Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 136 The Second Place

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Alistair looked lazily at Caleb, who was practically shaking with

rage.

He was only about an inch taller than Caleb, maybe an inch and a half at most, but to anyone watching, that inch might as well have been a mile. If Alistair stood at six feet, then Caleb looked like he barely scraped three and a half. It wasn't about height. It was his

presence.

So when Alistair looked down at him, despite the negligible difference in stature, there was an unmistakable air of superiority

in his gaze.

Caleb was furious. His chest rose and fell violently, as if he were about to pass out from sheer indignation. And yet, for all that anger, he couldn't do a thing to Alistair.

Alistair was already bored.

His time was valuable. He had no intention of wasting it on someone this beneath him.

He said impatiently, "If you went through all this trouble just to

feed me that kind of fantasy, then you've said your piece. Now get lost."

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"You-" Caleb choked, but forced himself to breathe deeply, over

and over, until he managed to rein in his temper and spit out the

real reason he'd come.

Alistair gave him a pitying look, as if genuinely wondering whether the guy had finally cracked after taking one too many hits.

He wanted Alistair to rescue Celeste.

What a joke.

Alistair had personally handed Celeste over for judgment, and now Caleb wanted him to pull her back out? What, did he think this was some kind of game?

And Caleb's reasoning nearly made Alistair laugh out loud.

He said Liam was paralyzed and needed care. That family would always take better care than' outsiders.

Alistair stared at Caleb, who truly believed he could be persuaded, and said with measured sympathy, "Caleb, you and I barely grew up under the same roof, but even from a distance, I always knew you couldn't keep up with me academically. Do you

know why?"

He chuckled. "Even with your mom pushing you nonstop, even with all the pressure and effort, you still couldn't beat me. Ever

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destroy my life just to

out just to prop you

face darkened like

when people

than

He hadn't lived with Alistair for long, but his name had followed Caleb everywhere, like a

to his ankle.

together wasn't fate. It

beat Alistair. You need to crush

for a single purpose, which was to eclipse Alistair, to

matter how many hours Caleb put into studying, no matter how many times teachers

higher.

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it happened. Caleb beat him. Not just by a few points, but by

lot.

paid off. Celeste was thrilled and even bought

own.

the celebration

reason Alistair's total score had dipped was because he'd missed the math exam

meant if he'd shown up, he would've crushed Caleb

Celeste snapped. Caleb snapped.

lay in bed, seething,

would

he died, maybe Caleb could finally

grind would stop.

the best they could, a decent

the best they could afford. But

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pressure

found his tests,

score.

that Alistair was destined for the

him? That was far

that's it? I'm destined to be his second

life?

it. Celeste refused to accept

by some miracle,

golden era had

without comparisons was bliss. Everything seemed to fall into place. He

could