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"Call her sister now, but have other plans later? Oh, Hugo Bennet. I see I got a rival in a few years."

The veins in Hugo's forehead protruded at the malicious remarks this guy had uttered. "You do have a death wish -

"What's going on in here?"

Suddenly, Hugo and Ray froze at the elderly voice that reached their ears. When they turned, they saw one of the senior teachers standing several feet away.

"Ahh." Ray smiled happily and said, "Nothing, teacher. Hugo is just helping me fix my collar."

The teacher frowned. "Ray, do you think I don't see what's happening here?"

"I'm warning you! Hugo peeled his eyes from the teacher to Ray. "Stir more trouble, and you'd regret it."

After saying his piece, he released him and walked away.

"Hugo Bennet!" the teacher called, but Hugo didn't stop. "Tsk. Hugo."

"Teacher, it's alright. It was my fault anyway, so Hugo is a little pissed," Ray appeared in front of the teacher amicably. "Don't worry. Everything's settled now."

The teacher's frown remained despite Ray's explanation. "Ray, I heard what happened. Stop causing trouble to other students."

"Yes, yes-"

The teacher scolded Ray for a good two minutes, lecturing him about the importance of being a part of the star student section. He eventually forgot about Hugo because Hugo was a good kid, and for him to react like that, he knew Ray poked the bear.

exhausted and simply wanted to take a nap. But still, he went to

Knock Knock

surprise, the headmaster was seated behind the desk with a grim expression. Opening the door

inside was

would put him in a tricky situation.

his reluctance, he still knocked louder

the class hadn't

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turn to her. She looked around first and

her head. "Hear,

"Who the culprit is."

at Nina's

stared at her without any trace of surprise. "Penny, did you hear what I said?" she frowned. "It was Nina. Those girls came in here earlier and

"I thought they'd deal

they said, but they got angry

their ears. "Who would have thought that

Patricia's voice louder than it should have. Everyone turned their

okay to gossip about your

solid! Those girls are kicked out and are being salty about it. Besides, they ganged up on Penny. How can you believe those types of people over someone who had been a good student from the beginning?" Patricia arched a brow and rose from her seat as if she would start a rebellion. "I'm saying this because Nina is my friend. You overreacted when I just talked to Ginnie. But you're blatantly gossiping about Surely, the president

of the students remarked, only

okay! I thought we were classmates, and as classmates, we should be each other's allies. They're

clicked her