for yourself, haven’t you?”

Chapter 176

Chapter 176

Daniel froze for a second before understanding. “Latham, so that’s why you whisked her off to the nurses office! Just to make sure she was all clear, so she wouldn’t come back to bite me in the butt later? Man. you’re slick–way more cautious than me!”

Latham chuckled, giving Daniel a playful kick in the shin. “Kid, I want a 500–word essay on my desk to make it right. Can’t be giving people ammo to use against you, get it?”

Daniel nodded, a sheepish grin on his face. “Sure thing! But, Latham, can we maybe make it 200 words?”

Get lost!” Latham cursed.

Daniel’s laughter trailed him out the door.

As he reached the entrance, he spotted Leila, and his smile briefly turned into a grimace. But he quickly shook it off and strutted back to his classroom with a scoff.

Leila stood frozen at the office door, her expression shifting rapidly before she headed towards her classroom.

Classes One and Two were adjacent. As she passed by Class One, she saw through the window that a crowd had gathered around Merry’s desk. They were laughing and chatting, the previous aloofness nowhere in sight.

Glancing down at her own solitary shadow, Leila clenched her fists tightly.

and taken home, only to find that aside from the housekeeper, Cain and Paulina were nowhere

Mom and Dad?” Leila

deliver some things to Miss Merry,”

As she climbed the stairs, she overheard two maids gossiping. “Miss Leila seems a bit

to butt heads with her parents, but since that incident, they’ve grown much more compassionate

and a troubling

Delaney

had arrived after a delay due to other patients. He was administering psychotherapy to Merry in the study while Cain, Paulina, and Lorna waited in

reported that while Merry’s trauma was serious, it was not beyond

to water would help her overcome her new phobia.

coughed awkwardly, “I don’t think Merry knows how to

interjected. “Then she’ll

with a pool and instructors, would be the perfect place for Merry to take

Jordan residence, Cain and Paulina found Leila waiting for them. Once they would have been comforted by her presence, but now, thoughts of

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neglected, clenched her

had been moved to the back of the classroom. Her classmates bluntly explained they didn’t want to be near her,

ways.

to her new spot, her books strewn about on the floor. As she bent down to gather them, her frustration mounting, she spotted a nondescript white envelope. Ensuring no one was watching, she secretly opened it and read

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