Get Spoiled after Travelling into A Novel

Chapter 29 The Beginning of the Show

Stephanie suddenly lowered her posture to apologise. Not only because it was embarrassing to do so in front of the entire school but also because the swearing ceremony at Crestwood High required parental participation. The purpose was to inspire students‘ fighting spirit and to involve parents in assisting with the college entrance examination.

Although Carlos and Olivia had been taking care of their grandfather abroad and her brother, Jordan, was on a business trip, there were other parents at Crestwood High who stand in as the Burnetts‘ business partners. Stephanie did not want to take any risks, as she knew her family would disapprove of her actions. if they found out she was bullying Milly.

Therefore, despite her reluctance, she had to apologise.

Ding! A phone call rang suddenly.

Just as Stephanie was about to achieve her goal and avoid apologising in front of the whole school, a phone call interrupted the moment.

She ignored the ringing phone and continued to frown, She looks pitifully at Milly, attempting to steer the conversation away, “Milly, can we just forget about the apology under the national flag?”

However, the phone is ringing persistently.

Milly leaned against the door frame and didn’t answer directly. Instead, she said leisurely, “You’d better answer the phone first.”

Stephanie bit her lip and took out her phone reluctantly. The call was from Melanie.

Why did Melanie call me at this time?

After a brief pause, she answered the phone and heard Melanie’s anxious voice on the other end, “Stephanie, please help me. Our family is facing bankruptcy.”

not loud, but it was too quiet in the corridor. Milly overheard the conversation and raised an

also stunned for a moment. She turned around quickly and asked softly, “What’s going

provoked people I shouldn’t have provoked in school, so someone attacked our family. The only person I had a conflict with in school was Milly. It

eye, she caught a glimpse of Milly standing at the door, leaning lazily on the

fairy in the sunset. She had a very ordinary face, and even the big, thick glasses blocked most of

Stephanie’s memory, she looked thin and malnourished. She didn’t realise when Milly started to

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her fists hard, her teeth chattering with jealousy. How could this girl from the countryside act so superior in front of her? I was the true young

normal, whispering. “Melanie, don’t be sad. Don’t worry. I

of the phone, “Stephanie, you are so kind. You are really

hanging up the phone, Stephanie turned around and said gently, “Milly, I’m sorry. It was Melanie who called just

her lazily, not curious, and responded, “Oh,

me earlier, so can you just forget

suddenly found

really don’t know how the Burnetts educated Stephanie.

can guess what Melanie means. Although she doesn’t know if Melanie’s family bankruptcy has anything to do with her, she can tell from her tone just now that she is

and asked, “But Stephanie, aren’t you and Melanie good friends? Since you are

but the Spencer Group is nothing compared to our Burnett Group. She only approached me for

out her hand to hold the frame of her glasses and continued to ask, “So, you mean that you don’t actually

with you and making a bet with you, I didn’t know about any of these things. If I had known about it, I

eyes, but it quickly dissipated under the reflection of the glasses, “Oh, okay then. I

that she would agree, “Thank you, Milly. Then, you can rest. I will go back to

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