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?"

landing a slap across their face or outsmarting them with

utterly indifferent to what they value the most;

besides her family, was her grad

the oral exam with flying

family connections, attempting to

had an epiphany, then

"That's my girl!"

same circle, Leda knew exactly what Hertha was made

needed more than just luck

...

the results came out, Roseanne topped both the written and oral exams, securing her spot at Kingswell University. Hertha ranked fourth, barely missing the cut by a single

Sherwood

Crash! Bang! Boom!

sound of things being violently smashed echoed throughout

room, throwing