Chapter 987
Chapter 986:
The moment the crowd’s collective trance shattered, their embarrassment instantly transformed into burning rage. They turned on Trinity like a pack of wolves, bombarding her with furious accusations.
“Trinity, you told us Wanda was part of the Campbell family! But Milton just announced to everyone that Lilah is his one and only sister. So how exactly do you explain that contradiction p>
“Why would you lie to all of us like that? Did you honestly think you could manipulate us all and get away with it p>
“Yeah! You’d better start giving us some real answers right now p>
The angry shouts grew louder and more hostile with each passing moment until finally, someone broke from the crowd and gave Trinity a violent shove. Trinity was already emotionally shattered from the shocking revelation, so the physical push sent her…
Stumbling backward several unsteady steps, she barely managed to keep herself from falling completely. In that devastating moment, her carefully crafted image as the untouchable wealthy heiress completely crumbled to pieces. Her usual tactic of playing the innocent victim to turn everyone against her enemies suddenly seemed impossible to execute. Faced with this furious mob closing in from all sides, there was nothing left but pure, overwhelming terror.
Trinity desperately searched for an escape route, but angry faces and bodies were blocking her in every direction she looked. She was completely cornered with nowhere to run. She had no choice but to face their wrath.
Trinity cowered under the weight of all those hostile stares, cutting a truly pitiful figure as she stammered, “I—I never lied to any of you! My sister really is connected to the Campbell family! I only said she was their adopted daughter, never their biological child! I never tried to deceive anyone about that p>
A ripple of uncertainty began spreading through the angry crowd as people started exchanging confused glances with each other. When they really thought about it, Trinity had a point. She herself had never directly claimed that her sister was a blood relative of the Campbell family. It had always been her clique who constantly bragged about Trinity being the Evans family’s adopted daughter, while her sister supposedly held the same position with the Campbells.
As this realization began to sink in, the students’ white-hot fury started to cool down just a little.
Trinity’s clique, who had been trying to quietly disappear into the background when things turned ugly, suddenly found their courage again. Sensing that the tide might be turning in their favor, they pushed their way back to the front lines to defend Trinity.
“That’s absolutely right! Trinity never tried to trick anybody! She was always completely honest about her sister being adopted by the Campbell family—you people just made assumptions and heard what you wanted to hear p>
“Trinity is pure-hearted and sincere! She would never tell lies! Everything she told us was the complete truth p>
With her faithful cronies stepping up to absorb some of the crowd’s anger, Trinity felt a wave of relief wash over her. She began quietly scanning the faces around her, looking for the best possible escape route.
But just when Trinity thought she might be able to slip away unnoticed, the same sharp-eyed student who had first challenged her spoke up again. Their voice cut through the chaos like a blade as they fired off another question.