Firebrand - Chapter 43: Against the Stream

Two years ago, Iris Crawford was mocked by the person she loved as a hopelessly fat woman and was forced to sign a divorce agreement. She endured it!During a kidnapping incident, he chose to save his mistress instead, prompting Iris Crawford to swear that she would make this pair of cheating lovers pay the price!Two years later, she returned slimmed down and transformed, with her scumbag ex-husband continually begging for another chance, saying he had improved...A mysterious young master took to surrounding Iris Crawford, dishing out punishment to the scumbag and publicly humiliating him in the process: Iris Crawford, you’re not suited for something better; you’re suited for the best like me.

She has come a long way.

Orphaned, born a weakling, and being the infamous good-for-nothing of Azure Dragon Country. Gu Ruoyun was the shame of the proud Gu household. Falsely accused of a crime she did not commit, she was betrayed by her family and beaten to death by her own grandfather. But life took a fateful twist on that very day — she was revived.

Newly awakened, she is now the Master of an ancient treasure that resides within her body. Precious cultivation pills, treasures beyond her wildest imagination and spiritual beasts, all within her grasp… She is the apple of the eye of all under the heavens, including that of a mysterious, handsome man.

Now she only has one goal — to conquer the world.

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One elite school. One dead student. Two boys who can’t stand each other… and can’t stay away.Welcome to Blackwell Academy.The most prestigious high school in the country, where the rich are powerful, the powerful are dangerous.And everyone is playing a role in the chain.At the top of the chain?The Glass Circle……six untouchable students born into legacy, wealth, and manipulation.They are feared, worshipped and corrupt to the core.One night, one of them, ends up dead.What happens when Ash Rivera….a quiet, artistic scholarship student from the slums of the city…witnesses the one thing he was never meant to see?He wasn’t supposed to be at that party.He wasn’t meant to see the body fall from the rooftop.He wasn’t meant to survive it.He definitely wasn’t supposed to catch Dominic Vale’s attention.But one wrong night changes everything.Now Ash is the only witness to a murder, and someone knows he saw too much.They want him silent.“Keep your mouth shut, Rivera. Or you’ll be next. You don’t belong here…and you’ll die trying to.”But the real danger isn’t the killer.It’s Dominic Vale…..Blackwell’s golden boy and Ash’s sworn enemy.Because Dominic has his own secrets. His own obsessions. And one terrifying promise.“Ash Rivera is mine. No one touches him… no one… except me.”As Ash digs deeper into the truth behind the Glass Circle, one thing becomes clear:Love is dangerous.And the truth? Might get you killed.

It is said that humans only reveal 5% of their DNA. The person you perceive yourself to be and the person others judge you for is determined by this 5%. No one can know what is in the hidden 95%.