Blurb：
Aria Blackwood thought she knew Liam Thorne—her childhood friend, her secret crush, the boy she fiercely protected from bullies. But when she overhears Liam's cruel plan to fake his bullying just to push her away, her world shatters. He calls her clingy, a lapdog, all to appease the delicate Chloe Davis. Heartbroken yet defiant, Aria makes a bold move: changing her transfer school to an elite international boarding school, leaving Liam and his lies behind. But as she rises in her new life, Liam realizes too late that he lost the one person who truly cared. This is a story of betrayal, strength, and revenge, where Aria Blackwood transforms from a devoted girlfriend to an unstoppable force. Will Liam Thorne ever win her back, or has he lost her forever to his own deception?Content：
I promised to transfer schools with my bullied boyfriend, but the day before we were supposed to finalize the papers, he backed out.
His friend joked, “Seriously, dude? All that fake bullying just to get Aria Blackwood to leave?”
“But you’re her boyfriend. Are you really going to let her go to a new school all alone?”
Liam Thorne shrugged, his voice indifferent. “It’s just another school in the same city. How far could it be?”
“I’m tired of her clinging to me all the time. This works out perfectly.”
I stood outside that door for a long time that day, eventually choosing to turn and leave.
But on my transfer application, I secretly changed the name of the local high school to the international boarding school my parents had always pushed me towards.
Everyone seemed to forget, he and I were always worlds apart.
1
The moment I heard the truth, my heart violently shuddered.
For the past month, Liam had been ganged up on and falsely accused too many times to count.
I tried my best to protect him from harm, but there were always slip-ups.
Finally fed up, I suggested he transfer schools.
Liam had just been drenched in ice water, his handsome face pale and pitiful. He helplessly clutched my hand.
“Aria, I’m scared to go to a new environment alone.”
Liam and I had practically grown up together. We'd been walking to and from school together since kindergarten, a routine that hadn't changed in over a decade.
Besides, I secretly had a crush on him.
So, in a rush of emotion, I promised him, “Don’t be afraid. Wherever you go, I’ll go with you.”
But only now did I realize that everything he’d done was an elaborate charade just to get rid of me.
I couldn’t help but wonder, did Liam Thorne really hate me *that* much?
The voices in the private room continued, “Aria Blackwood is completely devoted to you, you know.”
“Aren’t you afraid she’ll fall for someone else if you send her to another school?”
“Her?”
Liam scoffed, as if he’d just heard the funniest joke in the world.
“She dared to break up a group beating for me. She got beaten black and blue, didn’t back down an inch, and you think she’d change her mind about me?”
Someone whispered, “But what if she does? Aria Blackwood isn't the type to be pushed around.”
Liam’s voice was lazy. “There’s no ‘what if.’ There are plenty of rich guys at this school. When have you ever seen her even look at anyone else?”
His voice couldn't help but be tinged with contempt.
“All she does is follow me around. Even a lapdog isn’t as clingy as she is.”
Harsh laughter filled the room, feeling like a slap across my face.
I wanted to leave, but my feet felt rooted to the spot, making me listen, and making me ache.
Someone clicked their tongue in surprise.
“First time I’ve seen someone actively push away a girl who’s head over heels for them. I gotta hand it to you, man.”
“But if you don’t like Aria Blackwood being so clingy, why don’t you just tell her? Aria doesn’t seem like the type to beg or chase you.”
Liam ‘tsk’ed, growing impatient. “Aria Blackwood’s too… assertive. If I just told her directly, it wouldn’t be easy to get her to leave.”
He changed the subject. “Besides, Chloe gets so insecure and sad whenever she sees her. She only feels better when I’m around.”
“For Chloe’s sake, I had no choice but to do this. Aria will just have to be inconvenienced for a while.”
At that, everyone instantly understood.
Doing the math, Liam decided to fake being bullied exactly one week after Chloe Davis transferred to our school.
Someone laughed and cursed Liam. “You sly dog, you fell for the sweet, innocent act the second she showed up?”
“But Chloe really is genuinely delicate and charming, with a fragile personality. It’s only natural for a man to be attracted to her.”
“Not like Aria Blackwood. Her personality is so stern, always wearing a cold face and keeping everyone at arm’s length. Doesn’t matter how pretty she is.”
The unrestrained comments about me surged like waves, one after another, in the private room.
And Liam Thorne, who I’d secretly liked for years, didn't stop them, didn't refute them, and even agreed with them now and then.
Standing outside the door, my heart sank heavily into an abyss, feeling empty and numb, yet aching with a dull pain.
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