I Saved the School Beauty, She Made Me a Criminal — Novel

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In a world where trust is a fragile illusion, Marcus Lancaster finds himself at the heart of a storm he never created. After a brutal attack on Valerie Hale, the school beauty, he becomes a scapegoat, falsely accused by the very girl he risked everything to save. As betrayal unfolds from all sides—his parents, his best friend Lucas, and even Valerie herself—he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison, left to grapple with the gnawing question: how did everything go so wrong?

But fate offers Marcus a second chance. Reborn into the moment he chose to save Valerie, he faces a choice: to follow the path that led to his downfall or to rewrite his story. With the burden of past betrayals hanging over him, can he navigate the treacherous waters of trust, friendship, and revenge? As he races against time to protect Valerie once more, Marcus must contend with the painful truth that sometimes, the people closest to you are the ones who hurt you the most.

In this gripping tale of redemption and resilience, will Marcus reclaim his life, or will the shadows of the past consume him again?

I Saved the School Beauty, She Made Me a CriminalChapter 1

The school beauty, Valerie Hale, was dragged into a back alley.

I was the one who fought until I was battered and bleeding to save her.

Yet when my parents saw me afterwards, they did not praise me. Instead, they scolded me for recklessly throwing myself into danger.

What I never expected was for Valerie to stand in front of everyone and accuse me, claiming I had teamed up with those street punks and forced myself on her.

Later, those punks went to the police station and turned themselves in.

Even my best friend, Lucas Turner, stepped forward as a witness. He testified that I had been bitter over Valerie rejecting me, and that I had said more than once that I wanted to force her.

With that, every piece of evidence pointed straight at me.

My parents did not believe me either.

In the end, I was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, where I lived a life worse than death.

Throughout those fifteen years, my parents never came to see me even once.

They only had someone pass along a single message:

[Marcus, you’ve disgraced our family completely. Just die in there.]