Chapter 55 A Bet

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Tessa saw through everything and said coolly. “Is it that he doesn’t want to, or that you don’t? Winona, are you terrified right now? Are you afraid that everything you desire is slipping beyond your control?”

“What are you implying?” Winona felt as if someone hall struck a nerve, but she forced herself to remain composed.

“Well, you never truly possessed it to begin with, so how could you lose it?”

Tessa’s words made Winona’s expression darken. She clenched her fists tightly.

“Tessa, do you think this is amusing?” Winona wanted nothing more than to rip away her mask of indifference.

What gives her the right to act like she has everything under control?

“With your tainted reputation, what qualifications do you have to compete with me?!”

Tessa’s voice was icy. “Oh, thanks for reminding me that what happened five years ago isn’t over

Winona’s stomach twisted. “What do you mean?” There was no evidence left five years ago.

“You’ll find out soon enough. Oh, by the way, aren’t you playing the role of the perfect, outstanding student? Tell me, if I surpass you in academics and athletics, will your beloved father still favor you as much?”

Winona nearly laughed out loud. “Surpass me? Tessa, don’t overestimate yourself. Since the start of high school, I’ve ranked in the top three of every subject. And you? Dumped in some backwater town like Falindale, squandering your days away. What could you possibly use to compete with me? Besides, who still cares about the truth from five years ago? Right now, you’re nothing but a disgrace.”

“Oh, really?” Tessa sneered, stepping forward. For a fleeting moment, the sheer force of her presence made Winona instinctively recoil.

Tessa’s voice was slow and deliberate. “Winona, I will take everything you cherish from you, one piece at a time.”

another breath and brushed

her retreating figure, so composed and self–assured, Winona felt a strange

to reassure her. “Tessa is nothing more than a wolf–less nobody. She didn’t even receive a proper education in Falindale. There’s no way she could

exhaled slowly,

skills.

spent the last five years studying relentlessly, honing perfecting my abilities. Meanwhile, Tessa was either skipping

at the classroom before Tessa. The moment she spotted

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chewing on

Ysabel handed her

“What’s this?”

made a bet with Freya, didn’t you? You have to

That did

Tessa from the very beginning, believing she would drag down the class’s overall

targeted her in class, even resorting to

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the next monthly exam and prove

the entire class, Tessa had accepted the

questions I highlighted that might be on

morning, math was in the afternoon, and physics was scheduled for tomorrow, so there was

help but chuckle at Ysabel’s

I’m being completely

tell

didn’t mean to hurt Tessa’s feelings, but

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