He Mocked My Scar, So I Left Him to His Regret Chapter 09

He Mocked My Scar, So I Left Him to His Regret Chapter 09

Bianca went rigid, as if she’d been slapped. She couldn’t get a single word out.

But Holden wasn’t finished.

“Why did you report her for being on lunch assistance?”

“You had your parents’ love, a privileged life, everyone at school fawning over you. Your father could bend the entire resource committee to his will. Why did you still have to bully her?”

“You even used her scar-treatment money to buy a necklace.”

At that, some of Bianca’s confidence seemed to return.

“It’s not like I knew her house code.”

“She never changed it. Dad just tried a few combinations and got

it open.”

“And we were trying to be nice! We wanted to take her to lunch. How were we supposed to know she wasn’t home?”

“Dad was the one who broke open her piggy bank for me. I thought there’d be more inside, but it was only twenty-three hundred dollars. That’s not even a week of my allowance.”

“With a face like hers, I’m embarrassed just standing next to her

Holden didn’t want to hear her voice for another second.

She was still beautiful, but the malice beneath the surface was

impossible to ignore now.

“Shut up!” he roared.

“Get out.”

His pupils flashed gold, the warning edge of a shift making Bianca

stumble back.

Holden no longer cared about being polite. All he wanted was for this person, this accomplice in his cruelty to Lucia, to disappear.

The world was so big. Would he and Lucia ever meet again?

The muggy summer wind brushed against his forehead.

+8 Bonus

From now on, no one would ever hold up a tissue and carefully

wipe the sweat away for him again.