Chapter 379
“Harrison Moore, why did you kick her?” Mara yelled, rushing over to help the fallen
girl up.
Harrison looked at Mira. “She was sneaking up behind you, acting incredibly suspicious p>
It was only then that Mira got a clear look at the girl. It was Lexie Fontaine, the daughter of Lydia Fontaine (Shane Porter’s mistress). She was also Mara’s devoted lackey and strategist.
Out of the corner of her eye, Mira spotted Jax Weaver rapidly approaching from his concealed position. She subtly signaled for him to stand down.
Melvion Central High School was heavily secured, and outsiders couldn’t simply waltz in. The campus was generally incredibly safe. Even if tensions flared with students or teachers, practically no one here posed a physical threat to her.
Because of this, Silas Vane and Jax Weaver usually took shifts resting once she was safely inside the school gates.
Given the high security, her bodyguards typically stayed hidden, watching from a distance just in case.
But this time, the enemy, unable to find an opening outside, had exploited this precise vulnerability.
Liora scoffed at the sight of them. “I was just thinking Mara actually grew a spine over winter break since she’s been so quiet lately. But nope, here she goes again p>
Mara shot back, Liora, stop making baseless accusations. Harrison clearly just assaulted Lexie p>
Lexie clung to Mara’s arm, struggling for a few moments before finally standing up. She had clearly taken a hard fall.
Lydia Fontaine had trained her daughter well. Lexie always presented herself as impeccably neat, well-mannered, and refined.
Standing next to Mara, she easily passed for an elite heiress.
But right now, her hair was a mess, her clothes were filthy, and she was limping heavily. She looked like a complete wreck.
“You’re psychotic! I was just walking normally. Why would you kick me? I’m reporting you to the teachers for unprovoked assault p>
With that, Lexie pulled out her phone.
“Alright, alright. We’re all classmates here. Let’s just drop it this time,” Mara said, uncharacteristically stepping back from a fight and trying to pull Lexie away.
“No! He kicked me for absolutely no reason. I’m not just going to let this go,” Lexie argued, pretending to resist Mara’s pull.
“How about you just apologize to her?” Mara asked, looking at Harrison with a conflicted expression.
Harrison hesitated. Apologizing wasn’t the end of the world.
Maybe he had misread the situation. After all, he had just kicked a classmate to the ground.
Mira noticed that while Lexie was loudly threatening to report him, her hands were moving sluggishly. She wasn’t actually dialing any numbers.
What was she so terrified of?
Furthermore, Mara seemed to be playing the peacemaker on the
surface but her actions felt li net
was desperately trying to cover
she
something up.
“I’m sorry p>
“Hold on p>
Before Harrison could finish his apology, Mira cut him off.
“What exactly was she doing that looked so suspicious p>
Harrison was a classmate of Mira’s, a working-class student just like Elara He kept a low profile among the wealthy elite and never went out of his way to attract attention.
So, unless something was seriously wrong, he wouldn’t have just lashed out and kicked Lexie to the ground.
“She was walking incredibly fast, but the moment she caught up to you, she suddenly slowed down and started darting her eyes everywhere p>
“You’re lying! There were people in front of me. I slowed down because I was about to turn the corner p>
“We were all walking together. If
there were people in front of you
you would have seen them from a
mile away. Why wait until you
bumped into them to turn?” fora
interjected sharply.
Mira looked intently at Harrison. “When she was looking around, did she reach into
her pocket p>
He thought for a second. “Yes. Her right hand went into her jacket pocket p>
Mira stepped toward Lexie.
“Wh-what are you doing p>
Before anyone could react, Mira reached out and pinched the fabric of Lexie’s right pocket, feeling a hard, pen-like object inside.
Reading Mira’s intent perfectly, Harvey stepped up and forcefully pinned Lexie’s flailing arms. Harrison quickly rushed in to help.