Coolest Girl in Town

But that meant he couldn’t meet Elise, since she was not interested in it. “It’s fine. As long as you’re in Northcliff.” Elise knew what Zachary was trying to say, but she had to give him a clear-cut refusal. Dragging things out was a big taboo in relationships. She wouldn’t give anyone even the slightest bit of hope if she didn’t like him. “I might not be going to any college, Zachary. You don’t have to stubbornly cling onto me. You’ll be living a great life and meeting a lot of new people.

Don’t be too obsessed over me. You might just meet the girl of your life tomorrow.” Zachary was looking at her, but he didn’t seem to hear what she just said. “I know, but I’ll still go on.” In other words, he didn’t mind that his love was unrequited. Even though she had no romantic interest in him, that wouldn’t change how he felt about her. A frown appeared on her forehead. She never talked to him that much aside from that time in the National Math Olympiad training camp. Even then, they didn’t talk about anything other than the competition.

Zachary would give up on her, but he only smiled. “Sure. You go ahead. I’ll be waiting here.” Elise went away, but she couldn’t shake the weird feeling she got from meeting Zachary. However, she couldn’t put a finger

ladies, come up to her. Elise smiled mirthlessly. “Anything you need, Miss Lawson?” No matter how many times Ashlyn saw her, she could never understand why Elise had the guts to stand among them. She’s so basic and ugly. “Is this the lady you told us about, Ashlyn? She looks special,” one of the ladies said. She was

nowadays.” Queenie dismissed what her friend said, and she looked at Elise in contempt. “She’s just dragging our class down. Now I feel

the troll in the dungeon.” Before they could say anything, Elise looked at Ashlyn. You think this is funny? Remember

told us to do it, Ashlyn. How could you do this after what she said to us?” Queenie grumbled. Nelly shared her sentiment. “You’d better not use us as a means to