Chapter 29

Liya's POV

As I watched Lily walk away, I could not help but feel a sense of relief. The tension that seemed to be tightened in my chest ever since her arrival unknotted, leaving me a lot lighter. She had done nothing but antagonize me.

After her confession just now, I realized that she was also behind my spiked drink at her party the other time. I shuddered to think that she would go that far; let me be taken advantage of by a total stranger, just to humiliate me in front of the triplets and the entire student body. Just to brand me a slut. It was despicable, but not hard to believe after seeing how she acted.

I was not expecting Hunter to force her to drop out, but it was the best thing that could happen to me right now, and the joy I had from knowing that I would no longer see her at school was brimming in my chest. I turned my attention away from her receding figure, and tried to focus on what was happening in front of me. I tried to sit up on the grass, but the pain shooting thro