A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

“How is she?” Pierce asked, glancing at Alessia.

“It’s not too serious. Let’s get her to the nurse’s office and put some ice on it!

“But Pierce, don’t you have an event coming up soon?” one of his teammates interjected.

“I’ll make it in time-

Before Pierce could finish, Alessia cut him off. “No need to wear yourself out running back and forth. You all go–your events are starting soon anyway. I’ve

finished for the day, so I’ll take her.”

Without hesitation, Alessia scooped Lucy into her arms, steady and unshaken, her expression calm and collected.

“Stella, I’ll be right back,” she called. Right now, only Alessia had both the strength and the medical know–how to help–there was no way she could refuse.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s not the finals,” Stella replied, patting her on the shoulder. “There’s the shot put later this afternoon anyway. I’ll find you when I’m done. And Justin’s filming everything, so you won’t miss a thing.”

Alessia nodded and headed out with Lucy in her arms.

her down. Without a word, she propped up Lucy’s leg, rummaged for an ice pack,

“Hold this.”

leave right away; instead, she searched through

water.

are these?”

them

them.” Lucy didn’t hesitate, tossing both pills back with a

a bit. Once the swelling goes down, try moving it gently. But you should really get an X–ray at the hospital, just to be safe. I checked your pulse–there’s nothing major, but lay off cold drinks and

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telling me all this? Luay looked at

it to my mentor. Alessia tidied up the cabinet she’d just

you up. I have to go. She’d done all she could–now she needed to hurry back

Lucy suddenly called out. When Alessia paused, she lowered her voice. “Ileana’s going

arched an

get in touch, and you’d

let out a soft laugh. “Pretty

barely caught the words, but pressed on. “When you go to