Chapter 256

The classroom was silent as a grave.

Hayley glanced at the riches scattered across the floor-maybe a dozen or twenty gems, each as big or bigger than the one Cordelia was holding. A riot of colors sparkled under the sunlight, suggesting a value of millions.

Could it be real?

That was the thought buzzing in everyone's head.

Even though the class was filled with kids from Greenmeadow's most prestigious families, none of their families were known to casually wear a box of gems as accessories.

Yet, the quality of those gems, shining and translucent under the sunlight, didn't seem fake at least, they would still be worth a fortune even if they

were.

Everyone gulped, and Daniel finally broke the silence, "Cordelia, those gems of yours... they're worth a fortune, right?"

Cordelia shook her head, "Just a box of rocks, really."

The class was dumbfounded.

then drifted towards Juliana's finger. The 50-carat gem that once seemed impressive now

into her drawer, removing

Cordelia get all these gems? And to

oblivious to the brewing storm of thoughts around her,

ring, planning to return it

her things and sitting down, Cordelia reached for her phone and messaged Skyler-since their last case together, they had exchanged contacts for

to use your system to look into a car accident from six years

her to Skyler. Hence, she sent another message to him: "I'm asking Skyler to look into something for me, is

"Feel free to use

of words "use"

All-Round had replied

reply, mentioning he was on a flight and would check

sent over the names of

came after another lesson: "Lia, those records are encrypted, beyond the reach

them but couldn't share the details without getting the

All-Round's permission was needed to

a brief exchange, Skyler

a bit irked by the

possibly tattling to the adults, Cordelia nheless felt relieved when Yates messaged her, thanking her and suggesting they meet in the afternoon to discuss how the

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