Chapter 183 You Are Really Done For
If she were a sugar baby, they would have kept the relationship a secret.
However, not only did they go public with their relationship, but the newspapers had also reported that Smith Corporation and the Swan family’s Caerulus Corporation had reached cooperation on several major agreements.
For outsiders, they thought Eileen’s father had benefited from Eileen and had firmly secured a link with the Smith family.
Naturally, no one dared to say anything in front of Eileen.
After all, none of them would want to court death.
Yvette, for unknown reasons, hadn’t been to school for quite a while.
She still held a spot in the Olympiad Math Cla*s.
The exam time was gradually approaching. Eileen spent her time reading an Uprian novel in her hand. The teacher who tutored her said that it could enhance her reading knowledge. It might have been difficult for her to finish an entire book in the past, but at that moment, she could roughly understand the content of the book.
During lunch break, Eileen ate from her packed lunch. Vera, holding a book, walked over and asked, “Eileen, how have you been these days? Last time when I went to the hospital with Eric. to see you, the doctor said you had left the hospital. I planned to visit you at the Smith. residence, but I never had the time. I’m sorry.”
Eileen didn’t even lift her head, fl*pping a page as she said, “I’m doing well. You and Eric don’t need to worry about me.”
Vera looked at the book in Eileen’s hand, filled with dense Uprian text. “What book are you reading?”
“War and Peace.”
Vera couldn’t help but feel worried. “Eileen, it’s not the time to read these books. You haven’t been to school these past few days. I’ve taken notes for you. Here, take them and go over them!”
Eileen said, “Thank you, but I-
“I’ll leave this here for you. I have to go to my Olympiad Math Cla*s now!” Vera said, placing a notebook down before she left..
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Eileen hadn’t finished speaking yet.
In truth, Eileen wanted to reject Vera.
This time, she was set to secure the top spot in the Olympiad Math enrichment prograin.
As long as she could secure first place in the final Olympiad Math exam, she would be directly admitted to Hulbury University.
She also didn’t want to be completely dependent on the Smith family.
“Hey, Eileen!”
After Vera left, someone else appeared, and it was Albert.
Albert leaned on the windowsill and said, “I’m talking to you!”
Eileen’s voice was cold. “What is it?”
“I heard you’re with Jasper now. Is it true or not?”
Without lifting her head, Eileen casually fl*pped a page, circling the sentence she couldn’t translate with a pencil. “Yes. We’re together now.”
Albert glanced at Elm, who was leaning against the wall, gulped, and asked, “Are you guys. boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“Yes.” Eileen nodded.
Deep down, Eileen didn’t have much sense of security. Yet, the promises Jasper made to her were so certain that she couldn’t help but be moved.
There was someone they both loved and couldn’t let go of in their past.
At that moment, she had to let Eric go, and Jasper also had to let that person go.
He once said he would give her time to grow.
If that was the case, she thought she could give it a try. After all, life was short.
“Holy shit! How far have you guys gone? Have you k*ssed or just held hands?”
Eileen looked at him with a puzzled expression. “Are we close? This is our private matter. It has nothing to do with you.”
It was impossible to read a book in peace there. Eileen packed her bag and decided to head to the library, hoping to find some quiet for a while.
“What about Elm? You’ve been leading him on like a dog, and now you’re just going to cast him aside?”
Eileen’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. “Leading him on? Why would I do that? Where did you get such a conclusion from?”
With a quirk of his eyebrow, Albert extended a hand and folded a finger every time he spoke.
a sentence.
“You tutored him.”
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“You let him copy your notes.”
“You went shopping and eating with him…”
By the time he was done, he had folded all his fingers.
As it turned out, they had done so many things together.
Eileen seemed to understand something when he pointed it out, “Isn’t it normal for friends. to do those things? Prior to this, wasn’t it the same with you guys and Vera?”
Regarding the matter of tutoring, Eileen didn’t know that she was the one who saved him by the sea back then. Therefore, when Elm personally requested her to tutor him, Eileen refused.
The reason for the refusal was simple. It was just because of Elm’s attitude toward her.
Throughout high school, Elm always found her irritating and would always pick on her.
That led to everyone in Cla*s Six isolating and ostracizing her.
That was also considered one of the main reasons why she had such a solitary personality.
She was always used to being alone and being reluctant to interact with others.
The relationship between her and Elm had indeed become more relaxed than before.
People would think they were okay with each other, but they had forgotten the terrible things. Elm had done to her over the past two years.
When Elm choked her and asked why she wanted to hurt Vera, Eileen figured out Elm’s feelings for Vera.
At that time, if she had said yes. Eileen couldn’t help but wonder if Elm would have really strangled her back then.
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Eileen also wondered if Albert had mistakenly thought Elm liked her, or she liked Elm.
Regardless, that thought would be utterly absurd.
Elm and Vera went to the seaside of Peach Fishing Village by themselves, living under the same roof.
When Vera first transferred to their school, rumors about those two were flying everywhere. Even the entire high school knew about their relationship.
She tilted her head, looking at Albert with a puzzled expression. “Hasn’t Elm always liked Vera? What does that have to do with me? Everything you mentioned is merely my way of repaying him for saving my life. It has nothing to do with emotions. I’ve already made the things clear to him a long time ago.”
Eileen really didn’t understand what Albert was saying.
“Heh!”
Eileen heard a clear, cold sneer, which seemed to be Elm’s voice.
Albert glanced in the direction where Elm was punching the solid brick wall with He noticed faint traces of blood on the crack and looked at his own hand, which had been scraped and was now bleeding. “Damn! Doesn’t he realize he could hurt himself with such a strong punch?”
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Eileen observed as Elm walked past her, her attention drawn to the blood on his hands. She could sense a chilling aura emanating from him, which made him seem unwelcoming.
Charlie walked by leisurely, and Albert shook his head. “You’re in trouble now!”
“What does he mean by ‘in trouble? Do they know about Vera and Eric being together?” Eileen felt helpless in this situation.
Carrying her backpack, she headed to the library, hoping to find some peace and quiet to read.
As she left the cla*sroom, she glanced at Vera’s notes, which were well-documented and easy to understand. “Maybe I should give these to Elm. They would suit him.”
Cla*s Two was located right next to Cla*s One, with seating arrangements based on academic performance. Elm still occupied the very last seat.
Charlie and Albert had been spending time with him for more than just a day or two.
A girl from; Cla*s Two tock out a potion and bandages from a drawer. She was responsible for generai affairs in the cla*s Elm, your hand is injured. Let me bandage it for you”
“Go away!”
The girl persisted, saying, “If you don’t stop the bleeding, it could become infected.”
“I’m telling you to leave. Can’t you understand me?” Elm, in a fit of rage, abruptly stood up and kicked the chair away. His wild and aggressive aura was so intense that it frightened the young girl to tears.
She ran out without uttering a single word, too scared to do so.
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