Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 680 Before She Died, She Finally Became Brave Once

Selena took two hours to process Carol's death.

They had just seen each other recently.

Her head throbbed with a mix of anger and helplessness.

Then she remembered the letter Carol had left. Carol must have made up her mind when she wrote it.

Selena's fingers trembled; it's a common reaction when people are emotionally shaken.

She couldn't think straight and pulled out the recording Carol had wanted to delete.

But with Carol just gone, she hesitated to press play.

As she was putting her phone away, Bryan walked over, looking sorrowful.

"Ms. Cooper," Bryan sighed heavily, clutching his chest.

"Mr. Ward," Selena replied.

Bryan nodded and sighed again. "None of us saw this coming. Ms. Cooper, were you here to see Carol?"

"Yes," Selena said.

"Does Carol have some scripts with you?" Bryan asked.

"Yes," she replied.

"Carol was always so professional. I want to give these scripts to her parents as a keepsake, to comfort them," Bryan said.

Selena sneered inwardly. Carol had just died, and Bryan was already after the scripts.

She always felt something was off about Bryan, and now she was sure.

"Mr. Ward, Carol gave me those scripts as a gift, and there's a letter to prove it. They're mine, and no one can take them back," Selena said.

Bryan didn't expect Carol to leave a letter.

He was instantly furious. Carol had caused him so much trouble by jumping off a building, and now she left behind valuable scripts. Given Carol's talent, these scripts would be hits.

He gritted his teeth but didn't say anything. He'd have to get Carol's parents to ask for them.

When Selena left Silver Bay Film Academy, her fingers were still trembling.

After calming down, she listened to the recording.

It had only a few sentences, but she knew what Bryan had done to Carol.

Thinking about her own time at Silver Bay University, she felt disgusted.

She remembered how Rodolfo trusted Bryan, unaware of what Carol had gone through.

Maybe because they were both women, Selena could deeply empathize.

Her face went pale with anger, and she clenched her fists.

Bringing Bryan down was Carol's last wish and the price of those three scripts.

Meanwhile, Bryan had already found Carol's parents.

They were crying so hard they could barely breathe. Lori blamed Rodolfo for that slap, and Rodolfo was filled with regret, thinking he should have held back.

Bryan approached them. "Carol might have argued with you because of those scripts. Now that she's grown up, she didn't need to submit them to me for review anymore. Maybe your lack of trust pushed her to this."

Lori was crying too hard to speak, but Rodolfo managed to stammer, "The scripts... where are the scripts? They belong to our daughter; we must get them back."

A smile flickered in Bryan's eyes. He didn't care about Carol's life or death; there would be more students like her in the future.

What he wanted most were those scripts, which had the potential to be very successful.

"They're with this woman. Here's her phone number; you can contact her," Bryan said.

Rodolfo immediately wrote down the number and then started crying again.

Bryan felt nothing but disdain. Carol's parents were foolish, always trusting outsiders over their own child, not even willing to listen to her.

They always maintained authority in front of their child but became extremely submissive with outsiders.

Most parents want to maintain absolute authority in front of their children, not realizing this only fosters a timid personality.

Bryan knew families like this well, so no matter how far he went with Carol, she wouldn't dare tell anyone.

He laughed inwardly. Carol wasn't the first student he had coerced.

There had been another student who developed depression and dropped out because of his coercion.

Bryan's methods were always the same.

Students from such families were too timid to resist. When he violated them, they were only filled with fear, like lambs to the slaughter.

He had previously derived pleasure from another female student and obtained a few good scripts from her.

That student couldn't take it and was diagnosed with depression, but her parents still thought she was just too mentally fragile.

Now that student was still at home, too afraid to come out.

Carol was the only one who had jumped off a building. Perhaps, in her final moments, she had finally found the courage.