My Dreamy "Old" Husband [Completed] - Chapter 1471-1480

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1471

Greg was thunderous as he yelled, “You’re going to let them off the hook like that?”

The security guard stepped aside and watched Carmen and Poppy leave before turning his attention to Greg with a raised brow. “What would you have me do instead, sir? Kill them?”

With that, he turned to leave and did not bother to stay for whatever retort that Greg would have.

An outraged Greg threatened loudly, “I’m going to file a complaint against all of you!”

“Have a nice day,” the guard replied nonchalantly before he exited, leaving Greg high and dry at the entrance.

“You—”

Greg wanted to rush after the guard to confront him, but he refrained from doing so when he remembered that there were more important matters at hand. With that in mind, he turned to address the mogul, who was still sitting in the private booth.

After all, it was the mogul who deserved every bit of Greg’s attention.

He was about to sit down so that he could resume his conversation with the mogul when much to his surprise, the latter abruptly stood up and started toward the door.

“Mr. Adams, where are you going?” Greg asked with widened eyes as he scrambled after him. However, the other man did not respond as he left the booth.

Greg picked up his pace as he tried to catch up to the mogul. He lowered his stature and began to explain frantically, “Mr. Adams, what happened just now was an accident! The thesis really was written by Flynn. If you don’t believe me, we can go somewhere else and I’ll have him discuss the contents of the thesis with you. M-Mr. Adams—”

The man said nothing despite Greg’s efforts to convince him. He was powerful and untouchable and not even the likes of Greg, who was the head of Stafford Group, could ever measure up to his stature.

At a young age, the mogul had managed to build a business empire that was powerful beyond imagination. His accomplishments were legendary and the same had been circulating for the past decade. There would undoubtedly be more stories of him in the next ten years, although he would have achieved countless other milestones by then.

He was once known as the teenager with the highest net worth in the world.

Now, he was one of the youngest to have made it to the top of the millionaires list.

He had lost his parents and his brothers at the tender age of ten; as a result, he was forced to take over the family business as the director of the conglomerate. The rest of the world thought that the Adams Group was on its way to its demise, seeing that it was desperate enough to push a child into taking over the business, but the same youngster proved to be far more capable than perceived. Time and time again, Adams Group had thrived miraculously under the boy’s leadership and achieved success that was far beyond anyone’s expectations.

Even though he was in his fifties, Greg could not even hope to compete against a man as accomplished as him.

Greg never thought that he could ever meet a big shot like him—not by his own efforts, at least. In fact, they could never have crossed paths in the current lifetime if it had not been for the invitation from Adams Group.

The only reason why the mogul had wanted to see Greg in the first place was because Flynn’s thesis on the future of insurance, which was featured in a journal publication, had caught his eye. Even the director of Adams Group—otherwise known as the king of international insurance—was impressed with how the thesis provided a fresh perspective and a new insight into the topic.

The thesis was well-structured and meted out cogent reasonings, thus alluding to the author’s in-depth research on the insurance industry. Aside from the obvious fact that the author of the thesis had acquired first-hand information for the dissertation, he was also able to succinctly state his findings and draw a clear conclusion. The author was strong in his delivery and offered a refreshing outlook through his work. The mogul was further convinced of the author’s talent after pursuing his few other theses.

Furthermore, there was information to show that the author was an honors high school student whose remarkable academic performance was bolstered by the many awards he had won.

Seeing as the mogul happened to be collaborating with Stafford Group and upon discovering that they kept in touch with the Clarks, he had asked Greg to arrange a meeting with the author in person. Who could have thought that the meeting would come with a plot twist instead?

However, he could not say that he was completely surprised by how things had turned out. It made sense that the theses were written by the girl; the possibility of it was neither far-fetched nor unexpected. In fact, if she was indeed the one who wrote the thesis, he would think she was rather behind on her development.

After all, she came from a family of exceptional talent.

Meanwhile, Carmen and Poppy were standing on the pavement outside Audistin while they waited for the bus to arrive.

Carmen extended her arm and revealed the kids watch on her wrist. “It’s already ten. I think it’s too late for us to catch a bus,” she said with a frown on her face.

However, before Poppy could give an answer, an expensive car drove out from the garage and pulled up in front of them. The door opened and Flynn angrily alighted from the vehicle before he charged toward them like a rabid dog. He then growled, “Do you realize what you’ve done, Carmen? What you did back there cost me a huge opportunity—did you know that? Did you know that? Are you trying to ruin me because you can’t have me?”

Flynn was losing his mind. The reason why Greg brought him to Audistin in the first place was because the mogul had taken an interest in his thesis and wanted to meet him in person. Flynn had been ecstatic because most people would kill for an opportunity like that, but Carmen showed up and ruined everything for him.

His fists were clenched as he marched over to her.

Upon seeing this, she instinctively backed away with what appeared to be panic in her eyes and asked, “Are you going to hit me? I’m warning you—my mom’s a farmer and my dad used to be a construction worker. Strength runs in our family’s blood. I won’t hesitate to kick your *ss if you take one more step toward me!”

However, Flynn was like a beast filled with rage and he paid no heed to her words.

Kimberly, on the other hand, was watching the show from the sidelines as she stood with the men who worked for Stafford Group. This little wench has some nerve, she thought.

If everything had gone as planned today, Flynn would have piqued the mogul’s interest and it would not take long before he could start paving his way to success, but any chance of that happening was non-existent now; the wretched peasant girl even had the audacity to take credit for his work.

Flynn was a well-known honor student who won countless awards and all his dissertations had astounded the academic world. He had a bright future ahead of him that was paved with opportunities. The Clark Family had almost crumbled away into nothing, but that was before they formed a union with the Fletchers, thereafter producing a genius like Flynn. It was only a matter of time before the Clarks reclaimed their place in the social hierarchy.

The opportunity for their glorious comeback had presented itself today, but Carmen came along and ruined everything.

Kimberly fumed. This lowly b*tch doesn’t even know how much trouble she’s caused!

As of now, Carmen was backing away from Flynn, but just as he swung his fist at her, she whipped out her ancestral Taser and swiftly ducked under his arm. She then shoved the Taser against his stomach. On the other hand, Poppy leapt into the air and jump-kicked Flynn with such force that it sent him flying.

She had been waiting for that day for a year, one month and ten days.

The *sshole had taken advantage of the fact that he looked like Taylor Murray—who was Poppy’s godfather—and posted videos of himself acting flirtatious online, thereafter becoming an influencer. He even went to the extent of asking social media marketers to hype up his image as an honor roll student who not only looked like Taylor but was also a powerful heir to a huge family fortune.

Poppy wanted to spit at him because he had neither money nor power. In fact, he was an heir to nothing more than a disgraced family name!

Her godfather could have retired from the entertainment industry for over a decade, but he was still known all over the world. His movies still held the highest ratings and they were also the most-watched movies of all time. It was his work that still garnered the most discussion among fans and movie buffs alike. Anyone could easily gain their fifteen minutes of fame if they were so much as associated with Taylor, including Flynn.

If it had not been for those flirtatious videos over the internet, Carmen would never have known about him. She certainly would not have given up on earning her second Bachelor’s degree overseas to return and attend high school.

Finally, after months of waiting, Poppy could finally beat Flynn into a pulp!

After having been electrocuted with the Taser, he now lay spreadeagled on the ground. The two girls then lunged forward and wasted no time in beating him up.

Carmen had moved on; all the theses she’d written for him, the competitions she’d entered on his behalf and the prize money that was rightfully hers—she no longer cared about any of these.

So, all that was left for her to do was to punch and kick him to her heart’s content. Goodbye, first love.

Meanwhile, a couple of luxury cars had driven out of the garage and were pulling up by the pavement. One of the cars had its windows rolled down and the person watched the scene from within the shadows while his green eyes glinted with amusement.

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Nobody would have expected that those two girls were courageous to attack Flynn in front of the Staffords. Just as the men from the Staffords moved to defend the fallen boy, the security team from Audistin rushed out onto the streets and effectively blocked their way. The head of security was looking extremely displeased with them.

“What are you doing? Are you trying to start a fight outside Audistin?” he barked.0

Audistin had a formidable reputation. The Winstons and Fletchers ran the place and the Michels were rumored to have shares in the business as well. The clubhouse was backed up by crime organizations and the military; word had it that the security team was made up of soldiers who retired from the special forces, former secret agents, and bloodthirsty mercenaries. As such, one would naturally avoid causing a scene anywhere near the club.

Panicking over the safety of her fiancé, Kimberly pointed an accusatory finger toward Carmen and Poppy—both of whom were still throwing punches at Flynn—before shouting, “They’re the ones who started the fight!”

Those were the same security personnel from the club earlier—they did not dare to leave their posts until Carmen and Poppy safely made it home.

They had been watching from inside the club when the fight started, but they immediately rushed out when they saw that Staffords’ men were about to attack the girls.

“It’s hardly a big deal if it’s between minors,” the head of security countered coldly, acting as if he could not see the nearby fight that was going on.

Upon hearing that, Kimberly’s eyes widened in shock. She was now certain that the security had been dispatched by none other than their opponents and it seemed as if they were intent on watching Flynn being beaten to death.

As the security held them back, the men who worked for Stafford Group could only watch from the sidelines as he continued to brace himself against Carmen’s abuse.

However, just as she gained momentum in the fight, her eye caught a startling flicker of green from the car parked by the side of the road.

A pair of green eyes stared in her direction from within the shadows. The green was so captivatingly familiar that it drew her gaze toward the car and distracted her from the fight.

The pair of green eyes also looked at her and in that moment, Flynn’s cries of pain as well as Poppy’s string of profanities melted into the background. The longer the owner of the green eyes and Carmen stared at each other, the more she felt as though time and space no longer existed. There was an unspoken conversation that seemed to hang in the air between them, as if their souls tried to convey every single thought and emotion to one another.

She recognized those piercing green eyes as well as that car—the vehicle was the brainchild of the first-ever collaboration between Michel Group and Ronney Group. Michel Group’s extensive experience in arms-manufacturing and advanced technology combined with Ronney Group’s prowess in aesthetics culminated in the final design for the car. The model was essentially refined armor—elegant on the outside and tough within.

The concept of the car was a sensation after it made its debut, which piqued the interests of many of the world’s richest men. The limited edition model was sold out before it could even hit the market, resulting in a huge triumph for the collaborating parties; the way in which they had combined both art with advanced defence technology was an iconic breakthrough for their respective industries.

Sophia was the one to suggest the initial concept so that she could include it in one of the collections of her ‘Premium High-Tech’ project.

Over the course of a decade, she and her brother, Linus, had worked together to realize all of her designs. Premium High-Tech was now renowned as a pioneer in the industry and paved a bright future for luxury goods and technology alike.

At the current moment, the car that was idling by the side of the road was a premium collector’s edition, which was launched to commemorate Premium High-Tech’s tenth anniversary. There were only twelve of those in the world and the cars were so exclusive that only those who knew a higher-up in the company could get their hands on them. In fact, the owners of those twelve cars had maintained extremely close relations to the manufacturer.

Carmen was more than familiar with the profiles of those twelve clients and there was only one person among them with green eyes—Bailey Adams.

She did not think that she would see him outside the club.

Now that she thought about it, they had not seen each other for a decade. In fact, the last time she saw him was before Michael’s cryopreservation.

After that, Carmen had left for her studies abroad and did not meet Bailey ever since.

He mostly kept a low profile and not even the media could get any pictures of him; she wondered what he looked like after all those years.

She was still staring in his direction when Flynn snarled, “What the hell do you think you’re doing, Carmen?”

Snapping out of her reverie, Carmen remembered that she was supposed to be beating him up. She attacked him with a deadly kick to the face—a move which was passed down through the generations in the Fletcher family—and sent him flying while bringing a satisfying end to the battle.

Greg came out at that moment and he was shocked by the scene before him. The security guards immediately confronted the men from Stafford Group, causing a ruckus as they shouted abuse at one another. Within minutes, both parties were on the verge of a brawl. Seizing upon the diversion, Carmen and Poppy fled the scene with the dog.

With the dog in tow, the girls walked past the aforesaid luxury car. The curious dog then jumped up and stood on its hind legs before resting its paws against the edge of the car window. It looked as though it was getting ready to leap into the vehicle.

The mysterious passenger reached out with a pale, slender hand, and his long fingers fell upon the dog’s head to stroke its fur.

As he did so, the bracelet he wore slid down his wrist, revealing the three apricot kernels that adorned it.

“Come on, you stupid dog!” Poppy grunted as she pulled on the leash, forcing the dog to abandon its efforts to clamber into the car. As they left the scene, Carmen found herself turning to look at the car a couple more times until she finally lost sight of it, but the person in the car never made an appearance.

The ground was wet after the spring shower and both girls were treading carefully as they made their way home. The dog walked alongside them on its leash. There was a faint scent of spring that lingered in the otherwise dank and shabby alleyway.

She was silent throughout the journey home. All she could think about were those green eyes and its owner.

It was such a pity that she did not manage to catch a glimpse of his face.

Poppy, on the other hand, was reliving their triumph from earlier. “That was more like it! You might have been cheated on, but good for you for standing up to him!” she said with fierce approval. “I’ve been wanting to beat that b*stard up for the longest time! He’s nothing but a disgusting creep! He can’t even begin to compete with my godfather!”

It was late at night by the time both girls returned to their respective homes. Carmen braced herself as she opened the front door. She then sighed in her heart upon seeing her family members waiting up for her in the brightly-lit living room.

The robot whirred as it hurried over to pick up the dog and bring it for a bath. Meanwhile, she gripped onto the strap of her backpack as she entered the living room. “Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle,” she greeted dutifully. “I’m home.”

Her mother, Sophia, walked toward her in haste. “Darling, where have you been? Your grandpa told me that you went out with Poppy after school.”

Carmen’s chest tightened. She did not respond while walking toward the staircase and she rolled her eyes in frustration when Sophia pestered her for an answer. Why bother asking if you already know?

The reason why she wanted to head abroad in the first place was because she could not stand being watched by her family 24/7. She finally found respite after staying abroad for a few years, but when she came home a year ago, it was as if her old life picked up right from where she’d left it off.

It was a never-ending story—one that constantly imported the heavy use of spy drones and pinhole cameras.

When it came to spying methods, the creative brains behind Michel Technology did not have an imagination that was as limited as Carmen’s. The high-tech 360° panoramic spy-cam was custom-made for her. It seemed as if her entire family would not be content until they knew her every move. She highly suspected that any waste matter she expelled into her toilet bowl would be subject to their scrutiny as well—she would not be surprised if they decided to run lab tests on it.

Carmen eyed her mom with a solemn look again and she announced defiantly, “Mom, I’m a grown-up. I use tampons now and I might even start using condoms in a couple of months’ time. Can you please just give me some personal space?”

Upon hearing that, Sophia froze in shock.

In fact, everyone in the family was taken aback by Carmen’s words.

Carmen, on the other hand, was worn out after today’s events. She went upstairs to her bedroom and made her way into the shower.

She had only just exited the bathroom when she suddenly remembered the photo album. She rummaged through her things and pulled out the thick album that was filled with pictures of her. After that, she flipped through it and finally found the one she was looking for.

The picture was taken when she was a little girl. In it, Sophia and Michael were going through their wedding rehearsal on the island whereas she was the flower girl. Bailey was also there and it was Cooper who took the photo.

Carmen wistfully stared at the photograph—they were two innocent kids on an island and their smiles were as radiant as the flowers that were in full bloom behind them as they stood hand in hand with each other.

She wondered what he looked like after all those years.

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The talk in the living room resumed shortly after Carmen retreated upstairs. The whole family could sense that it was a crucial time in her life since she was about to transition from a teenager to a young adult—a process that was otherwise known as ‘the transition’.

It was at the start of the family discussion when Sophia first made the announcement that a historical revolution was slated to happen at around the same time Carmen transitioned into young adulthood.

“Carmen is going to start using condoms soon,” Sophia declared slowly with a sigh. “She’s all grown up now. She’s no longer the kid she used to be.”

Upon hearing the news, Cooper and Anna felt their hearts sink. Linus, too, looked as if he was in despair.

Carmen’s words would leave the family heartbroken for an entire year.

Her generation had evolved and using condoms at eighteen was commonplace. While the adults in the family were acutely aware that it was a rite of passage, they could not help but feel as though they were about to lose their little girl—whom they had raised for seventeen years—to some filthy boar-headed boy.

Sophia figured that Carmen would be done with her shower by the time the discussion was over, so she knocked on the latter’s bedroom door before entering.

She tried to come to terms with the fact that her daughter was growing up. Carmen no longer needed a nanny and she had been weaned off the bottle for years. Now, she was a teenager whose bedroom door was always locked and no one could enter without her permission.

Carmen is a big girl who wears a bra now, Sophia reminded herself.

Carmen was about to sleep when she heard the knock on the door. With a tired look on her face, she opened the door to reveal an enthusiastic Sophia.

“Darling, don’t you have to get ready for finals now that it’s a new school term? How about I look through the mock papers with you?”

“Mom, I graduated with a PhD,” Carmen pointed out as she looked at her mother through bleary eyes. “High school exams are a piece of cake.”

Sophia instantly switched topics and quipped, “I heard that you broke up with your boyfriend today. Do you want me to beat his head into a pulp?”

Carmen rolled her eyes in exhaustion before she sighed. “Mom, you can’t go around beating people’s heads into a pulp—it’s illegal. I’m old enough to handle my own dating life, okay?”

“Oh, well… How about if we go through your thesis together?”

When she heard that, she glanced at the kid’s watch on her wrist. “Mom, it’s eleven! We’ll go through the thesis tomorrow. Can you please let me head to bed now? I have to self-study at seven in the morning!”

Upon hearing that, Sophia began to back out of the room and responded, “Okay,—go and get some rest. I won’t keep you up any longer.”

Carmen lazily crossed her thumb over her index finger to form a heart. “Here’s a heart. Love you, Mom.”

Sophia gave her a kiss on the cheek. “Goodnight, darling.”

After having sent Sophia on her way, Carmen crossed the room to her bed and sank onto it. She stared at the ceiling, which was simulated to resemble a starry night sky. I’m practically an adult. Can all of you please stop treating me like a child?

The mattress came with aromatherapy and temperature-control features and it was made to perfectly conform to one’s sleeping habits, thereby bringing out the best sleeping experience. For Carmen, who was already worn out, that meant she was close to falling asleep the moment she hit the bed.

When she dreamed that night, it was as if she had traveled back to her own past.

Out of the few of her childhood nightmares, one involved her being kidnapped by someone who wanted to kill her. She was frightened and scrambled to hide under a table, which was when she heard a voice that said, “Come here. Close your eyes.”

She closed her eyes and fell into someone’s arms. She could still remember the feeling of being held that way—it felt safe, reliable, and warm.

She grabbed his shoulders and she was so terrified that she crumpled his shirt in the process. She kept her eyes closed all the way, afraid to open them, but the moment she did so, she saw her parents.

The man placed her down in front of her parents and he slowly stepped back until he disappeared from view.

She was so scared that she broke into ugly sobs. By the time she finally calmed down, the man was long gone.

The next day, Carmen left the house at six in the morning while yawning as she perched on the back of Theo’s bicycle.

Theo was in his forties, but it seemed like he did not age a day ever since he started using the three-step age-defying skincare collection that was manufactured through a collaboration between the Michel Medical Technology Group and Ronney Group.

When Michel Group and Ronney Group started their collaboration, the two giants in their respective industries had completely revolutionized the future for mankind. Not only did they launch the Premium High-Tech concept, the cosmetics department in Ronney Group had also partnered with Michel Medical Technology Group to produce several skincare and cosmetic products that would stop aging in its tracks. As a result, Carmen and her pets were the only ones who saw any change in appearances over the years while everyone else in the family looked the same.

Presently, Theo leisurely pedaled his bicycle with his granddaughter perched behind him as they headed down the familiar road that led to the school. His schedule was synchronized with Carmen’s. He was the security guard stationed by the school entrance and every morning he would scrutinize every person who entered and left the school grounds, making sure that there was nobody suspicious among the crowd.

By six-thirty, they arrived at the school and saw that the elite institution was brightly lit. It seemed as if everyone had arrived earlier than usual.

When Carmen entered the classroom, everyone contemptuously turned to look at her, but she was used to their sneers and paid no attention to them as she walked toward her seat. She placed her bag down and plugged in her earphones to listen to music while she read her books, ignoring the malicious whispering that went on around her.

She had long been made the butt of the joke by her peers. To them, she was a shameless modern-day Cinderella who pined for a prince, but even she had been the daughter of a duke. On the other hand, her father was just a lowly security guard who was stationed at the school entrance to check the student ID tags.

Everyone in school hated Theo because he took his job seriously. He was tasked with checking everyone’s student ID tags along with their accessories and make-up. Any person who was caught with heavy eye make-up would be forced to wipe it off before he would let them pass through the school gates.

The seat next to Carmen remained empty although it was where Flynn was supposed to sit. She had demanded that the teacher place her next to him on account of her excellent grades, but it frightened him instead. As a result, Flynn feared coming to school and he would only attend classes once or twice a week for the sake of it. He was terrified of running into her.

However, he had kept himself busy on the days when he was absent from school. He penned several insightful theses and every once in a while, the school would commend him for winning an award or two.

Meanwhile, Carmen’s existence only seemed more diminutive with every new achievement that he attained.

However, she never bothered about any of those.

She had always been the odd one out in the school. She never wore any make-up and never cared to dress up either. The school uniform came in several designs, but her staple was the ugly school-regulation tracksuit that made her look unflattering. Her hair was constantly in a careless top-knot and she wore the same pair of canvas shoes every day.

Carmen did not have any fashion accessories or any designer items and she wore a kid’s watch that had been fashionable over a decade ago. That watch was now a discontinued piece of junk—not even online shopping platforms would have it in stock.

All in all, she was a plain and unsophisticated nobody and she stuck out like a sore thumb in South Bayside High School.

Nonetheless, everyone could sympathize with her. After all, she came from a poor family and she was the only person in class who had enrolled into the school based on academic performance.

Class had yet to begin and the students in the classroom were gathered in groups of two or three as they chattered among themselves.

Just then, Flynn walked in and a hush descended over the room. However, his normally handsome face was twisted into a grimace today. Instead of resembling Taylor Murray, he looked as though he had been bashed up—his features were swollen and distorted with bruises all over his face.

He gritted his teeth and strode over to his seat before throwing his bag onto his desk. He viciously glared at Carmen and waited for the lowly peasant girl to explain herself. I want to know who gave her the instructions to screw things up for me at the clubhouse!26678

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Carmen would normally have made enthusiastic small talk with him by now. Instead, she remained silent, as if she had not noticed him at all.

Upon seeing that, Flynn threw himself down on the chair and opened his textbook to get ready for class. If she would not speak to him, then he would not start a conversation with her either. Fine! Let’s see which one of us succumbs to the pressure first!

Everyone else seemed to have detected the scent of gossip in the air; they were now curiously peering at both Carmen and Flynn while waiting for drama to unfold.

Usually, by that time, she would have been trying to get him to talk to her. He would then give her the cold shoulder and undoubtedly be extremely irritated with her. Their exchange usually served as a form of entertainment for the rest of the class. However, there was nothing going on between them today. In fact, she was unusually quiet in the morning and barely uttered a word even as class started. On the other hand, he turned to look at her more often than he normally did.

Everyone was beginning to read the situation. It appeared that Carmen had upgraded her methods and she was now playing hard to get.

Hope entered the classroom just as the bell went off for self-study. Everyone scrambled back to their seats. Alpha Class was the best class in their year and their form teacher was the toughest among the faculty; it was his words that held the most authority because he came from the notorious Fletcher Family in Bayside City.

Everyone knew the four most elite families in Bayside City—starting with the Fletchers, who wielded power over the country’s military. As long as Cethos remained a sovereign state, there was no way that their family would fall. Next was the Winstons, who ran the underworld that thrived against the forces of justice and thus was unlikely to perish anytime soon. Up next was the Edwards, who lay down roots all over the globe, and lastly, the golden triangle that reigned over Bayside’s elite circle—the Mitchells, the Michels and Ronney Group.

Then, there was the Yard Family, who recently returned from abroad. They were formidable as well, but they had been stationed out of Bayside City for a number of years and did not receive official recognition as a top player in the field. In other words, their forces and reputation were far more established abroad than in the local elite scene.

Therefore, with Mr. Fletcher as their form teacher, the students in Alpha Class were naturally the most obedient ones in school. Furthermore, their form teacher was a handsome young man who boasted elegantly chiseled features. While he shared a striking resemblance with Theo—the security guard by the school entrance—Mr. Fletcher was of an entirely different league from the latter. He was the best-looking teacher in the school and everyone had a love-hate relationship with him.

However, there was a chill that followed the man in the morning. Everyone was taken aback when he threw his teaching materials onto the desk and there was a deafening silence that ensued. The students peered at him cautiously and did not dare to breathe a single word.

He was usually gentle and rarely angered, but today, his face was like thunder. As his gaze swept the class, everyone could tell he was extremely furious. They began to silently pray. Whoever he’s angry with, please don’t let it be me!

Hope tapped the teaching aid against the table loudly as he gave everyone a pointed look. “Next week, all of you will be sitting for your first practice test of the term. Your focus now should be on your studies! Nothing else matters! Your goal is to ace the June finals, whereupon all your hard work for the past three years will be reduced to a single, crucial moment. You simply cannot afford even the slightest distraction right now! And yet—”

He broke off in the middle of his lecture, leaving everyone on the edge of their seats, and when he spoke again, it was with a pained voice. “I received a report this morning that a student was seen entering and leaving a nightclub after the self-study session last evening and he was caught drinking as well!”

Upon hearing that, the whole class went into an uproar. They began exchanging bewildered looks as they wondered who among them would visit a nightclub at a time like that. How unfortunate did this person have to be for Mr. Fletcher to catch wind of this incident?

Just as everyone was growing flustered at the suspense, Hope rapped his knuckles against the table and a hush fell over the room once more. His chiseled face was grim as he snapped, “Mr. Flynn, aren’t you going to explain yourself? What in the world were you doing in a nightclub?”

It was Flynn Clark… Everyone drew in an audible breath of shock. None of them could believe that Flynn was the one who had been caught going to a nightclub!

Meanwhile, the moment he heard the word ‘nightclub’, he knew instantly that Carmen had been the tattletale. He could not believe that she would actually snitch on him, but he did not think that Mr. Fletcher would call him out in front of the entire class!

In fact, Hope Fletcher came from the distinguished Fletcher Family and he was also related to the Clarks. It was through him that the Clarks were associated with such a powerful family. Without him, they could not so much as clamber their way up the social ladder.

Flynn knew better than to evade Mr. Fletcher’s question and he spitefully glared at Carmen. Her head was lowered and her eyes were fixed on the book before her, as if she had nothing to do with whatever was going on around her.

He abruptly stood up and retorted in a haughty tone, “Mr. Fletcher, I know it was wrong of me to visit a nightclub while I’m underage, but the adults in my family happened to have a business meeting with Mr. Bailey, the director of Adams Group. My presence there was solely a matter of expediency.”

Bailey Adams… Upon hearing that, the whole class gasped. Bailey Adams is one of the most formidable figures in the business world!

The name resounded throughout the classroom like a loud thunderclap. Everyone present was a child of the elite and they were all more than familiar with Bailey’s reputation. He had taken over the family business at the age of ten. He was now twenty-seven years old and for the past seventeen years, he had built a business empire that was beyond the imagination of those who were the same age as him. His business was known as the King of Insurance and as the person who was behind such a behemoth, he was a legend among legends. To meet the legendary Bailey in person and get a word or two in with him would be a privilege of a lifetime!

Flynn smirked arrogantly when he heard the collective sigh of envy from his peers. He was smug when he continued, “Mr. Fletcher, I’m sure you understand that there are those who could spend their whole lives waiting but never being able to meet a man as legendary as Mr. Bailey. Wouldn’t you think that it would be a shame if I missed out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?”

Everyone nodded in agreement with him. Flynn had to be there, even if he faced the risk of expulsion. After all, there were plenty of other schools that he could enroll in—should he be expelled from South Bayside High School, but to miss out on a chance to meet Bailey would be akin to setting himself for a lifetime of regret.

Eager to convince Mr. Fletcher, he added, “Mr. Bailey read my thesis and saw my potential. If you don’t believe me, sir, you could always ask my fiancée’s father, Mr. Stafford. He was the one who arranged the meeting.”

After hearing his words, everyone grew even more envious. It was one thing to be able to meet Bailey Adams, but to receive a personal invitation from him was a glorious achievement!

However, it was not a surprise that an honor student as excellent as Flynn would receive such special treatment. In the current year alone, all his theses were featured in journal publications—even Bayside University had taken notice of his work and there were rumors that his name was already in their admissions list. At the rate that he was progressing, it was only a matter of time before he captured the attention of a business mogul like Bailey.

As the rest of the class gazed at Flynn in awe, he felt like he was floating on air. He reveled in the admiration of his peers and felt important. Surely there could not be more than a handful of people who had the chance to speak to Bailey Adams—it could only happen by way of divine intervention!26679

Hope looked skeptical as he stood at the lectern. “Is that true?” he asked now, pushing his glasses to the top of his nose bridge.

Flynn nodded confidently. “You could always ask Mr. Stafford, who is the head of Stafford International and father to Kimberly, my fiancée, to verify my words.” As he said that, he cast a deliberate sidelong glance toward Carmen, as if he hoped that she would be hurt by his announcement that Kimberly was his fiancée. However, she was impassive and she still had her nose buried within the pages of the textbook.

After a pause, Hope felt for his phone as he said, “Let me check.”

He made a call and the line was picked up within seconds. Everyone thought he was on the phone with Kimberly’s father, but he spoke with a crisp Bayside accent when he greeted the person on the other end. “Bailey, my man, I didn’t expect you to quickly pick up the call. Did you just get out of bed?”

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At this moment, Hope placed the phone on speaker and everyone heard the voice that came from the other line. “I’m on my way to work. Why did you call me, Mr. Fletcher?”

The voice was bass-like—it was deep and cold, but elusive and sultry at the same time. His Bayside accent was far more impeccable than a professional voice-over actor’s and he sounded nothing like a foreigner when he spoke.

Carmen’s ears pricked up when she heard the voice as a chill ran down her spine. It’s his voice…

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Upon hearing Bailey’s voice, Hope seemed to give a loving smile. This is expected from the old son-in-law. He has become more successful over the years to the point where even Cooper is shocked.

The more successful the old son-in-law became, the prouder Hope felt—although there was still a long way for him to go.

He uttered in a straightforward manner, “This is what happened—today, someone reported that one of the students from our class went to a nightclub last night. The student said that he was supposed to meet you there, so he had no choice but to enter the nightclub. Well, I’m sure that you are aware that students, who are minors, are not allowed to visit a nightclub. However, it would be another story if it was true that it was you who requested to meet the student there.”

Bailey asked, “What’s the name of that student?”

Hope replied, “Oh, his name is Flynn Clark. You must have an impression of him if you have met him before—he looks a lot like Taylor Murray.”

At that moment, Flynn was brimming with pride. I am someone whom Bailey has requested to meet!

Unexpectedly, the voice from the other end of the line instantly shattered his confidence. “I’ve never met him before.”

The whole class fell silent. Flynn’s expression tremendously changed and his face blanched.

As Hope felt awkward by the turn of events, he immediately apologized to Bailey.

The scene was so embarrassing that even words could not describe it. The students whispered among themselves and discussed Flynn in groups of two or three—words of disdain, suspicion, gloat and the like spread throughout the class, but none of them were positive words. Flynn, who was humiliated in public, felt so embarrassed and felt that he was being burnt in fire.

Every glance that the students cast at him resembled a handful of cumin and pepper of sin being sprinkled at him.

No, there must be a misunderstanding. Bailey was the one who requested to meet me.

He calmly thought about the events that happened and finally recalled it. After he entered the private room, before he could speak to Bailey, he was interrupted by Carmen, who rushed into the room. Then, he was driven away by the security guard.

Bailey never noticed Flynn in the first place, so it would only be natural for the former to reply that he had never seen him!

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Flynn suddenly pointed at Carmen, who was beside him, and loudly reported, “Mr. Fletcher, I have something to report too—Carmen went to the nightclub last night as well and she is also a minor!”

The class burst into an uproar and everyone looked at her in disbelief. Everyone’s impression of her was a boring nerd who wore glasses all day long and never wore makeup. A girl like her actually went to the nightclub as well?

Besides, the kind of night club, which Flynn had gone to, would probably be high-end. Was she able to enter that sort of a place with her family background?

Before she could reply, a deep and adamant voice was heard from the other end of the line. “I indeed met a high school student named Carmen Fletcher who was working part time in Audistin last night. She was washing plates in the kitchen.”

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After receiving a large blow, Flynn’s expression changed—it transitioned from being ashen to dark.

A chuckle broke out amidst the silence, which made everyone turn to the source of laughter in unison. It was Carmen and she was seen laughing while blocking her face with a book.

It never occurred to her that Bailey would actually remember her as well as the excuse she used when she lied to the security guard last night.

Although it was just a fleeting smile, which was quickly replaced by a stern, nerd look, the blush on her face revealed her charm as a young lady.

The man with green eyes on the other side of the phone was resting his eyes in the car. Upon hearing her gentle chuckle through his bluetooth earphone, the corner of his lips curled up into a peculiar curve.

He heard her laughter, which simultaneously made him recall her angelic voice.

“Bailey, drink some water!”

“Bailey, eat some apples!”

“Bailey, goodbye.”

Nothing about her had changed. When they were in Audistin, he recognized her the moment she appeared although they were far apart from each other. Her looks showed that she did not become uglier as she grew older.

In the classroom, Hope hung up on the call after some exchange of pleasantries. Then, his smile was instantly replaced by gloom as he glared at Flynn. How dare he lie in front of the old son-in-law!

“Flynn, from today onward, move your desk next to my table!”

Flynn, who was still immersed in his anger from Carmen’s laugh of ‘mockery’, suddenly heard those words. What? Next to his table?

Everyone was shocked as all of them knew what that seat represented—only the naughtiest and most disobedient student with the worst academic result sat there!

To an elite student like Flynn, sitting there would be a disgrace to him!

He was puzzled. “Sir!”

However, Hope changed the subject in displeasure. “Alright, let’s start our self-study session. We will have to spell 50 Spanish words in 20 minutes.”

Just like that, Flynn moved from the seat beside Carmen to the ‘royal throne’—a seat which was forever filled with the smell of marker pen—and became every subject teacher’s ‘favorite’ student.

Carmen kept quiet for the entire self-study session in the morning. She silently revised on her own and did the Spanish spelling with a calm and peaceful look.

Although she was a beautiful young lady, she seemed a little different than her peers. Perhaps it was because she had left her family and studied abroad when she was still young, which resulted in her independent character.

The classes in the morning ended in an uncanny atmosphere. The school bell rang, which indicated that all classes in the morning had ended and the subject teacher left the classroom. Before the students even rose from their seats, they suddenly heard a thunderous roar from Flynn, who had been sitting in the first row while enjoying the smell of marker pen writing on the white board for the whole morning. “Carmen, stand right there!”

Carmen, who was packing her stuff and preparing to leave, adjusted her glasses and asked, “What’s the matter?”

He tried his best to look calm. There were a lot of people looking at them in the classroom, so he could not continue to embarrass himself. He uttered, “I will wait for you in the little woods on the hill behind the school.”

After saying that, he took his bag and left.

Tsk, lunatic. She packed her things and left the classroom.

Everyone looked at them. All they saw in the past was how Carmen chased Flynn but was rejected by him. From the looks of it now, there could be some inside story which they did not know of.

The bunch of students skipped their lunches and swarmed toward the little forest on the hill behind the school and hid somewhere.

Unfortunately, she did not show up.

Everyone usually had their lunch in the school cafeteria during lunch time. They seldom headed out of the school to eat since their time was limited in their senior year.

In the security guards’ office at the school entrance, on top of Theo’s office table was a delicious lunch that had just been sent over from home. He was serving her some dishes. “Come, darling, have some more.”

Carmen, who disliked the food that was served in the cafeteria, always thought that the food served at home was the best. She served him some dishes as she ate. “Grandpa, you should eat more too.”

As he looked at her, he thought that she looked beautiful from all angles. She is still a dazzling little angel!

As they were having lunch, Theo seemed to have something to say. After some hesitation, he asked, “I heard from your mom that you are going to use a condom?”

“Pffft—” Carmen spat out the food in shock.

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Carmen swore that she knew that she screwed up. She should not have used such a weird analogy yesterday to illustrate that she was now an adult.

From yesterday until today, the news that she was going to use a condom seemed to have spread to everyone in her family and all her relatives had texted her to ask about it.

Callum texted, ‘Darling Carmen, men are roses with thorns. You must be a good girl and ensure that you always have a condom with you. Let me recommend you a durable brand. They are new and I’ve sent them to your house. I’ll ask your mother to receive it.’

Cade texted, ‘Carmen, be a good girl. I love you, but condoms are a thing that you shouldn’t use too often. You are still growing, so be good and focus on eating while growing up. That would be a better option instead.”

Linus texted, ‘Dear Carmen, I’m going to develop a condom with a built-in thermoregulation system. It will alert you when it comes in contact with a virus and you can use it repeatedly. Be a good girl and wait for it.’

Anna texted, ‘Carmen, love is not the only thing in life, but one of the spices of life. Life can still continue without love, but it will be destined to be bland and boring. By the way, you must always have condoms.’

Cooper texted, ‘Who’s that brat?’

Lorelei texted, ‘I heard that you have started using a condom. Not bad, you have started earlier than me.’

Nathan texted, ‘Who’s that person?’

Carmen was at a loss for words as it was just an exaggerated analogy!

She suspected that they had secretly created a group without her knowledge so that they could bad mouth her behind her back. What should I do to make them accept the fact that I am already an adult? I’ve grown up—I have stopped acting for stupid dramas and I have stopped selling bolsters online. I’m really not a child anymore!

Unfortunately, she would forever be a child in the eyes of her family. She really wished that she could go abroad and stay far away from them; otherwise, they would annoy the hell out of her!

Before she finished her lunch, the disciplinary notice against Flynn had been posted on the notice board at the school entrance. Not only was his discipline score deducted, but a disciplinary action was taken against him. With the dark record, he practically bade goodbye for his admission into Bayside University to be guaranteed.

Not only did Flynn not meet Carmen at the little woods in the hill behind the school, but he was even made fun of by those who went to watch the show. When he came out from the hill to go and have lunch, he saw her washing dishes in the security room after having her lunch. Disgusting daughter of a peasant! She actually does disgusting jobs like washing dishes!

After she had washed the dishes, cleared the cutlery, and wiped the table, she sat in the security room and played with her phone while enjoying the heater. Theo had left to catch the students who disobeyed the rules. As it was a school for the nobles, it had a complete set of rules and regulations—food or parcel delivery people were not allowed to enter the school, strangers must register to enter and exit the school, they were not allowed to dye their hair, wear makeup, and bring their pets. On top of that, students had to wear their student ID tags when they entered or exited the school and they had to wear their uniform in school.

However, the school rules were not well enforced in the past. After all, the students were all from wealthy and influential backgrounds. Therefore, the security guards could not afford to mess with the students, so they used to turn a blind eye on their behaviors. However, ever since Theo arrived, he made sure that all the school rules were strictly enforced.

He strictly kept an eye on all the students with his sharp eyes every day for the fear that the delinquents would blend with the students and become a bad influence to his darling.

What was more terrifying was that he could recognize every single student in the whole school. He was able to match their student ID tags with their faces. In other words, outsiders would not be able to enter the school even if they wore a school uniform.

On top of that, he was not afraid of any student’s family background. He caught everyone who disobeyed the rules without any mercy, which had aroused some dissatisfaction among a number of students in the school.

Rumors had it that some brats from wealthy families declared that they would take revenge on Theo, but nobody saw them taking any action.

Poppy, who went outside the school to have lunch, was caught by Theo the moment she arrived at the school gate. “Poppy, properly zip up your uniform! Roll down your pants leg.”

The delinquent Poppy, who used to talk back to teachers in school, was as meek as a puppy before Theo. Obediently, she zipped up her uniform, rolled down her pants leg, and adjusted her student ID tag before she dared to walk into the school. She even took a secret glance at Carmen, who was enjoying the heater in the security room, before extending her hand into the room through the window to steal the hot chestnuts on the latter’s table.

Maisie, who was now in her sophomore year of high school, had left a bag of chestnuts in the security room when she passed by the school entrance earlier. Before Carmen could even eat two of them, Poppy actually stole almost all of them.

When they were eating chestnuts, Theo, who was standing at the entrance, suddenly shouted in a stern voice. “That student over there, please come over for a moment.”

As it was a peak time for students who went out to have lunch to return, there was a line at the school entrance for student ID verification purposes. Upon hearing his stern voice, everyone surrounded them to watch the commotion as it seemed like someone had been caught again.

Carmen was using the phone to check the share market and her stocks when she suddenly heard Theo’s voice. Raising her head, she looked out of the window of the security room and saw Kimberly and Flynn holding each other’s hand when they were stopped by Theo.

Upon seeing him, Flynn’s young face instantly wore an extremely vicious and cold expression. It’s that old geezer again!

He pointed at Kimberly’s student ID tag and uttered, “Security guard, look carefully, Kimberly has officially transferred to our school today. This is her student ID tag.”

In the past, whenever Kimberly came to the school to look for Flynn, she was always stopped by Theo from entering the school in a stern manner. As she was not a student from Bayside High School, she would be caught by Theo whenever she tried to sneak into the school even if she wore the Bayside High School’s school uniform.

There are more than 2000 students in the school, yet Kimberly is always caught whenever she comes, so he must be doing it on purpose! He must be intentionally picking on Kimberly because of his daughter! Don’t they know where they stand? Aren’t they aware of their backgrounds? As lowly commoners, how dare they dream of laying their hands on me as the rightful heir of the Clark Family! This time, Kimberly has transferred over to Bayside Highschool. I wonder what he can do about this!

The more Flynn thought about it, the angrier he became. He was punished today because of Carmen’s complaint and now her ignorant father came to find fault with him. He intentionally took Kimberly’s student ID tag and rudely stuck it in Theo’s face. “Old geezer, see this? Kimberly is now a student of Bayside High School and she is my fiancée. Don’t fantasize that I will fall in love with your daughter so that she can marry into a wealthy family and become rich. Your family background is no match to mine!”

Theo still had a cold expression, but Carmen and Poppy rushed out from the security room. He sure has a death wish! How dare he speak so rudely to the old man!

Nevertheless, he coldly stretched out one of his arms to stop them from rushing over while his other hand pushed away the student ID tag in front of his face as he coldly uttered, “Kimberly has transferred to high school senior year Alpha Class. The school security system has been updated, so I am aware of it.” He then pointed at Kimberly’s beautiful blond wavy hair. “According to the school rules, students are not allowed to dye their hair, perm their hair, and wear flashy accessories as well as thick makeup. Kimberly will have to rectify her looks before returning to school.”

Everyone looked at Kimberly; she not only had blond, wavy hair, but a thick makeup as well as a pair of large hoop earrings of the latest trend—it was a new product under the luxurious brand of the Ronney Group.

What he said was indeed accurate!

Kimber’s expression fell. It was how she usually dressed to school when she was previously a student of an international high school and the security guards had never stopped her!

Only an arrogant and ignorant lowly commoner like Theo had such courage!

Everyone gloated at her now that she was in an embarrassing situation. At the same time, they were curious about how Kimberly and Flynn would react and what Theo would do next.

Theo was working in the school for a year, but he had offended countless students with wealthy backgrounds.

Although the school was helping him to deal with all of the troubles he encountered, what about that time? If he continued to do things his way, sooner or later, he would surely be fired! The pair of father and daughter were indeed fearless!

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Needless to say, Flynn’s expression was extremely dark.

To him, Theo was practically seeking death by finding fault with him! The reason why he was doing that was none other than for his daughter’s sake.

“Look, you are merely a security guard, so do you think that I will fall in love with your daughter? Wake up, Kimberly and I are the perfect match. No matter how much you pick on me, I won’t accept your daughter!”

Theo was still impassive and his voice was cold and irrefutable. “I don’t understand what you are saying. Kimberly, please fix your looks in accordance with the school rules before coming to school.”

After he said that, he turned and faced the students, who were watching the commotion outside the school gate. “Please line up if you want to come in.”

Leaving Flynn and Kimberly at one side, he continued to check the student ID tags with his sharp eyes. There were more than 2000 teachers and students combined, but he knew everyone—including the janitors and the school’s usual delivery men. He definitely would not allow any suspicious people into the school.

Kimberly and Flynn were left at the school entrance just like that to endure the mockery and comments from the people around them. Carmen initially wanted to ask Theo to cut Flack some slack since she had severed all ties with him—they fought with each other and made complaints about each other. They would be walking separate paths from now on and she would not take any initiative to seek trouble with him in the future.

However, Theo’s action made it seem like she had intentionally asked him to pick on Flynn. The truth was that it was his usual strict and rigorous way of doing things.

After thinking for a moment, she gave up on the idea. She decided not to bother his work and continued to play with her phone.

Kimberly and Flynn, who were deserted at the gate and became the topic of comments of the surrounding crowd, pulled a long face. To them, it was a case of a lowly security guard abusing the little power he had to have his way.

Besides, the school took disciplinary actions against him because Carmen had reported about him. Under many pairs of watchful eyes, he had to teach the father and daughter a lesson.

While looking at the guard house where Carmen was, a smile of mockery appeared on Flynn’s face before he turned to the students, who were watching the commotion around them. He said in a loud voice, “Carmen, don’t think that everything will go according to your plan if you remain hidden in there and refuse to come out! Do you think that I won’t notice the dirty intentions that you and your father have? Stop wasting your time; Kimberly is the only one in my heart. We have matching family backgrounds, but yours are no match to mine! It is pointless to do all this; you will only end up harming your father. Do you know how difficult it is to work as a security guard in such a good school? If it wasn’t for your father’s good luck that landed him a job as a security guard in Bayside High School, don’t even dream that a girl like you will be able to study here! You and I belong to different worlds, so no matter how much you like me, it is just pointless.”

Poppy, who was sucking on her lollipop at one side, agreed with his words and responded to Carmen, who was still playing with her phone with her head bowed, “You and he belong to different worlds, so you shouldn’t dream of getting together with him. Love is something from our parents’ generation. The people at that time were much simpler, so only they would sacrifice themselves for love. But now, having matching family backgrounds is more important than love and you two are not compatible.” A poor guy like Flynn is really not a good match for you. Poppy totally agreed with what he said.

A poor girl like Carmen is not a good match for me. “Look, even your best friend is smarter than you. The most important condition in love is to have compatible family backgrounds! Don’t let the love story from decades ago cloud your mind and think that a prince like me will fall in love with a Cinderella like you.”

Poppy poked on Carmen’s shoulder and reminded, “Don’t let the love story from decades ago cloud your mind—it is impossible for a princess to fall in love with a frog.”

Carmen rolled her eyes.

Theo had checked the student ID tags of a few waves of students, but Flynn and Kimberly refused to leave and kept spewing nonsense while standing at the entrance.

Carmen finally could no longer hold herself back and she exited the guard house. She walked up to Flynn and sincerely uttered, “Flynn, I think that I have made myself very clear last night—from now on, let’s go separate ways. You climb the ladder through marriage and I will continue to be a nobody. I still want to enter Bayside University, so I have no intention to seek trouble with you. As for today, my father is really only doing his job and everything is done according to the school rules. He did not pick on you; he treats all students equally.” After saying that, she returned to the guard house.

Flynn, who was standing at the entrance, was beyond pissed by the pair of shameless father and daughter.

Theo came over and pushed him to the side. “Don’t stand at the entrance. You are blocking the way. Go to the side.”

It was obvious that his attitude toward Flynn was not exactly friendly.

Then again, his attitude toward Flynn had always been unfriendly. This guy is just like a low-rated version of my son, but my son is way more handsome than him.

From the moment Theo lay eyes on him, he thought that the kid was not a simple person. However, Carmen was chasing him at that time and he already knew that a day like that would come, sooner or later.

Fortunately, she was just like her mother—she was not a weak person.

A furious Flynn roared, “Carmen, you and your father should wait and see what I’m capable of!”

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Kimberly, on the other hand, had returned to the car to wait for him to resolve the matter.

She was always stopped from entering the school by Theo whenever she came, so it was time to teach him a lesson.

Carmen, whose name had been called, saw Flynn making a call. After 30 minutes, many teachers and school management’s executives as well as the principal showed up.

She then saw him talking to them from a distance. He seemed worked up and his body movements were incredibly dramatic—he probably wanted them to fire Theo.

Not only did Carmen ignore them, she even thought that it would not be a bad idea for her grandfather to be fired—he could head home and rest earlier since he was now in his seventies and it was time to retire. Keeping an eye on her in school every day was not going to bring any difference to her school life.0

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The teachers came to persuade Theo to be less strict, but he insisted on stopping Kimberly from entering the school unless she fixed her looks according to the school rules. The school did not dare to fire him as well because it was Hope who recommended him the job.

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The kids in school probably never realized it, but the teachers were all well aware that Theo could be one of the Fletchers. The Fletcher Family was a large family, so some of the members from the branch families were like ordinary people. After all, he was still one of the Fletcher Family, so it would not be wise to offend him. Nevertheless, both the Clark and Stafford Families were not folks whom one could easily mess with, so they had to be careful when they dealt with all of them.

It was only when Hope arrived that the matter was resolved.

Of course, he was on Theo’s side. “What? The new student colored and permed her hair? Ask her to fix it! Don’t come to our class if she doesn’t fix it!”

Flynn fell silent. Hope was able to contact Bailey through his personal number without going through his assistant, which illustrated how strong the connection was. Flynn did not dare to be rude and arrogant before a person like Hope.

The farce finally ended with Hope’s words. In the end, the Stafford Family’s car drove off with Flynn in it. The two of them were obviously upset as they cast Carmen a cold glare before they left, as if everything was under her command.

The next day, the two of them showed up together. Kimberly’s blond, wavy hair was replaced by straight black hair and her expression was as dark as her hair. Carmen was using the microwave oven to reheat her meal when they entered the school.

Upon realizing a hostile gaze on her, she turned and saw that Flynn and Kimberly were already in school. It seems like it won’t be peaceful after this.

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Sigh, this is all my fault. Everyone has their idiotic moments. I wish I could travel back in time to a year ago and strangle myself to death. Why did I give up on my peaceful life abroad and insist on returning to study high school again? Idiocy really is an illness that has to be treated.

When she returned to the classroom after having her meal in the guard house, she noticed the weird aura in the classroom. Flynn used to sit next to her, but now that he had moved to the first row to enjoy the smell of marker pens, the seat next to her was empty. Now, there was a new desk next to hers.

A bag, which was a new product from the Ronney Group, was placed on the desk as today was the day that Kimberly officially transferred to their class.

If Carmen was not mistaken, the person sitting next to her was the new student—Kimberly.

In the school, students were arranged to sit in pairs and Kimberly’s seat was next to Carmen’s. So, Kimberly is the student who is going to sit next to me.

Both Kimberly and Flynn were in the classroom. Right after she joined the class, she immediately formed her clique. Although she was previously not a student of Bayside High School, she was quite famous in the circle of young ladies and daughters of rich families in Bayside City. That was the reason why she had a lot of friends in the class. As she was the campus belle and a famous student in her previous school, she was determined to obtain the same title in this school.

Upon seeing Carmen entering the class, everyone seemed to gloat at her.

The moment she stepped into the classroom, she was rendered speechless as she felt the hostile air around Kimberly. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have believed Flynn’s sweet words. I shouldn’t have come all the way back for this f*cking love. I should have waited at home until Mom recommended a boyfriend with compatible family backgrounds to me before we would date for eight to ten years before getting married and having kids.

Both Carmen and Kimberly were rather pitiful as they had been cheated by Flynn. However, Kimberly came to resent her since she had been forced to fix her hair by Theo and Flynn’s opportunity to meet a big shot was screwed up.

Flynn deliberately spoke to Kimberly in an affectionate manner, as if the closer they were with each other, the more damage they would inflict on Carmen. However, after they were done with their intimate conversation, he turned to her, only to notice that she was doing exercise on her workbook with her head bowed—as if she was unfazed by their actions.

The sight of the indifferent Carmen inexplicably annoyed Flynn. No, she must be sad, but she is just pretending to be unperturbed.

The bell then rang, indicating that it was time for their class to start. Kimberly returned to her seat, which was next to Carmen. The atmosphere around Kimberly seemed different the moment she sat down.

Even the students around them felt uneasy with their hair standing on the end, which made them wonder how Carmen would feel as the person who was directly affected by Kimberly’s aura. Cinderella, who had no idea where she stood, had persistently pursued the prince. Now that the princess showed up, would Cinderella feel inferior to the former and feel embarrassed of herself?

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Nevertheless, Cinderella displayed stable emotions and continued to focus on doing her homework.

The class in the afternoon had begun. All the students in the senior year needed to do was complete practice exercises and memorize contents. As they were not separated into art and science streams and the entire class aimed to enroll in the Bayside University, they had to face immense pressure in their studies.

As permanent residents of Bayside City with rich family backgrounds, the students had many channels to get extra credits, but academic results were still a necessity in order to enter the top 5 universities in the whole world.

After the first period, Carmen rose to her full height and said to Kimberly, “Excuse me, please give way. I want to head.”

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Carmen rolled her eyes at her. As she really had no intention to have a conflict with her, she repeated, “Kimberly, please give way.”

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Carmen had no choice but to hold it in. She refused to find fault with Kimberly since she was the one who was in the wrong first, although she never knew that Flynn had always been Kimberly’s partner and unknowingly became a ‘mistress’.

After resisting for one period, Kimberly finally left her seat in the next period and Carmen took the opportunity to head to the washroom.

When Carmen was not around, Kimberly and her few female friends badmouthed about her while pointing at her desk.

“Look at her book. It looks so new without any notes written on it. She surely is a weak student.”

“Her lip balm looks like the kind where you can get it at the school entrance with 10.”

“Her bag is the one that the school has issued to everyone at the beginning of the semester. I can’t believe that there’s actually someone who is willing to use such a tasteless bag.”

The few girls then touched up on their makeup together while sharing it with each other. Kimberly took out her lipstick and applied it on her lips while looking in the mirror. The moment she did so, everyone instantly recognized it.

“The lipstick is Dusk’s latest release! The color is simply gorgeous!”

Upon hearing her peers’ praises, Kimberly calmly pursed her lips and explained in a slightly proud tone, “It’s a gift from Flynn. He gave me a full set with all 12 colors in it.”

Dusk was a luxury brand under the Ronney Group. It was the first high-tech luxury brand launched by the Ronney Group after they had decided to launch high-tech luxury products. The brand consisted of women’s luxury goods such as lipsticks and handbags, which were the perfect combinations of technology and fashion.

For instance, the lipstick was made using high-technology and safe ingredients to ensure the color could remain bright and lasting. Besides, the color would change according to temperature. The tiny little lipstick contained built-in sterilization and thermoregulatory functions. While it looked pretty on the outside, there were hidden functions on the inside.

As a loyal fan of the Ronney Group, everything that Kimberly used had to be products from the Ronney Group, including her accessories, purses, shoes, and even tiny mugs. Therefore, using Ronney products was her personal trademark and she was given the nickname of ‘Ronney’s Little Princess’.

After applying her lipsticks, she put down the mirror, closed the lipstick’s cover, and suddenly saw Carmen’s unzipped bag.

Her gaze flicked to her lipstick and back to Carmen’s bag before it returned to her lipstick…

The last period in the afternoon was Hope’s class. After the bell rang, Hope entered the classroom with a cold face and following behind him was an upset Kimberly.

With a dark expression, he tossed the stack of exam papers in his hands on the teacher’s desk. “Yesterday, someone went to the nightclub. Today, someone actually stole another student’s belongings! Who is the one who stole Kimberly’s lipstick? Stand up now!”

Stole Kimberly’s lipstick?

Most students in the class came from rich family backgrounds, so who in the right mind would steal her lipstick?

For some unknown reason, everyone turned to the only student with an ordinary background in the class in unison—Carmen.

It gave Carmen a sense of foreboding. Subconsciously, she reached into her bag and fumbled around before she found an unfamiliar tube that felt like a lipstick. F*ck! She seemed to realize what was going on.

Kimberly was still sobbing as she felt sad for the lost lipstick. Hope urged the students, “After school, the student who took the lipstick should come over to my place and admit to your mistake. I won’t look into your faults.”

After saying that, he was going to start his lecture. However, Kimberly, who lost her lipstick, suddenly chimed in dissatisfaction, “No, that lipstick is my 17th birthday’s gift from my mother. It meant more than a lipstick to me. I have to find it! If we wait until after school, the person who stole my lipstick will surely be gone!”

Flynn suddenly uttered in fury, “That’s such an expensive lipstick! We shouldn’t let this slide! Mr. Fletcher, I hope that you can allow Kimberly to search everyone’s bag. The lipstick must still be in school!”

Search everyone’s bag! This is going to be fun!

Another student agreed. “That’s right! Let’s search everyone’s bag! Our class, the Alpha class, has always been the best class in Bayside High School. We cannot allow such a thing to happen. We must locate the thief and confront this person! We must teach this person a lesson!”

The students kicked up a fuss. Although their words did not make it clear that they were talking about a particular person, Carmen was able to feel their gaze on her. Tsk, it’s not like I can’t afford to buy lipsticks!

She merely thought that a student should dress modestly, so she had never worn any accessories or makeup in school. She only had lip balm in her bag and applied some moisturizer before leaving her home. Does everyone think that I am an easy target?

Amidst the boisterous noise, Kimberly, who was feigning sadness, secretly smiled.

However, Carmen suddenly sprang up from her seat and she disagreed in a loud voice, “I disagree. Searching the students’ school bags is a violation of privacy. I disagree with this idea!”

When a sensitive figure like her became the first student to stand up and disagree, one of the students immediately accused in a surly manner, “Why are you against this idea? I bet that you are the one who stole the lipstick!”

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“Carmen, you are sitting next to Kimberly, so stealing her lipstick would be a piece of cake!”

Carmen cast a cold glance at the people around her before looking at Kimberly and Flynn, who seemed upset but were actually secretly glad. “We will know who the real thief is by checking the surveillance tape.”

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There used to be security cameras in the classrooms. Since the students were unhappy as they felt that their privacy had been invaded, the school had removed all the security cameras since the beginning of that particular semester.

Since surveillance tapes were being mentioned, Carmen found it even more amusing. “Everyone may not know this—all the students in this class are children of influential families, so it would be impossible that your parents will allow you to live in a place that they are unable to monitor. All visible cameras have been removed, but I know that there are at least 5 hidden cameras in this classroom. Everyone’s moves are actually under the watchful eyes of the Parent Association. The cameras monitor our class day and night from 360 degrees without any blind spot—with high-quality lenses that are able to capture everything clearly, including the cheat sheets in your hands. So, do you still think that the security cameras are unable to capture the moment when the expensive lipstick was lost?” Her tone was filled with dissatisfaction as she spoke.0

The security cameras in the classroom had indeed been removed. However, when she started studying in that school, five or six security cameras were already installed in the classroom.

Her gaze from her dark beady eyes made Hope a little awkward.

He was not the homeroom teacher for Alpha Class at first, but he became one when Carmen joined the class. The reason for that change was particularly clear to everyone.

Upon hearing that, the expression of Kimberly, the new student, drastically changed, but Flynn seemed not to believe Carmen. “You are lying. My father is the president of the Parent Association, but he has never told me about this.”

Oh, I see. Carmen’s merely lying. Kimberly felt relieved.

Seeing that Flynn seemed not to believe her, Carmen stepped away from her seat and uttered, “Since you think that I was the one who stole the lipstick, Mr. Fletcher, let’s go and check the surveillance tapes.”

After saying that, she took the lead and stepped out of the classroom. Hope, who thought that there was a need to take the matter seriously, said to Kimberly, “Let’s go. We are going to check the surveillance tapes.”

Flynn followed along as well.

Only Hope was able to access the security footage in the classroom as they were directly transmitted to the Ronney Group, Mitchell Family, The Imperial, and the military compound.

A few minutes later, they finished watching the security footage and the truth was revealed—it was indeed Kimberly who placed the lipstick into Carmen’s bag when the latter went to the washroom.

The security cameras had clearly captured everything. In fact, there were more than 5 security cameras in the classroom—there were 7 or 8 of them, placed in different places to monitor the classroom from different angles. The quality of the recordings was so top-notched that Kimberly’s every single move was lucidly captured.

After watching the recordings, Kimberly lowered her head with her face blanched and Flynn, who was at one side, did not dare to say even a word.

An infuriated Hope slammed the table. “Kimberly, what was that?”

Kimberly remained silent, but Carmen chimed in from the side, “Mr. Fletcher, it’s fine. This is a matter between me and Kimberly.” She gently placed the lipstick on Hope’s table and uttered in a straightforward manner. “This lipstick is very suitable for you, but I don’t like it. Thank you for secretly giving it to me. By the way, in regards to the matter of me pursuing your boyfriend, I would like to express my apology. He lied to me that he was single before this. If you don’t believe me, I have evidence to prove my words. That’s all from my side. I hope the two of you will stop seeking trouble with me.”

After saying that, Carmen placed her hand into her pocket and left, leaving behind Flynn and Kimberly to receive their punishment in the office.

Everyone almost could not believe their eyes when they saw Carmen returning unscathed. They attempted to listen to the inside story from her, but unfortunately, she refused to reveal even a single word. In the end, Kimberly and Flynn returned to the classroom with cold expressions.

It seemed like they had received their punishments.

The plot to the incident became unpredictable, but those who were involved refused to disclose the truth. Therefore, the other students could only make wild guesses. However, she moved to another seat after class.

Kimberly and Flynn’s expression remained cold throughout the period while Hope’s expression was even colder. I can’t believe that there are actually people who dares to use such a lowly mean to frame Carmen!

Hope had already forgotten about the past and all he remembered was that he used to be a university lecturer. It was because he fell ill and lost his memory about many events of his life. After that, when he went into the mountainous area to teach the poor kids, he encountered an earthquake, so the Fletcher Family forbade him from teaching in remote places and made arrangements for him to teach in Bayside High School instead.

However, he still learned about his past from others—he used to be a killer.

Now, he was merely an ordinary teacher who worked hard every day to increase the students’ advancement rate to universities. Alpha Class was his first batch of students and all of them were potential candidates to enroll in Bayside University. Therefore, he was sweating blood for his bunch of kids. I hope that all the students are as intelligent as my niece.

Carmen had long been on the list of guaranteed admission into Bayside University. She had already received a doctorate in management studies abroad, yet she returned to attend high school. The Bayside University was afraid that she would reject their offer, so they had gone to her house a couple of times to make sure that she would not change her mind.

Just like that, the incident went by without any pain and everyone continued to focus on their studies. Life as a student in the senior year of high school was boring and monotonous; the students repeated the same routine every day, which was doing practice exercises. Their workbooks, test papers, and questions piled up high.

Carmen’s daily routine was to pile up all her books on the desk while she hid behind the books to play with her phone. She checked the stock market and future contracts, observed the management of various companies, and checked the current financial market condition.

Suddenly, she received a notification from Messenger—it was Sophia who sent her a text message. ‘Dear Carmen, Bailey has recently visited Bayside City. You should have a chat with him when you are free. I’ve asked him to add you as a friend.”

She checked her Messenger and expectedly, she had received a friend request from an account with three apricot kernels as its profile picture. It’s him! Her heart started to race uncontrollably

The profile picture reminded Carmen of the three apricot kernels that she gave him as a thank-you gift for saving her life back then, but they were three bad kernels. I never thought that he would still keep them after many years.

For an unknown reason, she tapped on the ‘agree’ button and waited for Bailey to text her.

However, he seemed to be busy as he did not message her.

As she stared at the profile picture, she fell into a daze. I wonder what he is busy with.

Meanwhile, the man with green eyes looked at the blank chat while countless opening statements flashed across his mind, but none of them were turned into words and delivered across. After thinking for a while, he ended up keeping his phone away.

“Carmen, it’s time to submit the mathematics exercise!” The subject representative suddenly appeared with a large pile of workbooks in his arms. Carmen kept her phone away and found her workbook before submitting it.

After she had submitted it, the subject representative seemed to be dissatisfied and grumbled, “You are the last one to submit every time.”

Carmen felt helpless as well. It was all because I have to do the work for Flynn, that poor student! He was so lazy that he was unwilling to even copy his own work and insisted on having me copy them for him.

She glanced at Flynn and saw him scratching his head at a few questions. In the end, he gave up and borrowed completed workbooks from other students to copy. Tsk, loser.

He used to have average results that at least spared him from being in the last few places in class. However, in the entire year, not only had he been copying Carmen’s homework, but he had been copying her answers during tests as well, which caused him to be deeply immersed in the fake superiority of being a genius that he had gained as a copycat. Now that he severed all ties with her, she refused to allow him to copy her work, which made him realize that he did not understand a lot of questions. To him, the questions seemed to be written in a foreign language.

Kimberly now sat in the first row. As she sat very close to Flynn, she used to have intimate interactions with the latter during classes. She also found the questions difficult. When the subject representative came to them to collect their homework, he saw her frowning at a few questions, so he uttered in an attempt to please her, “Kimberly, let me give you the most well-done homework.”

As he was speaking, he respectfully took a workbook and opened it. The handwriting on the book was neat and the solutions were brief yet detailed. The solutions provided for every single question were simply perfect.

Kimberly and Flynn quickly copied the work. After they were done, they flipped to the cover page of the workbook and found the owner’s name—Carmen Fletcher. It’s her again!

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As Kimberly looked at the workbook with neat handwriting and perfectly written answers on every page, she was so mad that she nearly tore the book apart. What the f*ck! She’s merely a girl with an ordinary background! Does she think that she will be able to enter a university with good grades? No matter how well her results are, a commoner’s daughter will always be a commoner’s daughter! There are things that you will never be able to attain if you did not have it when you were born!

In the afternoon, Carmen went to the guard house to have her lunch again. The weather today was nice since it was shining. The entire school felt warm and there were people playing soccer in the field.

Three men rode on their sports bicycle and stopped at the guard house. One of them got off the bicycle, removed his helmet, and entered the guard house while carrying a bag.

The man was in his twenties. With a buzz cut and tanned complexion, he had a masculine beauty that made him seem different from any other ordinary man. His handsome features were outstanding and it made him stand out among the students.

“Nate, what are we having for lunch today?” She delightfully went up to greet him. She would have lunch in school every day—she would bring the meal from home sometimes while her family would send someone to bring it over to her at other times. Her dinner was also taken in school as they would deliver it to her.

The person who delivered her food was Nathan today.

He seldom came since he had a company to manage. Ever since Michael went into cryosleep, he started to mature at a fast pace and finally entered the Asco International to take over Michael’s position at the management level.

Although he seemed cool and cold on the surface, the corner of his lips would involuntarily reveal his brotherly love toward Carmen whenever he saw her. “They are all your favorite.”

Upon seeing Theo, he made sure that there was nobody around them before he greeted, “Grandpa.”

Theo asked, “Hey, why are you here today?”

Nathan answered, “I’m here for a game with friends.”

Theo cast a glance at the three of them. Since Nathan had brought them along, they were probably close friends with each other. As a result, Theo secretly allowed them to come in.

Carmen, who was eating in the guard house, seemed to have felt something. She looked out of the window and saw a man in black sportswear while wearing a black helmet riding a sport bicycle into the school. I think that I might have seen something earlier… Or, perhaps I’m wrong.

After speedily finishing her lunch, she returned to the classroom to continue observing the stock market as they had 1 hour 30 minutes of rest time in the afternoon. As soon as she entered the classroom and sat on her seat, she heard the girl beside her discussing something in excitement, so she approached them to listen.

“There are a few super handsome men playing basketball in the basketball field!”

“Really? How handsome are they?”

“Look here—someone posted their photos in our class chat group.”

“Wow! They are handsome! Let’s go check it out!”

More than half of the girls in the class left in a short while. Carmen clucked her tongue and took out her phone, but for some unknown reason, she tapped open her Messenger and looked at her recently accepted friend’s profile picture in a daze. Should I take the initiative to say hi? It’s not nice to just leave him at one side, right?

Soon, only a few students were left in the classroom as most of them had probably headed out to see the handsome men. Of course, Kimberly and Flynn were still in the classroom. The two of them were intimately talking to each other, as if they were trying to irritate Carmen on purpose, but she ignored them.

For some reason, Flynn felt flustered. He found it disgusting when Carmen cared about him, but he felt empty in his heart when she ignored him. He even had a French kiss with Kimberly to secretly see Carmen’s reaction. However, Carmen was still unfazed.

Suddenly, someone clumsily barged into the classroom and headed straight for Carmen—it was Poppy, the delinquent student from Lamda class. “Carmen, why are you still here? There are handsome men playing basketball at the basketball court! Let’s go and check it out! Maybe you will find your new love!”

She tried to drag Carmen out of the classroom, but the latter felt annoyed. “I’m not going. You can go ahead to have a look.”

Poppy, who refused to listen to her, dragged her away from her seat and headed outside. Carmen, who was being dragged away, had no choice but to follow her.

When they passed by Kimberly, Poppy suddenly came to a halt and her warm expression instantly became cold and distant as she viciously muttered to Kimberly, “Hey, Stafford, listen here. I heard that you are finding fault with my bestie? I’m warning you—this school is under my watch, so if you dare to seek trouble with her again, I will see to it that you won’t get away unscathed!”

Kimberly coldly looked at Poppy without replying.

It appeared that the well-informed Poppy had learned something, so she came to warn Kimberly.

Then, both Carmen and Poppy left in a hurry. Once they were gone, Flynn finally felt that something was fishy. “Are they even more handsome than me?”

Therefore, he brought along a basketball and left to see who the guys were and Kimberly naturally followed along.

There was a heated match at the basketball court. Groups after groups of girls came over to watch the match. Initially, only the students in junior and sophomore year came, but now even the senior year students were there.

After squeezing through the human walls that were formed by the chatty girls, Carmen saw Maisie and Audrey. Maisie was the child adopted by Sean and Stanley, and Audrey, whose last name was Fletcher, was Hale’s adopted daughter. Hale was actually from one of the Fletchers’ branch families, but he had lost his parents at a young age. Therefore, he had been working for Michael for a long time and that name was only his nickname at work.

“What took you guys so long? Nate has been here for a long time,” Maisie uttered as she made space for them.

Carmen looked toward the court and saw Nathan’s active figure on it. He was playing with a group of younger boys. His handsome, dazzling looks had enchanted countless young girls and each time he scored a goal, the young girls would cheer for him.

“Go, Nate! You are the best!”

“Cas, go for it!”

Upon hearing Maisie’s cheers, Carmen curiously looked toward the court. “Casper is back as well?”

There was an eye-catching young boy with chiseled features and black hair among the crowd.

Maisie replied, “Cas has returned for quite some time. Of course, a senior year student like you, who is always busy preparing for exams, would not know.”

She stood on her toes, trying hard to see Casper. He managed to shoot a perfect 3-pointer with his agile movements. His newly-built muscles were tempting for the eyes while his focused eyes and athletic movements were a little similar to that of when he was young. His looks were so exquisite that it resembled a black-haired fairy.

As Casper had spent most of his time studying abroad, they seldom met each other even during festivals. It was unexpected to them that he actually grew into such a fine-looking man.

“Cas!” Upon seeing her childhood friend, Carmen vigorously waved her hand at him. Casper saw her and waved back at her.

It’s really Casper! The two of them had not met for many years. She jumped and waved at him; on top of that, she even cheered for him.

While her attention was focused on Casper and Nathan, who were both playing basketball, she failed to notice that there was an intent gaze on her from amidst the crowd.

Flynn had started looking for Carmen among the crowd the moment he had arrived. When he saw her passionately cheering for another guy, he was absolutely pissed. An incredibly handsome man? Is he more handsome than me?

He pushed his hair backward in a self-proclaimed cool manner before barging into the game to immediately snatch the ball that Casper had just gotten.

The most handsome student in our school has joined the game! There are too many handsome guys here today! The girls screamed—nobody knew whether they screamed for Flynn, for the tanned Nathan, or for Casper.

Flynn seemed to be targeting Casper. Whenever Casper had the ball, Flynn would snatch it from him. The girls nearly went insane when they saw the two handsome men in a fight.

“Go, Cas! Go!” Carmen continued to cheer for Casper.

The man in green eyes, who was currently standing behind her, watched as she passionately cheered for another man.

Desolate then filled his eyes. Why didn’t she notice me?

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