Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 55 A Bet

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Tessa saw through everything and said coolly. "Is it that he doesn't want to, or that you don't? Winona, are you terrified right now? Are you afraid that everything you desire is slipping beyond your control?"

"What are you implying?" Winona felt as if someone hall struck a nerve, but she forced herself to remain composed.

"Well, you never truly possessed it to begin with, so how could you lose it?"

Tessa's words made Winona's expression darken. She clenched her fists tightly.

"Tessa, do you think this is amusing?" Winona wanted nothing more than to rip away her mask of indifference.

What gives her the right to act like she has everything under control?

"With your tainted reputation, what qualifications do you have to compete with me?!"

Tessa's voice was icy. "Oh, thanks for reminding me that what happened five years ago isn't over

Winona's stomach twisted. "What do you mean?" There was no evidence left five years ago.

"You'll find out soon enough. Oh, by the way, aren't you playing the role of the perfect, outstanding student? Tell me, if I surpass you in academics and athletics, will your beloved father still favor you as much?"

Winona nearly laughed out loud. "Surpass me? Tessa, don't overestimate yourself. Since the start of high school, I've ranked in the top three of every subject. And you? Dumped in some backwater town like Falindale, squandering your days away. What could you possibly use to compete with me? Besides, who still cares about the truth from five years ago? Right now, you're nothing but a disgrace."

"Oh, really?" Tessa sneered, stepping forward. For a fleeting moment, the sheer force of her presence made Winona instinctively recoil.

Tessa's voice was slow and deliberate. "Winona, I will take everything you cherish from you, one piece at a time."

waste another breath and brushed past

her retreating figure, so composed and self-assured, Winona felt a strange sense of unease

Winona, don't worry," the Sinclair family's driver stepped forward to reassure her. "Tessa is nothing more than a wolf-less nobody. She didn't even receive a proper education in Falindale. There's no way she could surpass you. Everything

slowly,

skills.

my abilities. Meanwhile,

at the classroom before Tessa. The moment she spotted her,

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Chapter 55 A Bet

up?" Tessa asked, still chewing on a burger

you." Ysabel

"What's this?"

with Freya, dn't you? You have to pass the

right." That did

the very beginning, believing she would drag down the class's

targeted her in class, even resorting to outright

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next monthly exam and prove she wasn't incompetent, she wouldn't apologize. If Tessa

the entire class, Tessa had accepted

I highlighted that might be on the

that morning, math was in the afternoon, and

couldn't help but chuckle at Ysabel's

completely serious. What's so

have to tell you, my grades aren't