Chapter 76 Juniper's Unprecedented Regret
"Ms. Nguyen, please, I really can't be expelled. If I get expelled, my life will be ruined."
Hannah said helplessly, "Juniper, it's not like I haven't tried to speak up for you, but the principal is very firm about this. There's nothing I can do."
Honestly, Juniper's grades were decent. She had half a year left before the SAT. Getting into a good college wouldn't be a problem, and at least she'd have a decent job in the future.
But now that Juniper was being expelled, other schools definitely wouldn't want to take her.
She had destroyed her own future with her own hands.
As the security guards dragged Juniper toward the school gate, she spotted Isabella right away.
Suddenly she remembered what Willie had told her on the phone.
Willie said he had indeed deleted the surveillance footage, but soon after, his computer was hacked. The hacker was at a much higher level than him—someone ranked in the top ten on the hacker list.
How could Isabella have access to someone like that?
It must be because of the Taylor Family.
She had almost forgotten—Isabella was from a wealthy family.
Juniper quickly rushed in front of Isabella. "Isabella! I was wrong. Please, can you ask the school not to expel me? Please, help me this once."
As long as Isabella was willing to have the Taylor Family step in, the principal would definitely consider their influence and handle things accordingly.
Any punishment would be fine.
Just not expulsion.
She really didn't want to be expelled.
Seeing Juniper like this, quite a few people couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"How pitiful. Expulsion seems too harsh, doesn't it? The SAT is coming up soon. What will she do in the future?"
"Can't they reduce the punishment? Even a demerit would be better than expulsion!"
If it were before, Isabella might have sympathized with Juniper too.
What had Juniper really done wrong?
She just had a momentary impulse, posted something she shouldn't have online, and wove a lie—that wasn't a crime deserving death.
At an age when she should be preparing for the SAT, expelling her—wasn't that the same as destroying her?
But if she didn't destroy her, Juniper would destroy her best friend.
Isabella couldn't forget what Juniper and Charles had done to Violet together.
She hated them, and she hated her own powerlessness. Charles and Juniper had teamed up to inject Violet with the HIV virus, directly sentencing Violet to death.
If it weren't for her past life, Isabella wouldn't have known that human hearts could be so vicious.
So compared to Juniper's methods, how was this cruel?
She didn't feel any sympathy for Juniper now. All she felt was relief.
Relief that she could come back here, back to this year, and change everything.
This was the luck heaven had given her, and she absolutely couldn't repeat the same mistakes.
She had to nip all misfortunes in the bud.
Isabella's cold gaze swept over Juniper. "Juniper, you brought this on yourself."
Juniper froze. Her whole body trembled, and she began to beg.
"Isabella, please, I really can't be expelled."
"I can apologize, admit my mistakes, anything. Can you please help me?"
Juniper cried desperately.
Isabella refused flatly. "No."
"Why?" She looked at Isabella in despair. "You could clearly help me. Why won't you?"
But she didn't get an answer from Isabella. Isabella just watched coldly as the security guards dragged her away.
Juniper struggled, crying uncontrollably.
She regretted it more than ever.
She shouldn't have posted that photo online.
She never imagined things would turn out like this.
She thought she could ruin Violet's reputation, but she never expected Isabella to get hold of the video.
Even less did she expect the school to actually expel her.
She should have stopped earlier.
Behind Isabella was the entire Taylor Family. Violet had such a good relationship with her—she had been completely out of her league from the start.
——
Juniper's expulsion caused quite a stir throughout the school for a while, but the school quickly forgot about it.
At the same time, Vanguard Enterprises Group announced bankruptcy within just three days.
Isabella browsed through news about Vanguard Enterprises Group, instinctively feeling this must be related to William.
Just because Jesse's wife had cursed at her, he had shut down his company in anger.
Did she really hold such an important place in William's heart?
But why was all this happening?
Isabella believed that after her rebirth, everything was under her control, but William alone was the exception.
"Isabella, come with me to the recording studio."
Violet's voice rang in her ear, and Isabella pulled her thoughts back.
Today was the weekend.
Because Juniper had been expelled, she had rightfully moved into dorm 602 two days ago and become one of them.
Aurora and Scarlett were both very happy. They had even specially bought a cake to celebrate that day.
Isabella quickly put away her phone. "Did you book the recording studio?"
"I booked it ages ago." Violet said excitedly, "I've been waiting for today."
The two left the school together.
But just a few steps outside the school gate.
A man knelt directly in front of them.
Isabella froze.
Violet froze too.
Isabella saw the man's face clearly.
It was Jesse.
Jesse was nothing like his former glorious self. His beard had grown out, his suit was wrinkled, his hair was covered in dandruff, and he looked as disheveled as a beggar.
"Ms. Cooper!" Jesse looked at Violet with pleading eyes, no longer showing any of his previous arrogance and pride, only humility. "I offended you."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Jesse tried to grab Violet's hand to slap himself with it.
Violet jumped back in fright. "Are you crazy? What are you trying to do?"
Jesse slapped himself across the face and looked at Violet with tears in his eyes. "Ms. Cooper, I really know I was wrong. I shouldn't have offended you. Please forgive me and let me go, okay?"
Violet was very confused.
Why did she suddenly deserve such respectful treatment from others?
She was just an ordinary high school student, wasn't she?
Jesse had come to find Violet because he had no other choice. His company had indeed gone bankrupt within three days, and not only that, a series of non-compliance reports came down, and he was facing hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.
Although he knew this was arranged by the four major families, he didn't know which one exactly.
He racked his brains but couldn't possibly contact anyone from the four major families.
So he had no choice but to come and beg Violet.
"Ms. Cooper, you can hit me or curse me however you want." Jesse frantically slapped himself. "Please, give me a way out. Ask the four major families to let me go, okay?"