Chapter 262 Chapter 262

Chapter 262 Chapter 262
Olivia’s expression darkened, her features contorting with hatred. “Caroline, you really aren’t going to back down? You really… want to be that cruel and heartless?!”
Caroline had no idea that the dean had threatened them both. She didn’t know about Nicholas’s involvement in demanding their expulsion.
So she raised an eyebrow, finding the sudden change in attitude bizarre and pathetic. “Cruel? You tried to destroy my reputation in front of the rest of the college using anonymous profiles, and I’m the insensitive one for not forgiving you?”
“Caroline, don’t play dumb and innocent now!” Olivia completely lost her temper. She bit her lip hard and glared at her with such a furious look that the students around them held their breath.
“Yes! Ianca and I let you down at the forum!” But didn’t we just humiliate ourselves and apologize in front of everyone?! What else do you want from us, you bitch?! We messed up, we admit it! But what right do you have to force us into a dead end and destroy our lives?!
Olivia’s voice rose in pitch, echoing down the hallway. — There were six of us in that dorm room! Claire left, Claire and Kate were arrested... and now you won’t be satisfied until you expel the two of us too?! Are you going to leave the room all to yourself and your little friends?! Does that mean, from now on, any student you don’t like will be expelled from college with the support of your billionaire “sugar daddy”?!
Olivia pointed her finger at Caroline’s face. “Look at the destruction you’ve caused to your own roommates! And you still have the nerve not to think you’re a bad person?!”
Caroline blinked, stunned. She thought she’d heard wrong.
Was she... evil? Caroline couldn’t believe the level of delusion and projection coming from that girl. The person who had confronted her in the parking lot, who had tried to poison her boyfriend with gossip, and who had posted the most disgusting things on the forum... was calling her evil?
It was a joke in the worst possible taste.
Ianca’s eyes were red too, but from genuine despair. She wasn’t as hysterical and hateful as Olivia, but her attitude wasn’t as submissive and friendly anymore.
“Carol…” Ianca’s voice trembled. “We only have half a year left until we graduate! Our families have invested everything in this! We really don’t want to get expelled from college and lose our degrees.”
Ianca swallowed her pride and continued: “Olivia and I were prejudiced and jealous of you because of some misunderstandings in the dorm. So when Claire’s anonymous post appeared on the forum, we jumped at the chance and commented on those nasty things using fake profiles.” It was a huge mistake on our part, and we’re willing to admit it and face the consequences. We can take a suspension, clean the campus, whatever...
Ianca sobbed. — But... isn’t permanent expulsion a little too cruel and excessive just because of some internet gossip?!
The moment Ianca uttered the word “expulsion,” the hallway fell into a shocked silence for a second, and then the discussions exploded in full force.
— Expulsion?! The dean is going to expel both of them in their senior year?! — Holy crap, so they’re going to suffer the same fate as Claire and Kate, who got expelled and locked up in the hotel?! — Wow! Who the hell is Caroline’s new boyfriend?! What level of power and influence does this guy have to get students expelled like that?! — My God, I’m curious too! I saw him in the Bugatti and the Lamborghini! He’s a god of good looks and exudes the aura of an ultra-rich mobster! — Don’t you guys think it’s amazing how he protects her? He literally destroys the lives of anyone who speaks ill of her. The ruthless way he dispenses justice is enviable!
Caroline ignored the gossip swirling around her, focusing only on the information she’d just received. She furrowed her brow, genuinely surprised. — Expulsion? Wait a minute. Why are you two going to be expelled?
Ianca’s eyes widened. — You don’t know that?!
But Olivia simply let out a nasal laugh of scorn, blinded by hatred. — How could she not know?! She must be loving playing dumb! That’s her request! Her boyfriend ordered it from the dean’s office!
Ianca watched Caroline’s bewildered reaction and sensed that, unlike Olivia, there was no acting going on here. The confusion on Caroline’s face seemed real.
Ianca felt a glimmer of hope and clung to it with all her might. If Caroline didn’t know about the expulsion order, then that meant she wasn’t the one who demanded that extreme punishment. The fury was coming solely from her boyfriend.
If that were the case, there was still a diplomatic way out!
Ianca took a desperate step forward and grabbed the sleeve of Caroline’s blouse. — Carol... this expulsion wasn’t your idea, was it? Your boyfriend called the dean! So, you... you could intercede for us and ask him to cancel this?! Please! As long as we aren’t expelled, we’re willing to do anything else! You can humiliate us online, make us apologize on video, anything!
Caroline looked at Ianca’s hands clutching her clothes, and little by little, the pieces fell into place in her mind. She was stunned for a moment before fully processing the situation.
So, it was Nicholas Wolf who had manipulated the shadows while she was in class. He acted fast, ruthlessly, and without warning.
No wonder Olivia and Ianca were acting so pathetic, running down the hallways after her to beg for forgiveness in public.
So, that was exactly what was happening. The ice god had decided to clear the trash out of her way for good.
Hearing Ianca’s plea, Caroline remembered the words Nicholas had said to her in the car: “I’ll take care of this for you in a way that no one will ever dare to speak your name in vain again.”
Since the expulsion order hadn’t come from her, the ruthless decision could only have come from the CEO. Caroline no longer felt a shred of friendship for Olivia and Ianca, and didn’t want to have anything to do with them in the future. But deep down in her practical heart, she felt that permanent expulsion in the final stretch of the course was a drastically severe punishment.