashley got in the car, he even shielded her head to prevent her from hitting the door."

Jensen could already visualize the scene, subconsciously tightening his grip on the phone.

Seeing the phone silent for a while, Jocelyn couldn’t help but ask, "Brother, what have you been doing these past few days? Like a dragon seen fleetingly, not even a single call. Am I mistaken, or have you not even called Ashley?"

"Well... I’ve been training freshmen recently, assembling at dawn and training until nine in the evening. I generally just bathe and sleep, no time for anything else."

Jocelyn was surprised: "You’re training freshmen? Isn’t that usually done by instructors?"

"Our school’s a bit different."

"Alright, you’re a police academy, you’re aloof. So aloof you won’t even have a wife."

"I do have feelings for Ashley... but not to the extent you’re saying. Besides, if I keep calling, what if she gets annoyed?"

"She won’t! Anyway, you must make time tomorrow to take Ashley to dinner!"