Chapter 46

Alexander’s lips pressed into a tight line, his sharp eyes dark and unreadable. “What? You don’t want to?” “I-I do.” Of course Summer said yes. As long as he wasn’t angry with her, she’d accept anything. He gave her one last long look, said nothing more, and walked straight out. Even though things between her and Alexander remained distant and awkward, Summer hadn’t lost sight of her plan for revenge. And just as she expected, Isabella Knight, not daring to defy Alexander, posted a public statement that day. She admitted she wasn’t actually City Q’s top medical genius—that it had all been a lie. Her brilliant thesis, her reputation—everything was thanks to her “foolish” sister, Summer. The moment the post went live, the internet exploded. Although Isabella had already been humiliated at the Barron engagement party, her fanbase had still defended her back then. “She just didn’t want to outshine her sister,”they claimed—insisting she had an ethereal grace and that the earlier scandal was