Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

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Elysia felt a warm glow inside. Her cousin Logan had been a source of comfort during his time here, something she’d never experienced in the Rosewood family.

But he had his own home, far from Sivro, and he’d eventually have to return to it.

Though she felt a pang of sadness, Elysia kept a light and easy expression on her face. “Don’t worry! No one can push me around,” she said with a smile.

“Right! If there’s one thing about you that’s just like me, it’s that you never let a grudge go!” Logan said with a grin, giving her a playful nudge.

Elysia raised an eyebrow at Logan’s words, thinking, ‘Is he really complimenting me?‘

The next morning, Emma woke up early. Today was the day the monthly exam results were posted at school, something she’d been looking forward to for a long time.

The thought of seeing Elysia humiliated made her even more smug, her smile brighter than usual.

They arrived at school together but went their separate ways after getting out of the car. Emma watched Elysia walk away, her brow furrowing.

Emma thought, ‘She’s not heading to the bulletin board. Is Elysia not going to check the results? Maybe she’s too scared to face how badly she did. How naive! Does she think if she doesn’t look, it won’t be real? Impossible!‘

Emma was sure that once everyone saw Elysia’s abysmal scores, her shady deals would be exposed, and everyone would know she was a dropout. Then, no matter who was backing Elysia, they wouldn’t be able to defend her under pressure.

But Emma’s plan was doomed to fail. She pushed her way to the notice board and searched for a long time, but she couldn’t find Elysia’s name among the bottom ranks. ‘Where could she be Why isn’t her name at the back?‘ she thought.

She couldn’t believe it and was about to search again when she heard someone in the crowd exclaim, “Justin’s not first place?!”

This caused a stir among the students checking the results. They all rushed to see who was at the top, and there it was- Elysia’s name in the first place.

They could hardly believe it. Justin, the top student who had held the number one spot for six years straight, was now second.

for supposedly getting in through connections. It was hard

way through the crowd, thinking they must have made a mistake. But when

again and again, but the name in the first place remained the

all puzzled. The top spot was taken by a STEM student, not one of their own.

12” in the class column, thinking, ‘How’d a

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they’d heard it somewhere before. Then it hit them–this was the girl everyone had

Class 1, and then the rumor yesterday was she got booted. They just couldn’t wrap their heads around how someone who got the boot could still pull off

dog in your STEM classes?” a Liberal Arts student tugged on a STEM student’s sleeve

student said,

Arts student chimed

the STEM student dashed over to the Liberal Arts notice board. Seeing Elysia’s name at the top, he exclaimed again, “Dude! She’s killing it in both Liberal Arts and STEM exams! You all gotta take a look

other STEM students, who were still reeling from Elysia’s top spot, snapped out of their daze and huddled around the Liberal

and Liberal Arts exams? Seriously?

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with the rankings since their grades were

bottom, worried they’d get the boot from Class 1. So, at this

him square in the eye. She’d never given two hoots about rankings before, but this time was different. She wanted to know

anyone who wasn’t up to his level was a nobody. If he saw Elysia’s ranking, he’d write Elysia off

lifting his gaze from the foreign classic in his hands.

“Bianca, does Justin really need to check He always stays at the top of the heap. What’s the point?” “Yeah, Justin’s

hair. “I was just thinking we should check Elysia’s ranking,

Bianca mention Elysia, Justin finally looked up, his eyes flickering with interest.

get that look when I bring up Elysia? Could it be he’s into her like I thought?

be so cool and distant. Why would he

to check the rankings came rushing back into the classroom, hollering at the top of his lungs,