The Dress Swap That Exposed Her Perfect Lie Chapter 08

The Dress Swap That Exposed Her Perfect Lie Chapter 08

I shot her a grateful look.

Then I stepped past Liam and Ethan and faced Vera.

“We were friends. I helped you so many times. You couldn’t even say thank you, and now you can’t even

explain this?”

Vera froze. A flush crept up her cheeks, all the way to her ears. She stammered, but no words came out. Just big, crystal tears rolling down her face.

Everyone watched.

Vera was already sobbing.

“You don’t need to play the victim anymore,” I said coldly. “I’m done…”

Liam cut me off with a bitter laugh.

“I grew up with you. Since when are you this selfless? Selfless enough to sacrifice yourself for someone else?” His gaze was sharp, a mocking smile on his lips.

“We all know how humiliating it is to stain a white dress in public. Who the hell would trade away her clean clothes and expect nothing in return? Are you really that jealous of Vera? You’d actually make up something

like this?”

It felt like a bucket of ice water to the face.

I stared at him in disbelief.

All those memories rushed through my head, Liam and his sharp mouth, but still, we’d been tight. Completely

in sync.

And now, he didn’t even have basic trust in me.

The quiet girl looked helpless. “How can you be so…”

I tugged her sleeve and gave her a sad smile. “Thank you. But I don’t care anymore. Let him think whatever he wants. My conscience is clear. I’ve just heard…”

I looked meaningfully at Vera, each word deliberate. “…that people who betray a genuine heart always get

what’s coming to them.”

After that, I took the sundress I’d washed spotless by hand, and dropped it in the trash.

Ethan, who’d been silent the whole time, watched me with a dark, unreadable expression. His voice came out hoarse. “Hazel…”

I acted like I didn’t hear him.

I grabbed the girl who’d stood up for me and pulled her toward the store. “Thank you. I’m buying you snacks.”