Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 867

Chapter 867: Have you not learned your lesson?

Nina should’ve known that something bad would happen today. She should’ve listened to her gut feeling and just spent her time with Finn. Even if he was unconscious, there, she had some peace. Tears coated Nina’s eyes as her heart thudded against her chest, her breathing slowing as Patricia’s voice echoed across the gymnasium.

"That’s right. Nina attempted to kill someone in the past, and when she was caught, she framed me — the only person who had believed in her — so I could take the fall for her!" Patricia huffed, keeping her chin up as she stared at Nina with deep hatred.

For a while, Patricia had forgotten the real reason she was here, as the bitter memory of the past resurfaced in her mind. She hated Nina to the core. Even if she wouldn’t be paid for stirring trouble for Nina, she would do it.

It was Nina who had broken Patricia’s ability to trust people. It was Nina who made Patricia believe that friendship was a lie. That friendship had conditions. That was why Patricia wasn’t surprised when all the people she called friends turned their backs on her after the charity event. It wasn’t as if she had trusted or befriended them just because she liked them.

This was all Nina’s fault.

"I was so ready to fight for you back then." Patricia’s voice was low, but the fire in her eyes grew more intense. "I was even ready to fight anyone who would point their fingers at you, but the first thing that came to me when I stepped into the headmaster’s office was you, pointing your finger at me."

Patricia slowly balled her hands into tight fists, her neck turning taut as she held her breath and anger. "But today, I realized you’ve really never changed, Nina. Don’t you feel sorry for your ex-fiance? He almost died, but here you are, acting like someone isn’t fighting for their life with your new lover. What a shameless bitch."

"Patricia!" Lily screamed at Patricia. "Stop talking — you don’t know what you’re talking about!"

However, Lily flinched when Patricia shifted her fiery gaze to her.

"You!" Patricia pointed at Lily. "Aren’t you ashamed, Lily? You almost died because of her! Weren’t you traumatized? Don’t you always look up, wondering if something will fall on your head and kill you?"

Lily’s breath hitched, unable to answer. She might not have said it, but ever since that incident, she had to undergo therapy just to live normally. However, that didn’t mean she wouldn’t constantly look up, just to make sure nothing above her would fall on her.

"If not for Penny, you would’ve been dead twelve years ago!" Patricia harrumphed, silencing everyone with her words. She then set her eyes back on Nina. "See? If someone here is making people uncomfortable, it’s you, Nina, not me."

"You’re lying," Jonathan blurted out under his breath, but no one answered him. Only Patricia was brave enough to look him in the eye with a raised brow.

"You think I’m lying?" Patricia sneered, scanning the room. "Do you see their reaction?"

"What happened in the past is undeniable, but it doesn’t and shouldn’t define who we are today," he continued, his gaze locked with Nina’s. "You aren’t who you were before, Miss Reed. Carrying that surname with such pride is proof that you aren’t that vile little girl anymore. You’ve come a long way, and it is why Lily, Miss Cortez, everyone here, and Penelope Bennet are still in your life." _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}