Silent Revenge of a Hidden Heiress Chapter 08

Silent Revenge of a Hidden Heiress Chapter 08

I stood on the stage and saw every bit of Nathan’s 

reaction clearly. 

His face had already fallen when the headmaster 

started speaking. 

When my identity was revealed, the papers in his hands went flying everywhere. His already swollen face went completely pale. 

Further back, Sheryl huddled next to the kissing 

booth. 

She squeezed the tear in her gown so hard her knuckles were white, and her stare at me was full 

of disbelief and burning jealousy. 

But I didn’t have time to stand around and enjoy 

their shock. 

More business owners kept arriving, and I was busy running the event, logging donations, and posing for photos with administrators and guests.. 

Students swarmed my booth too–some donated money, others asked if they could donate books. 

My booth was packed to the brim, while Nathan 

and Sheryl stood alone by their empty kissing 

booth, looking like a couple of sad clowns. 

The fundraiser wrapped up perfectly. 

We raised a total of $3 million, plus more than 

1,000 books donated by students. 

Nathan’s booth only raised a total of $3,000 from 

all the tiny $5 and $10 kisses. 

College kids didn’t have a lot of spare cash to 

throw around, after all. 

Some troll took a photo of Nathan looking 

completely defeated and posted it to the campus. 

anonymous wall. 

[Campus hottie Nathan turns to prostitution–one kiss for only $5!] 

The comments were all brutal. 

[He kissed that many people? This isn’t a fundraiser, it’s a H. pylori sharing scheme!] 

[Elaine went quiet for ages then blew everyone. away–her whole event ran perfectly without a 

single hitch!] 

[Even if it was just a PR stunt, the money actually 

goes to poor kids. That’s way better than these two clowns!] 

But none of this talk mattered to me anymore. 

My mom and I booked a banquet at a hotel owned by Sinclair Group–everyone who helped with the fundraiser was invited. 

I put on the gown my mom had complimented that day, held my glass, and followed her around to meet all the guests. Slowly, the nervousness 

melted away. 

Sometimes I didn’t even need her prompting. I could introduce myself naturally and confidently. 

Everyone told my mom how lucky she was to raise such an impressive daughter. 

But I knew this confidence was all a gift from my 

mom. 

After the banquet ended, I ran into Nathan in the 

back hallway. 

He’d changed back into his regular clothes, but his face was still a little swollen from all the kisses. 

He stared at me for a long time before he finally 

spoke, his voice rough. “Elaine…” 

I gave him a cold glance. 

He corrected himself immediately. “Ms. Sinclair.” 

Then he gave a bitter smile. “Why didn’t… you tell 

me who you really were?” 

I scoffed. 

“You never asked.” 

“I…” Nathan had no response. 

Then he remembered something and rushed on. “I 

know I was wrong! I shouldn’t have been so 

inappropriate with Sheryl, I hurt you, and I ignored 

all your hard work-” 

I cut him off. “You don’t know you were wrong. You 

just regret it. You regret not finding out who I was 

sooner. 

“Nathan, you never cared about me, so you never 

bothered to ask anything about my life. I always 

thought it was weird–how you could pretend to 

care about me but not care about a single thing 

about me. 

“Sheryl is what made me realize it, Nathan. Maybe 

your love for me was just the same kind of pity 

you’d give a stray cat or dog. 

“I looked like I needed someone to take care of 

me, so that triggered your protective instinct and 

made you feel important. Am I right?” 

Nathan’s lips trembled, but he couldn’t say a single word to refute me. 

I looked at his completely broken expression, and suddenly I realized how stupid my years of liking him had been. 

The motion–activated hallway light turned off. I had nothing left to say, so I just walked past him quietly toward the light at the end of the hall. 

When I looked back, his whole body was swallowed by the dark. 

And I had not belonged there for a long time. 

I boarded a plane to go abroad. 

There, my bright future was waiting.