Laura was stunned for a moment. After a while, she shouted, “I had my own reason for doing that! I didn’t have any choice!”

“You didn’t have any choice?” A hint of disgust crossed Deirdre’s eyes. “I really don’t understand. Why do you always make it look like you’re the victim? Is it because you’ve pretended to be one for so long that you’ve already gotten used to it? You take advantage of other people's trust and make everything go your way. And now you act like you're forced to do it? Are you saying that you didn't have a choice, so we could only blame our own bad luck for believing in you and walking into your trap?”

Perhaps she had gotten too agitated, as she could feel a throbbing pain in her temples again.

She could not stop thinking about the things that had happened inside the car. Even now, she did not know how she should face Kyran.

As a victim, she had to act as if she had not been hurt by the incident, while Laura, the accomplice who had started it all, had adopted a s