The Moment I Stepped Into His World as the Fake Girlfriend, I Became the Real Prize novel Chapter 61

Hearing this, the young man cast a weary glance at Sasha.

He might like Lydia, but that didn't mean he would let anyone cross his bottom line.

"I'm only going to ask this once. Who threw the first punch?"

Faced with his icy interrogation, the surrounding girls silently shifted their gazes to Sasha.

The latter panicked for a second before stubbornly admitting it. "Fine, I hit her first! But she brought it on herself! She's nothing but a homewrecker trying to steal someone's boyfriend!"

"And whose boyfriend did she steal?"

Sterling asked coldly, his tone dangerously flat.

Lorelei immediately jumped in, eagerly fanning the flames. "Exactly! Elena is Sterling's actual girlfriend, so how could she be a homewrecker? The only person acting like the other woman here is someone else!"

"Lorelei, shut your mouth! This has nothing to do with you!"

Sasha glared at her fiercely, but Lorelei wasn't intimidated in the slightest, tilting her chin up with arrogance.

Elena had only been slapped once, yet Sterling was already rushing to her defense, completely disregarding Lydia's presence.

He even cared enough to wrap his jacket tightly around Elena because her uniform was soaked!

All these little details proved one undeniable truth.

As long as the new flame was hot enough, the old flame meant absolutely nothing!

Given that reality, what was there left to worry about?

"Lydia's, obviously!"

Ignoring Lydia's frantic attempts to stop her, Sasha stated with absolute certainty.

But Sterling's gaze shifted slowly, landing squarely on Lydia. "Lydia, am I your boyfriend?"

Lydia—

Hearing him address her so formally, Lydia bit her lower lip.

She bit down a little too hard, accidentally tearing the delicate skin and tasting the metallic tang of blood.

"...No."

Yet Sasha, acting as the righteous best friend, had cornered Elena under the guise of punishing a homewrecker.

It was laughable.

Sasha never expected Sterling to speak to her so ruthlessly.

In the past, he hadn't been overly warm to her, but he had never raised his voice or used harsh words either.

A wave of sheer humiliation washed over her, and tears immediately spilled from her eyes. "Lydia, he's being so cruel, so unfair. Say something..."

Lydia clenched her fists and took a few steps forward, stopping right in front of Sterling.

She glanced at the girl behind him before speaking. "Sasha shouldn't have slapped Elena, that's true. But Elena's retaliation... wasn't it a bit too extreme?"

"She brought it on herself."

Sterling replied casually, his cold demeanor unyielding.

"Fine. If that's what you think, we accept it."

Lydia's eyelashes trembled, a fresh drop of blood seeping from the wound on her lip. "But Sterling, if what they're saying is true, Elena nearly drowned Sasha. That crosses the line into assault."