Chapter 970

Lydia froze.

She stared up in awe.

Serena stood casually with one hand in her pocket, while her other hand gripped Bianca’s outstretched wrist.

Her pale, slender fingers looked like they were barely holding on.

But with a nearly imperceptible twist.

Bianca’s face contorted in agony, and she desperately tried to yank her arm back, but Serena’s grip was like iron.

“Serena p>

Bianca shrieked, her voice cracking with pain and humiliation.

Serena merely lifted her gaze, giving Bianca’s twisted face a look of utter apathy, and with a casual flick of her wrist, she tossed Bianca away like a piece of trash.

Bianca hit the floor with a heavy thud, crying out in pain.

Lydia was completely stunned.

She stared at the crumpled heiress in disbelief.

The Captain had just… she had nearly snapped Bianca’s arm!

If Mr. Ashwell found out p>

The Captain could be suspended!

And it was all because of her p>

“Are you just going to stand there?” Serena turned around, her cool gaze landing on Lydia’s eyes, barely visible beneath her bangs. “I don’t keep teammates who just stand there and take a beating p>

“I-I’m sorry Lydia stammered immediately. “I… I just didn’t react fast enough. It won’t happen again p>

“Good.” Serena was pleased with her quick understanding.

For someone who used to squeak like a mouse, having the guts to publicly call out her abuser was massive progress.

She deserved credit.

Serena raised an eyebrow and added, “You did good back there, protecting your teammates p>

Lydia’s trembling eyelashes stopped.

Her eyes widened, millimeter by millimeter.

The Captain… praised her?

She got a compliment from the Captain p>

A look of pure ecstasy washed over Lydia’s stunned face.

Her small cheeks flushed bright red with pride.

From the floor, Bianca watched them exchange pleasantries as if she didn’t even exist.

The sheer dismissal in Serena’s eyes felt like a heavy boot grinding Bianca’s pride into the dirt.

Humiliated, Bianca let someone help her up and immediately lunged forward again.

“Bianca p>

Isabella stepped out of the crowd

and grabbed Bianca’s wrist.

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“Everyone is watching. Making a, scene right now won’t do yowany favors p>

Isabella had been hiding behind her team the whole time.

She harbored a deep, inexplicable terror of Serena.

She didn’t dare provoke her directly.

Which was why she let Bianca play the attack dog.

She hadn’t expected Serena to step in physically.

If Bianca kept throwing a tantrum, it would only make The Dreamscape Initiative look worse.

And if Lydia decided to start dropping more evidence about Bianca’s academic fraud p>

Dreamscape’s reputation would be completely destroyed!

She couldn’t afford to be kicked off the team.

Without Bianca and the Doyle family’s money p>

How would she fund her competition entry?

If people found out she had been essentially thrown out of the

Lancaster family she be

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ruined!

Isabella tightened her grip on

Bianca’s arm and lowered her voice

Bian her now is pointless It just

Fighting

makes you look cheap p>

Screaming at a bunch of poor kids in public.

Was definitely a bad look.

Plus, thanks to Lydia’s bombshells, the crowd’s sentiment was already turning

violently against them.