Chapter 225
Brielle rolled her eyes internally. Just moments ago, Sophia had taken out several bottles of
medication, and now she was tantly lying through her teeth.
The others were petrified, Someone was frantically dialing for an ambnce while cursing Brielle under
their breath, Chaos reigned for a moment, and Tessa’s gaze was fixed on Brielle with disbelief. She
refused to ept that Brielle wasn’t scared.
She absolutely loathed it when someone made a mockery of her health. That was her red line. Today,
Tessa was determined to make Brielle pay.
Tessa wasn’t anywhere close to fainting, but to strike fear into Brielle, she feigned losing
consciousness. Sophia and the other ssmates hurried to help Tessa out the door, casting malevolent
nces at Brielle on their way out. “I’d like to see you wriggle your way out of this one,” Sophia
sneered.
Brielle remained silent. In less than twenty minutes, the private room was left with just her and Mason–
an oue she hadn’t anticipated.
Mason, ever so collected, served her a bowl of soup and teased, “Congrats, Ms. Brielle, on a
victorious first battle.”
Brielle furrowed her brows. “Why do I get the feeling she was faking it?”
“Probably was. It’s not the first time she’s pulled a stunt like this.”
Brielle was taken aback. After all, Tessa was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and protected every
step of the way by Andrew. Was all this really necessary?
Mason twirled the ss in his hand, his voice nonchnt. “In high school, there was this girl who did
well academically, our ss rep. She once pressed Tessa for homework. That girl was a bookworm,
not the type to butter up Tessa like the others did, and Tessa had it out for her from the start. Plus, that
girl was quite the looker–had a bunch of guys in our ss crushing on her–which made her a thorn in
Tessa’s side.”
As he rotated the ss, Mason continued, “When she pressed for homework, Tessa copsed. The
whole ss turned on the girl, and the Rond family intervened, forcing her to withdraw from school.
Within a week, she jumped off the tallest building on campus. Her mother fainted from grief when she
came to identify the body.”
Brielle had not expected Tessa to have such a dark history and felt a tightness in her chest. “Didn’t the
Rond family pay anypensation?”
Mason chuckled dryly, setting down his ss, “Not a dime. Instead, they took the girl’s mother to court
and had her fined fifty thousand for emotional damages.”
What kind of world was this? Brielle felt sick just hearing about it.
Mason casually continued eating, seemingly ustomed to such stories.
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“That girl’s family had always struggled. Her father was paralyzed from a fall, and they were all pinning
their hopes on her getting into a good university. Fifty thousand means nothing to the Rond family,
but it was everything to hers.”
Brielle wanted to ask how they were doing now but feared the answer would only add to her
worries.
Mason pushed a te closer to her, “Ms. Brielle, do you know why I despise Dorsey International?”
Brielle shook her head. She was indeed curious, but Mason wasn’t obligated to exin. She’d never
asked outright.
Mason appraised her for a long moment before speaking in a hoarse voice, “My dad, his name was
Everett.”
The cup in Brielle’s hand fell to the ground, and she was shocked as if struck by a bolt of lightning.
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Seeing her reaction, Mason guessed she might have heard about Everett’s ordeal. “My father was a
brilliant pianist, internationally acimed, and he had a lovely, loving girlfriend. But then Victoria from
the Dorsey family set her sights on him. She tried everything to harm his girlfriend, who miraculously
survived every attempt. When Victoria ended up vited by someone else, the Dorsey family med
my father, forcing him into a marriage with Victoria. Tell me, how are the Dorseys any different from the
Ronds?”
“Ms. Brielle, are you still interested in discussing a partnership on behalf of Dorsey International?”