Mending a Broken Love (Roxanne and Sebastian) novel Chapter 201

The image of Roxanne as a bright, graceful lady of the upper class shattered overnight, leaving a trail of disappointment in its wake. The young woman who had once seemed so radiant, so untouchable, was seen as someone willing to stoop to anything just to claw her way into wealth.

Anyone who could get into Valoria College carried a sense of pride in their bones. Once the filter over Roxanne faded, people quickly lost all fondness for her—at least most of them did.

Jake was still drowning in his own regrets, so he didn't notice Sebastian's sudden reaction. Sebastian's heart trembled slightly when he recalled the matter of the drugging. He clutched his chest.

Of course, he knew that rumors about the incident had been swirling around Valoria, but he had genuinely believed that Roxanne was the one who had done it and that he had been the target. Since he, as the victim, had not pursued the matter, the one who had done it was spared.

He had never thought that Roxanne wasn't the one who did it nor had he ever considered what kind of consequences the incident might have had for her.

So, in other people's eyes, she was a low and calculating woman willing to endure humiliation just to marry into wealth? She was isolated and unpopular, with no real friends at the college?

Sebastian hadn't known any of this.

But he remembered that back in her sophomore year, Roxanne had suddenly said she wanted to move back to the villa and stop living on campus. At the time, Sebastian had just slept with Roxanne for the first time. As a man newly awakened to physical desire, of course, he wanted her to come back.

But Sebastian always kept up appearances in front of Roxanne. Even if he wanted something, there were things he wouldn't say out loud.

When Roxanne suggested moving back to live with him, he agreed without asking why she wanted to come back. Thinking back now, maybe it was because she had been ostracized in the dorms?

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