A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

“Alessia, top of the class–you’ve really held on to that spot, huh? Three years, and not once did anyone else manage to take it from you.”

Pierce Quinn glanced at the rankings on the board, then at his own name sitting somewhere in the middle, and shook his head.

“What can I say? Times have changed. I’m just getting by on scholarships now.”

Pierce shot her a look that said, You don’t expect me to buy that, do you?

“But honestly, forget about you–how does Cole manage to show up just once a year for exams and still end up with a score way higher than mine? It’s just not fair!”

He’d barely finished whining before Stella Laine smacked him lightly on the head with her book.

“As long as we’ve got Lessie around, you really think she’d let Cole fall behind? Besides, your grades aren’t bad at all–you aced literature, passed everything else, so quit fussing in front of me.”

She glanced at her own results, grimacing for real this time. The other subjects were manageable, but math? Not even ten Alessias could save her there.

“I’m pretty sure I even gave you the exact problems to study. How did you end up with such a terrible score?” Alessia rapped her knuckle against Stella’s glaringly obvious 66 on the board.

really did memorize everything–it’s just that the

clutching his stomach and curling up like a boiled shrimp,

of her mouth lifted in

her head, suddenly sheepish, and let out

morning, and I swear, the whole place felt shrouded in gloom. The atmosphere over there could power a villain’s

the shoulder, which Stella promptly brushed off

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Chapter 259

or already have early admission. But Crestview? All they care about is college acceptance rates. With my grades, I’d be public enemy number one over there. I’d probably be driven up the

like they’re marching to

gotten early admission too. Why bother with the exams?” “I don’t know. Taking the tests is kind of fun.” Alessia propped her chin on her hand, eyes drifting to Cole’s spot

Stella exchanged a look and

is just lightyears away from ours,” Stella said,

hired someone to try and buy it on the