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Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Cecilia looked at the defiant assistant coldly and sneered. “If you regret it, feel free to come to me.”
After saying that, she called the chancellor.
Yvette kicked the assistant angrily. “Don’t think that if you don’t say it, we won’t know you’re under
Juliana’s instruction!”
The assistant pretended not to hear it.
At this time, Cecilia had already connected with the chancellor.
“Mr. Lane, please fire the assistant of Studio No. 5.”
Hearing this, the assistant burst into laughter.
“Just like that? You’re quite the actress! You should be in the performing arts department, not the music
department!”
Even Juliana and Yvette didn’t have the authority to order the chancellor to do anything.
“She is a brainless country bumpkin who can’t even act,” the assistant thought.
On the other end of the phone, the chancellor heard the assistant’s ridicule and agreed to Cecilia’s Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.
request without even asking why. “All right. I’ll arrange it immediately.”
Soon after the call, the assistant quickly received a dismissal notice from the HR Department.
The assistant couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the dismissal notice signed personally by
Hendrix.
“It must be fake!” he thought.
Yet, it had Hendrix’s personal seal and the HR department’s official stamp. It couldn’t be fake.
He soon understood what was going on.
“Mr. Lane and Cecilia are involved in some way!” he thought.
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That was why Cecilia could skip classes, bully classmates without consequences, and even be a
mistress without anyone intervening.
With this realization, he pointed at Cecilia’s nose and scolded, “Don’t think you can be untouchable at
Quilton University by having S** with Mr. Lane!”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
In their eyes, Hendrix had always been a model of virtue. They never thought that he would be involved
in such scandalous affairs.
Cecilia looked at the assistant who was turning the tables on her and gave him a cold, icy glare. “Shut
your filthy mouth, or I’ll make sure you regret it.”
“You dare to threaten me even after your secret is out? You’re such a…” Before the assistant could
finish his words,
Christopher kicked him, sending him flying.
Crashing into the wall heavily, he smashed on the ground. His face hit the ground, causing him to lose
two teeth and bleeding profusely.
He must have broken some bones because he winced in pain with every movement.
Yvette swallowed hard, immediately distanced herself from Christopher, and moved closer to Cecilia.
She asked in a low voice, “Ceci, you’re not scared, are you?”
Cecilia wasn’t scared at all. She just felt that Christopher was being too meddlesome.
She preferred to take revenge on her own.
Nevertheless, she couldn’t be ungrateful to him.
“Mr. Christopher Forte, although I don’t need your help, thank you.”
Christopher said with a faint expression, “You’re welcome. I
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just had an itch to scratch.”
Deliberately misunderstanding his words, Yvette couldn’t contain her joy. She teased, “Tsk, so the
famous Mr. Christopher Forte has athlete’s foot?”
Cecilia looked puzzled, not understanding what was so amusing.
After a while, the assistant struggled to get up from the ground. His face was deathly pale, and his
mouth was bleeding from where he’d lost two teeth.
He looked at Christopher, who kicked him. Suppressed by the dominating aura of his opponent, he
didn’t dare to argue with the latter.
Before he left, he glanced at Cecilia viciously. It was evident that he wouldn’t let her go easily.
However, Cecilia didn’t care.
He was just a mere chess piece, which she could not be bothered less.
Christopher looked at the trembling boys with chills in his
eyes.
The boys who had been watching in fear immediately rushed to Cecilia and began apologizing
profusely
They had sold Juliana out without hesitation; their own lives were more important.
However, Juliana had been very smart. She never directly incited them. Instead, she dropped hints,
allowing the boys to connect the dots on their own.
Hence, there was no evidence to prove that she was behind it.
Cecilia had long known from the beginning that it was not easy to tear Juliana’s mask off.
She said to one of the boys, “Call Juliana. If she begs me to forgive you, I’ll let you go. Otherwise…”
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She didn’t finish her sentence, but her gaze fell to the ground. A puddle of blood marked the spot
where the assistant had lost two teeth.
The boy was terrified, sitting on the ground in a daze as he frantically dialed Juliana’s number.
At that moment, Juliana was still unaware of what had happened on the third floor.
Seeing the call, she thought that the boy had done it and was calling to claim victory.
She answered immediately with a sweet voice, “Kenny…”
Drawing out the end of her words like a hook, she ensnared the boy’s soul.
Cecilia took the boy’s phone away and put it on speaker. She taunted, “Juliana, it’s a shame you’re not
working as a hostess.” Hearing Cecilia’s voice, Juliana almost threw her phone away in fear.
Still, she quickly regained her composure.
Realizing her seduction tactic had been exposed, she bit her lip in anger. “How did Kenneth’s phone
end up in your hand?”
“Because he claimed you were behind his intentional provocations. So, I had him call you and confront
you.”
Juliana, fearing her conversation might be recorded, refused to admit it. “He is talking nonsense. I have
nothing to do with it.”
“Juliana, regardless of the truth, if you beg for his forgiveness, I’ll let it go. Otherwise, he’ll be short two
teeth.”
“Beg you? In your dreams!”
“Just a word from you to save Kenneth’s teeth. Are you sure you won’t?”
“No!” Then Juliana hung up the phone without hesitation.
In her eyes, begging for Kenneth would be admitting her
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involvement in his provocation.
Moreover, she was now the sole heiress of the Yancey family. She would not lower herself to plead for
a country bumpkin who had been expelled from the family.
Cecilia had expected that Juliana would not beg for mercy.
She had done this to show Juliana’s sycophantic followers that she wasn’t worth their loyalty.
Her purpose had been achieved.
Obviously, the boys who had been watching in fear were shocked by Juliana’s coldheartedness.
Cecilia tossed the phone back to Kenneth and said, “Blame your bad luck. Your teeth will stay.”
Without setting an example, she thought those people wouldn’t truly fear her.
Once again, Christopher beat her to the punch, kicking the boy in the face.
Two bloody teeth flew out.
“Get lost!” After Christopher’s roar, the remaining boys scrambled away in fear, helping the injured
Kenneth retreat.
Meanwhile, those who had been secretly watching the drama on the third floor disappeared in an
instant.
With the annoying people gone, Christopher’s imposing aura also receded.
When Cecilia looked at him, he explained, “You’re still a student, and I’m better suited to handle these
matters as an outsider.”
He would protect the ones he favored, not wanting them to make their hands filthy.
Yvette, however, looked at Christopher in shock.
“When did the cold, emotionless Christopher become so
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warm–hearted?” she wondered.
Although feeling confused, she still nodded in agreement. “Ceci, if you take action, people will accuse
you of bullying.”
“Let them say what they want. I don’t care,” After saying that, Cecilia turned to Christopher and said,
“Please don’t interfere in my affairs in the future.”
She came to Quilton University just because the Yancey family wanted her to study.
Now that she had severed ties with the family, studying or not studying didn’t matter to her.
This man’s attitude towards her was too peculiar, and it made her wary.
Christopher looked at Cecilia meaningfully, his lips curled up as he dropped a bombshell.
“After kissing, hugging and sleeping with me, you still want to distance yourself?”
Cecilia was dumbfounded.
She didn’t expect Christopher to bring up that incident so directly. Her face turned red, and she felt
extremely embarrassed, wishing she could find a hole to hide in.
Meanwhile, Yvette was completely stunned, her eyes almost popped out.
“Christopher, what… What did you say?”
Christopher looked at Cecilia, who was blushing with
embarrassment, and deliberately continued, “Didn’t catch that? Let me repeat it then. I and…”
Cecilia hurriedly covered Christopher’s mouth. “Don’t you dare say it!”
She regretted that night so much and despised alcohol more than ever.
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If she hadn’t been drunk, such an embarrassing incident would never have happened.
Fortunately, nothing serious had occurred that night.
Otherwise, she would have castrated the man in front of her.
Seeing the murderous look in Cecilia’s eyes for a split second, Christopher suddenly kissed the palm of
her hand.
Cecilia immediately withdrew her hand as if it had been burned. “What are you doing?”
“Just returning the favor,” Christopher said, implying that since she had kissed his teardrop mole
before, he was now kissing her palm to even the score.
Cecilia knew this wasn’t how it worked, but at the moment, she couldn’t come up with a
counterargument.
Yvette, who was still clueless about what had just happened, kept shifting her gaze between
Christopher and Cecilia.
After a while, she sensed a strong feeling of a couple between them.
The beautiful and fierce Cecilia, paired with the resolute and decisive Christopher, was a perfect
match.
She wanted to support them.
Therefore, she immediately changed her attitude, shifting from previous rejection to full support.
“Ceci, I didn’t expect you and Christopher to be so close.”
“We’re not close at all!” Cecilia replied stiffly, getting ready to leave.
It was still early for her recording session, and she didn’t want to wait any longer.
Christopher deliberately asked Yvette, “Is the recording studio on the fourth floor much better?”
Yvette nodded, “Yes. The recording equipment upstairs is the
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best in the world.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized Christopher’s true intention.
Thinking that the recording studio of Yates Corporation was currently vacant, she invited Cecilia and
said, “Ceci, you can go upstairs to do your recording. You don’t need to wait, and the equipment is also
better.”
“No need. I’m not in a hurry. I’ll come back in the afternoon,” Cecilia declined.
Not giving up, Yvette immediately caught up with Cecilia and shook her arm like a spoiled child.
“Ceci, let’s go. The sound engineer of this recording studio may be on the same side as the assistant. If
he finds an excuse not to let you record later, don’t you wait for nothing? Please give me a chance to
return the favor of saving my life. Let’s record the songs upstairs, okay?”
Cecilia didn’t like physical contact with outsiders. She wanted to withdraw her arm but was held tighter
by Yvette.
“Ceci, just promise me, okay?”
Without a choice, Cecilia agreed to it. “Fine, but after I finish recording, you’ll owe me no more favors.”
“Deal!”
Cecilia moved her arm and asked, “Ms. Yates, can you let go of me now?”
“No, I’m afraid you will run away.”
As they continued their conversation, the two of them headed upstairs, with Christopher following
closely behind.
Cecilia suddenly turned around and asked, “Mr. Forte, do you have any other business?”
Christopher replied frankly, “Yes, I’m invited to inspect the music department. Both students and the
recording studio are
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part of the inspection. If it’s worth investing in, I plan to expand the music department.”
After hearing the explanation, Cecilia had nothing more to say and continued upstairs.
When the three of them reached the fourth floor, someone had secretly recorded the recent events and
edited the video before posting it on the campus forum.