The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 2025

A week later.

With Roger constantly by her side, Stella's spirits had vastly improved.

That day, the two were eating at the dining table when his phone suddenly rang.

Hans?

Roger tapped the speaker button and set the phone on the table, casually rolling up a vegetable wrap and placing it on the plate next to the girl.

"Boss," Hans's respectful voice echoed through the speaker. "Veronica Ham has lost her mind."

Hearing this, Stella froze mid-bite.

"Okay."

Roger didn't seem to care in the slightest. He gave a flat response, slowly scooped a bowl of soup, blew on it to cool it down, and set it near the girl's hand.

"And..."

Hans paused before adding, "The International Forensic Association launched a full investigation into the leaked online files. Both Veronica and Funk Ham have been officially expelled from the association."

"Got it."

After a brief acknowledgment, Roger hung up the phone. His gaze shifted to Stella's face. "You look pale. Do you think that punishment was too harsh?"

"No."

Stella picked up her silverware, placed a piece of sliced chicken on Roger's plate, and offered a faint smile. "Karma always catches up."

"Oh?"

Roger raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised she would say something like that. Curiosity got the better of him. "How so?"

"Back in Lamplighter Village, I was terrified of my own shadow. I hid in the corners every single day." Stella rested her hands on the table, her eyes softening. "There were some mean kids who always picked on me..."

Bringing up the past made her throat tighten.

"Later, Charlotte came along," Stella continued. "Those kids couldn't stand that she was my friend, so they started bullying her too."

"Charlotte got into a massive fight with them just to protect me. Her face was covered in blood, and then the orphanage director... that bastard, beat her until she was covered in bruises."

Hearing this, Roger's eyes narrowed dangerously. He rested his hand over hers.

"Charlotte told me back then that a person can be kind, but never weak." Stella lifted her chin, meeting Roger's gaze as she spoke softly. "Kindness is reserved for good people. Bad people... they don't deserve it."

Showing mercy to bad people was just being cruel to yourself.

Especially playing the role of a bleeding heart.

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