?<strong>Chapter 806:</strong>


    When Aurora had been openly taken away, Dunn had been filled with self-loathing. He med himself for paying too much attention to Aurora, making it obvious to everyone—his ssmates included—where she was.


    He med himself for failing to protect her.


    “Don’te over,” Dunn said sharply, his voice tinged with coldness.


    Aurora stopped short, stunned. “Dunn, aren’t we friends anymore?”


    “No.” Dunn told himself that if he ignored Aurora, no one would notice her because of him. It was the way it had to be. Their families were no longer friends.


    “Aurora, stop talking to me. Even if we cross paths, don’t bother greeting me,” Dunn said, his voice cold as ice.


    “Why?”


    Dunn clenched his fist tightly, his small palm slick with sweat. “No reason. Aurora, you’re just annoying.”


    He didn’t dare to meet Aurora’s eyes. He turned away sharply, walking past her with his face set in a harsh, unreadable expression.


    Aurora stood frozen, watching as her ssmates passed by her without a second nce.


    Before school, she had argued and cried with Joelle, worried sick about Adrian’s condition.


    She had finally gathered her courage, telling herself she’d face everyone with a positive and optimistic attitude.


    But before she even entered the ssroom, all her strength crumbled. She wiped away the tears that wouldn’t stop falling, and with each tear, her resolve hardened.


    She wouldn’t speak to Dunn again.


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    Back in the ssroom, Aurora patted her cheeks, forcing a smile to rece her pain.


    Yet for some reason, everyone in the room seemed to look at her strangely.


    The children who used to y with her barely acknowledged her presence.


    When she tried to talk to them, they turned away, uninterested.


    Aurora’s first day back at school was miserable, a weight in her chest that grew heavier with each passing moment.


    At lunch, while everyone else hadpany, Aurora sat alone at her desk, her loneliness swallowing her whole.


    She recalled Joelle’s words, urging her to be strong, to be brave, and never let life’s little setbacks defeat her.


    So what if they isted her?


    She could stand up to the whole world.


    Despite her determination, the heart of a child couldn’t simply shrug off such disappointment.


    Aurora couldn’t help but eat her lunch through her tears.


    This continued until the second week, when things finally began to change. A new student joined the ss, rumored to have failed first grade and repeated a year after taking a break.


    The boy didn’t make a good first impression on Aurora.


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