Chapter 65

As more students gathered to watch, almost all of them started nitpicking and gossiping about Lily. Only a few students truly admired Lily for removing Jack, the troublemaker, from Ember Creek. Those people chose not to participate in the gossip. "Everyone shut the hell up!" Ian yelled angrily. "Whoever dares to talk nonsense again, I'll rip their mouths off!" The noisy crowd instantly fell silent. Ian stared icily at the crowd before him and asked, "Who spoke ill of Lily just now?" Several timid girls with modest family backgrounds glanced at each other and quickly lowered their heads. When Jack was around, people weren't very afraid of Ian. Now that Jack was out of the picture, Ian had become the top dog at Ember Creek, and these people feared Ian's retaliation. However, some weren't afraid of Ian, such as Shelby. "Ian, you're a member of the Fletcher family, after all. How could you acknowledge a country girl as your boss? Do you not care about the reputation of the Fletch