“I… I don’t want to fight anymore. I just… I just want justice…”
She deflected again, shaping herself into the portrait of a victim crushed beneath power.
And yet, that only goaded the reporters into pressing harder.
The hall was chaos. Every lens zoomed mercilessly on her face.
At that moment, Ethan finally spoke.
He pulled Chloe behind him, his dark eyes locking onto me with a cold, sharp intensity. His voice was low, edged with steel.
“That’s enough, Sophia. How long will you use your family’s influence to bully an innocent girl?”
His chest heaved as though he were restraining his fury with great effort.
For a long beat, he turned to the restless sea of reporters and, with sudden force, declared—
