Chapter 996

Victoria had already figured out roughly where Hazel lived and knew that if Hazel wanted to get home quickly, she’d have to exit through the campus’s north gate. Between the lecture hall and that gate stretched a quiet, tree-lined road—secluded and rarely used, especially around lunchtime. It was the perfect spot. Victoria's plan was simple: ambush Hazel, drag her into the grove, and make sure no one else saw what happened. If they stripped her and took a few compromising photos, Hazel would be too humiliated to fight back afterward. With everything mapped out in her mind, Victoria gathered her group of mean girls, jumped into a car, and drove straight to that isolated stretch. Since the road was too narrow for the car to pass through, she parked it at the end, blocking the way, then led her clique back toward the ambush point on foot. Meanwhile, Hazel was cycling at a steady pace, murmuring softly to herself as she recited study notes. But when she looked up, she found a line of figur