The man extended his arm around Cecilia Vaughn's shoulders, his voice domineering to the extreme.
"Cecilia, you're allowed to lean into my arms and be sad for just one minute..."
Cecilia Vaughn was originally somewhat lost in thought, but upon hearing the man's childish and obsessive words, she couldn't help but laugh wryly.
She gently punched Adrian Law.
"Hey, who does that? What can you do with one minute? I can't even manage a few tears."
Moreover, how many of those keyboard warriors out there would actually think they are in the wrong?
She had just removed the scandal paid to be hidden by the sponsor, yet more tests awaited her.
...
As Cecilia Vaughn spoke, her smile gradually turned a bit bitter, along with a deep, unfathomable melancholy.
Everything else could be forgotten except for that old case of murder and imprisonment — an everlasting shame and unhealable scar in her heart.
And now, the whole world knew her most disgraceful past.
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