A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 462

Chapter 462

The kids buzzed with chatter as Alessia joined her team members, sliding easily into the circle.

“Oh, look at you-raising the bar for the rest of us,” one of her teammates joked, giving her a playful nudge.

“What can I say? Excellence is a hard habit to break,” Alessia replied, and the group erupted in a chorus of good-natured teasing.

She brushed off their ribbing with a smile, then dropped another fact on

them-one that was harder to swallow.

“Wait, you’re telling me we have to hike up this hill for an hour just to get to school every morning, and then do it all over again to get home at night?” Mia stared at her, disbelief written all over her face.

Alessia nodded, patting her shoulder. “The good news is, it’s a lot easier going downhill-shouldn’t take the whole hour on the way back.”

“Well, thanks for that,” Mia replied, shooting her a look full of mock

resentment.

mischievous glint in her

but there was nothing to be done-she’d just have to

the school. The kids seemed perfectly used to the trek, talking and giggling along the way. To keep pace with Alessia, who was a bit

Alessia’s. She watched the others huff and puff up the path, then glanced at Alessia,

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chest.

asked, catching Susannah’s gaze

at her.

you tired

a smile, “And what about

not tired?”

this way every day. We’re used to it!” Susannah

praise sincere. Even adults love a compliment; for a kid, it’s even

her sun-kissed skin

tell.

friends. Just be careful

ahead, a little girl-clearly Susannah’s school buddy-kept glancing back, waiting for her. Alessia ruffled Susannah’s hair