Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

140 Betrayal

"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.

scolding, Ray felt exhausted and simply wanted to take

Knock Knock

through the gap in case a book would come flying to him. But much to his surprise, the headmaster was seated behind the desk with a grim expression. Opening the door wider,

knew inside was

him in a tricky situation. "Uh... I'm late, huh?" he frowned deeply, knowing

reluctance, he still knocked louder once and

to the classroom, the class hadn't

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looked around first and rose from her seat, hurrying to Penny's

her

"Who the culprit is."

glanced at Nina's desk. It was empty. "That was quick,' she

expecting more reaction from her. But alas, Penny just stared at her without any trace of surprise. "Penny, did you hear what I said?" she frowned. "It was Nina. Those girls came in

thought they'd deal with it

angry when they found

voice reached their ears. "Who would have thought

silence in the room made Patricia's voice louder than it should

to gossip about your classmates when she's being framed

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

be quiet?" one of the students remarked, only to receive a hiss from

thought we were classmates, and as classmates, we should be each other's allies.

clicked her tongue, glaring daggers