Chapter 469

Lucy struggled to her feet, her meticulously applied morning makeup now smudged and her carefully styled hair in complete disarray. The jeering whispers and mocking fingers pointed in her direction finally broke her composure. Tears streamed down her face as she sobbed openly, no longer caring about appearances. "Aiden, how... how could you do this to me?!" she wailed, her voice trembling with anguish. "I gave you my heart, transferred here just for you—and this is how you repay me? You throw me aside for this homewrecker, and now you even lay hands on me? Aiden, you're inhuman! Waaah—!" Her dramatic breakdown stirred sympathy among some of the female onlookers. Crowds rarely paused to question a spectacle—Lucy's tears were convincing enough. Suspicious glances soon turned toward Aiden. The members of the Blade Squad were livid. Samuel snapped, "Lucy, stop slandering our captain! He’s never had anything to do with you!" "Of course he'd say that now—he’s completely bewitched by that vix