Chapter 60 Bewitched

Samantha exclaimed earnestly, “You’re incredible, Elise! I can’t believe you actually obtained a perfect score on the test!”

While she stood at one side, Riley was in awe as she quickly pointed out, “I ought to kneel before you, milady!”

Elise, however, kept a straight face as she took her seat.

Mr. Bolton went on to announce, “While Miss Elise has gotten the perfect score, there are two other students who did well in the test as well—Mr. Zachary, who scored 92 on the test; and Miss Amanda, who scored 90.”

The grimace on Amanda’s face waned after she learned that she had received a 90 on the test. It wasn’t as impressive as Elise’s perfect score, but it was comforting for Amanda to know that she had done better than the rest of her peers.

“The rest of you who have scored below 90 will need to put in the extra work over the coming weeks.”

When class ended, a large group swarmed around Elise’s desk in fervor. “So, you’re Elise. Our teacher has told us how brilliant you are. I mean, we know you won first place in the City Mathematics Olympiad, but we never imagined you to be this good!”

Another student piped up cheerily, “You’re like my role model, Elise. You know, Zachary goes to Cloverfield High with us and he’s always been the one to be in first place in the City Mathematics Olympiad. You have no idea how completely satisfying it is to see you break his records! I could never stand that high-and-mighty attitude of his anyway. It’s about time he gets dethroned!” However, he was oblivious to Zachary’s presence behind him when he said this.

“Excuse me.” Zachary had spoken up so suddenly that everyone was stunned while they fell into silence before scurrying back to their seats.

Elise looked up and met his gaze.

He was the first to break the silence. “It’s been a while since I’ve had competition. Pleased to meet you.”

“Thank you. You did pretty good too,” she replied steadily.

Zachary had grown up with countless compliments that were thrown his way, but for some reason, Elise’s praise struck a chord in him; he could detect the sincere edge in her tone.

“I’ll do my best to surpass you the next time,” he said, looking resolved.

she encouraged, “I look

long look, Zachary turned to walk

As tiring as the day had been, the girls in Dorm 503 continued their studies for about an hour or so after classes ended. With Elise leading them, even

was competitive by nature. She had a solid foundation to begin with, but now that her roommates had their noses buried in math olympiad exercises, she didn’t want to be left behind. She might not be on good terms with them, but she was perfectly fine with studying

past in the blink of an eye, and before anyone knew it, the weekend had already arrived. In a demonstration of humanity, Mr. Bolton decided to give the students a

for Elise

she saw Alexander in the distance, she

goodbye and watched as Elise boarded his

squeal, “Goodness, is that Elise’s boyfriend? He’s a

to hide her admiration, Samantha agreed, “I envy her. How can a girl be so lucky as to excel in school and

everything by chance. She glanced in the direction of the luxurious ride that was idling outside the school entrance and thought about Elise’s day-to-day wardrobe. There’s no way that girl comes from

it does make me wonder if all

bridled at this. “Elise is a friend

as she retorted, “I can talk about her anyway I like. Does Elise look like she’s an heiress to you? I think both of you

put others down no matter what,” Samantha bit out. “There’s no point for me to waste time and energy on

You should really see a therapist, Amanda.

spat those words, Riley looped her arm through Samantha’s limb and they walked away, leaving

and shouted, “If you don’t believe me, then so be it! Just you wait.

about to turn around and knock some sense into the

Samantha advised. “You can’t fight crazy, so let’s just

thrummed in Riley’s veins was quelled when she

evidence that proves Elise

thought, she took out her phone and made a call. “Find me a paparazzi who has excellent photography skills.

wicked smirk began to play on the corner of her

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