Chapter 10

In the lounge of the venue set for the engagement ceremony, Stellan stood silently before the mirror, adjusting his tie while replaying Celine's words from that morning in his mind. In the reflection, he watched his friends clustered around him, buzzing with excitement as they discussed their plans to get back at her later. His eyes were shadowed. After a long silence, he finally spoke. He hesitantly said, "Once the ceremony starts, just leak the proof that she 'plagiarized' Lucia's work. Credit all her pieces to Lucia and ruin her reputation. That's all we need to do." He paused, then hardened his tone. "As for those videos… forget about them. I've already deleted them." At his words, his friends fell silent. It took them a moment to fully process what he'd said. "What? You deleted the videos? So all that work we put in was for nothing?" "Stellan, you can't be serious." "Stellan, what are you saying? Are we just letting her off the hook?" "She's the reason Lucia died. How can