Chapter 314
Daphne
This is ridiculous.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I watch from across the room as Elliot crumples to the floor. Watched him reach for her. Watched her recoil. Watched him choose to fall like a marionette with its strings cut.
My blood boils.
It takes mere minutes—minutes—and Vivienne is suddenly this evil villainess. The cold-hearted society omega who attacks innocent, beautiful Elliot out of jealousy.
It doesn't even make any sense.
But sense has nothing to do with it. This is narrative. This is performance. This is a masterclass in manipulation dressed up in wide green eyes and trembling lips.
I start walking toward her.
Elliot is being helped up by Dr. Wang, playing victim beautifully. Whispers swirl like vultures. And Vivienne stands frozen in the center of it all, pale and shaking, her eyes searching the crowd for someone—anyone—who sees the truth.
I see her.
I'm coming.
But before I can reach her, Damien appears.
