Chapter 52: Clinging To Her Sanity

Celia's heart became even heavier as she forgot to breathe out of panic.

She immediately jumped out of Jiang's hold and grabbed his arm to make him leave, "Go away! I don't want him to see you here."

Jiang laughed, seeing her panicked expression, and slapped her ass as he whispered in her ear, "Sure. But don't forget about tonight. I will be waiting."

Celia could only bite her lips with a heavy expression as she saw Jiang leave.

She wiped her lips with a sad look while quickly correcting her hair and robes to make sure nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

"Celia! There you are! Where were you all this time?" Lucas asked in a confused tone as he ran into the garden.

Celia felt her heart burn with guilt and shame, unable to even directly look at his face after remembering how Jiang violated her mouth.

She didn't even do such indecent things with Lucas, the only one she loved. She didn't know how to face Lucas from here on.

Still, she cleared her throat as she forced a smile, "Oh...I just came here to look at the beautiful view. But what happened? Is there anything wrong? You seem a bit..."

"No, nothing's wrong. In fact, this might be the only good thing happening after I came here," Lucas said with a soft smile.

"And what is that?"

"Well..."

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A few hours ago,

Nadia's nerves were still shaking in anger, thinking about what that slimy dog Pito did to her. She could only take comfort in the fact that it was only a one-time thing, and she never would have to do such things with him.

She somehow made it to the royal sect and was making her way towards the main building while walking in a slightly awkward manner.

Nadia didn't even bother to argue with the guard as she quickly headed toward the elevator.

The elevator was empty as she entered but after she entered, a lot of people began to enter the elevator while shooting strange and heated glances at her.

Nadia looked away, not wanting to see their faces.

But she clicked her tongue in irritation as people began to crowd around her due to the sheer number of people in the small elevator.

She didn't even have the space to take one step in any direction. In front of her was a short man whose head was barely higher than her chest.

But even though he was short, he had a chubby body and was bald. Strangely enough, he was wearing the robes of an instructor, making Nadia wonder why an instructor would be entering this elevator when there was already an easier and faster way for them to go up.

One more person entered the elevator, which forced Nadia towards the corner of the elevator, only to have her back press against someone.

She didn't like having her body stick so close to a man and tried to step away, but her path was being blocked by the short chubby instructor, and there was no other extra space she could take.

She felt as if this instructor was purposefully blocking her way, but she decided to ignore it since it would only take a few seconds to reach the top.

Still, she was unconsciously squirming her legs together while rubbing her skin, trying to get rid of this annoying itch.

But as the elevator doors closed and the elevator began to move up, a few seconds later, the lights suddenly went off as the elevator suddenly stopped mid-way, making the people mumble in surprise, wondering what had happened.

"Everyone, please calm down. I just got the news that sudden emergency maintenance is going on. So please patiently wait for two minutes. After that, we will be good to go," The elevator operator announced, though Nadia was angry to hear it since, after ten minutes, there would be no telling if she would reach the principal's office in time.

If it was any other time, she would have caused a ruckus and tried to get this lift running earlier, but right now, she was too busy keeping the aphrodisiac in check and couldn't afford to divert her focus.

And since the elevator was an enclosed area, it was so dark that Nadia was barely able to see anything.

But she had no idea that in this darkness, the eyes of two men, standing right in front and behind her, had their eyes lit up with lust.