Chapter 2534

Alicia felt a chill crawl slowly down her spine. She stared at the gentle-looking Thalia, clearly smiling and soft-spoken, as every word out of her mouth stirred a creeping sense of dread. "A monster…" Alicia thought of that immediately. If Thalia wasn't a monster, how could she have seen through everything so precisely? Alicia opened her mouth, ready to deny it all by feigning confusion and playing the part of the wronged. After all, if something were to break out here, she knew how the scene would look. A young and seemingly harmless scholarship student pinned against the CEO's elegant wife—people would instinctively side with the underdog. Humans always had a habit of favoring the weak, after all, and Alicia knew that well. That was why, over the years, whenever she encountered situations she couldn't handle, she would know when and how to appear vulnerable. Due to her hesitation, Alicia didn't react immediately. Thalia effortlessly saw through her and spoke again before she h