Chapter 67 Give Her Despair, Then Give Her Rebirth
"Juniper, I believe you," Violet said softly.
Juniper looked at Isabella's darkening expression and sneered inwardly.
So what if Isabella saw it? She had no way to prove that the person shopping with her that day was Charles.
"Isabella, do you really think this cheap trick of yours to drive a wedge between Violet and me will work? All along, the one who didn't want Violet to be happy was you. You're just jealous of our friendship after all these years..."
As Juniper pretended to angrily condemn Isabella, Isabella pulled out two photos from her pocket and showed them to everyone.
"Juniper, stop acting. I'm tired just watching you."
Juniper instinctively glanced at the photos and froze on the spot.
The others also curiously looked at the photos in Isabella's hand.
The air suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
These two photos of Juniper and Charles together directly exposed all the facts, like a loud slap across Juniper's face, shattering everything she had just said so confidently.
Violet never expected that what Isabella said was actually true.
Charles refused to let her accompany him to the tourist area, not because he wasn't feeling well, but to go shopping with Juniper!
Her best friend and her beloved boyfriend had been secretly involved behind her back all along!
Heaven had played a huge joke on her. Violet felt like she'd been suddenly pushed into an ice cave, the whole world freezing cold.
Her hand holding the photos was trembling, especially seeing the two of them chatting and laughing in the pictures—such a scene was simply blinding...
Violet turned her head, her heartbroken, reddened eyes staring at Juniper. "Juniper, so you really... you've been secretly involved with Charles all along?"
Juniper's face flushed red with shame and embarrassment.
She hadn't expected that not only did Isabella see them, but she also took photos. Always sticking her nose in other people's business—why didn't she just drop dead?
Facing everyone's questioning and contemptuous looks, Juniper could only stiffly explain to Violet: "Violet, listen to me. I did run into Charles at the mall, so we talked for a bit, but we separated quickly. Charles and I aren't what you think..."
Violet wasn't a fool.
In the photo, the way Charles looked at Juniper was completely different from his usual clear boundaries in public.
His eyes looking at Juniper clearly carried an indulgent smile.
She was too familiar with that kind of smile, because countless times Charles had smiled at her that way.
"Enough!" Violet pushed her away.
She couldn't bear that even now, Juniper still wanted to bury the truth, still wanted to play her for a fool!
"Juniper, I really want to ask you..." Violet looked at her with desolate eyes, "What am I to you? A friend? Or a fool?"
"When you were shopping with Charles, when you talked about me, talked about me the fool, were you laughing?"
"When you were with Charles behind my back, did you especially enjoy the sense of achievement from stealing someone else's boyfriend? There are so many guys in this world, why did it have to be Charles? Why did you have to go after him?"
"You always said you envied me for having such a great boyfriend, but actually behind my back, you've probably laughed at me a thousand times, haven't you?"
"Violet, it wasn't me... it really wasn't me!" Juniper said anxiously. "It was Charles. Every time he was the one who reached out to me. I just thought since he was your boyfriend, I couldn't refuse him. Last time at the mall, he was the one who asked me out..."
Violet looked at her coldly. "Stop talking."
"You and him, neither of you are any good."
Juniper looked at Violet with a pained expression, tears already streaming down her face. "Violet, it really was Charles who reached out to me. I didn't pay attention to the boundaries between us, which is why things turned out this way..."
Watching Juniper unhesitatingly blame everything on Charles while completely clearing herself, the disgust in Violet's eyes deepened.
"It takes two to tango! Juniper, how long are you going to keep up this act? Did Charles force you to come out and meet him? Did he force you not to keep your distance? Did he force you to lie and not tell me the truth?"
"Juniper, you're so fake."
"So fake that you make me sick!"
Violet forcefully pushed Juniper away and ran off heartbroken.
Isabella's expression changed when she saw this, and she immediately chased after her. "Violet!"
Juniper stood there stunned, unable to say a word.
Aurora and Scarlett had long been shocked by this stunning revelation, and it took them a while to recover.
Realizing that Juniper had actually gotten involved with Charles, Aurora looked at Juniper with anger in her eyes.
"Juniper! Why would you do this? Are you crazy? Violet has been your best friend since childhood. How could you..." Aurora's voice trembled with anger. "How could you do such a thing?"
"Your heart is so vicious! What good does this do you? Violet is so upset—are you happy now?"
"Juniper, I never thought you were this kind of person..."
"You're just a bitch!"
Scarlett also looked at her with disappointment. "Juniper, even if Violet can forgive you for this, we can't."
Listening to Aurora and Scarlett's accusations, Juniper's expression grew worse and worse, yet she couldn't refute a single word.
——
Isabella didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, Violet would disappear from under her nose.
When she found Violet again, she saw her crouched alone on a park bench, chin resting on her knees, staring blankly ahead.
Getting closer, she could hear her quiet sobbing.
Although Isabella couldn't bear to see Violet like this, revealing the truth now was better than Violet finding out after her health was ruined and her money was scammed, leaving her with nothing.
First give her despair, then give her rebirth.
Isabella walked over and stopped a few meters away from her. "Violet, are you okay?"
Violet looked up and saw Isabella, then burst into tears.
The crying was heartbreaking.
Isabella was startled.
Isabella walked up to her, lowered her eyes, and extended her hand. "If you're going to cry, cry back at school."
Violet blankly grabbed Isabella's hand, and suddenly, overwhelming guilt washed over her.
"Isabella, I'm so sorry!"
"You warned me before... and I didn't listen to you. You knew about Juniper and Charles all along, didn't you... That's why you didn't want me to sing at the bar..."
"It's all my fault... Isabella, just hit me..."