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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why she had to destroy my life just to make you look better?

me out

darkened like

hated it when people compared

stung worse than hearing

Caleb had spent his entire life competing with a shadow. He hadn't lived with Alistair for long, but his name had followed Caleb everywhere, like a

to his ankle.

together wasn't fate.

refrain had been, "You have to work harder. You have to beat Alistair. You need to crush him, humiliate him. If you can't, then what's the point

existence had been designed for a single purpose, which was to eclipse Alistair,

tutoring sessions Celeste paid for, no matter how many hours Caleb put into studying, no matter how many times teachers praised his work ethic, when test results came back and she saw Alistair's

higher.

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unshakable gap drove Caleb

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Caleb beat him. Not just by a few

lot.

was thrilled and even bought him those designer sneakers he'd been

own.

the celebration didn't

the math exam due to illness. And math was Alistair's

meant if he'd shown up, he

Celeste snapped. Caleb snapped.

lay in bed, seething, whispering

Alistair would just

Caleb could

grind would stop.

they

best they could afford. But he

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the worse the pressure became. By

day, and as usual, Celeste dug through his backpack. She found his tests, which were clean, neat, and flawless. One of them was even

score.

knew right then that Alistair was destined for the

as for him? That was far

it? I'm destined to be his second

life?

it. Celeste refused to accept

some miracle, Alistair dropped

golden era

Everything seemed to fall

could finally