Chapter 142

Tara was helpless in the face of both Shawn's and Lance's stubbornness. She quickly pulled Soren away from the corridor. She couldn't stop either of them, so the only thing she could do was drag Soren away to de-escalate the situation before it got out of hand. Soren wanted nothing more than to beat them both up, but Tara pulled him away just in time, preventing the situation from spiraling further into chaos. Shawn wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth as he watched them leave. He then bent down to pick up his cracked gold-rimmed glasses and slowly put them back on. As disheveled as he looked, he still managed to maintain an air of composure about him. Lance stopped before him and studied him briefly before asking, "What's your relationship with Tara?" Shawn curled his lips into a smirk, the crack in the lens veiled the strange glint in his eyes. "Oh, she and I are very close." Lance's expression remained cold as he considered the timeline between Shawn and Tara. He then