Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Breaking up with my brother, huh? That's gonna be the biggest mistake of your life. Without him, you're nothing!"

Hertha smirked coldly. "Don't get too cocky. Acing the written test doesn't guarantee success. We'll see who has the last laugh."

With that, she straightened her back and strode away.

Roseanne's expression remained unchanged as she calmly watched Hertha leave, then continued to hail a cab.

When Leda heard about the confrontation, she was livid. "Why didn't you give her a piece of your mind? How could you let her walk away without saying anything?!"

"I'm getting more pissed the more I think about it. Is that brat still at Kingswell University? I'm heading over there right now to set her straight on your behalf."

Roseanne chuckled. "Calm down. It was just some harmless taunting, nothing I haven't heard a million times before."

As she spoke, she meticulously cut into her steak, savoring the perfectly cooked, juicy bite that followed. Delicious, as always.

Leda was baffled. "Are you some kind of saint with all this patience?"

Roseanne laughed out loud, then paused to wipe her mouth with a napkin before she spoke. "Ever heard the saying?"

"What saying?"

slap across their face or outsmarting them with

what they value the most; effortlessly achieving what

her family, was her grad school entrance

exam with flying colors. Whether she does is another

the exams, thought of leveraging family connections, attempting to

epiphany, then

"That's my girl!"

the same circle, Leda knew exactly what Hertha was made

more than just

...

Luck did have a favorite, as when the results came out, Roseanne topped both the written and oral exams, securing her spot

Sherwood

Crash! Bang! Boom!

of things being violently smashed echoed

room, throwing everything in sight, even her favorite