Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 40

Chapter 40 A Crushing Match

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. Have you finished eating? Let's go to the tennis court."

"Yes, let's go."

The two of them left the cafeteria and arrived at the tennis court.

By now, several people were already warming up here.

Violeta, carrying the tennis rackets given by Hayden, came to the resting area with Kaylee.

Not long after, Zelena, Candy, and Lily also arrived.

Zelena and Candy formed a team, while Gillian and Lily, who were previously expelled, also teamed up. After Lily was expelled, Gillian quit the assessment since she no longer had a teammate.

The three of them walked past the resting area, and Candy disdainfully glanced at Violeta and Kaylee.

Kaylee did not hold back and glared back.

Zelena sat down and took out her own tennis racket from her bag.

It was a vibrant green racket, catching everyone's attention.

When Candy saw it, she exclaimed, "Wow, Lena, your racket is so beautiful! It must be custom-made!"

Zelena smiled shyly. "Yes, my parents heard that I joined the tennis club and specially ordered it for me. There's only one pair in the world as it's a limited

edition."

"Can I take a look?"

"Sure."

Zelena generously handed her racket to Candy, who held it in her hand and admired it for a while before enviously saying, "This is an AH custom-made racket. It's quite expensive. I think it costs around 7500 to 9000 dollars for a pair. Lena, your parents are so good to you!"

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Candy's comment attracted the attention of the people around, and they kept starling at Zelena.

Zelena's vanity was greatly satisfied.

At that moment, Violeta also took out her racket from her bag.

Kaylee imitated Candy's expression and loudly exclaimed, "Wow!"

"Vio, your racket looks amazing! It's much more vibrant than that someone's hideous green racket!"

an instant, everyone's gaze was

racket in her hand. She felt that

continued loudly, "Vio, your racket must be expensive! Let me see, it's from AH! And it's a collaboration with a famous cartoon character! D*mn, not only is it custom-made, but it's also a limited collaboration within the custom-made collection! It must

help, Violeta completely stole Zelena's

sat aside, gritting her

said, "What's all this shouting about? Where are

manners then? Who was the one shouting first? Can't people be amazed by a 30

felt jealous and said, "It's probably

cold and deep male voice came from the back row of

audience.

me. Do we

the back row, where

and his two companions strolled over leisurely and sat next to Hayden, crossing their legs and displaying a nonchalant attitude. Everyone

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embarrassed and recalled Gillian's fate. She weakly said, "No, I didn't mean anything else,

Does that mean you can spread rumors without consequences just because you

imply that your tennis racket is fake.

glanced at her indifferently, said nothing, and looked towards

Hayden decided not to pursue the matter

The match started soon.

picked up their rackets and stepped

was a bit nervous.

and calmly as if

wind.

are you feeling nervous? There are so many people here

only were the members of the tennis club present for the final assessment, but students from other schools were also in

were seated in

her and said, "Just focus

took a deep breath and

Zelena also

Candy felt a strong sense of animosity towards Violeta. As a result, she played

very skilled at playing tennis, but she

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her hatred

were quite attractive, making the match very interesting to

as she stared at Zelena across the court. She tightly gripped her racket and stared at Zelena with an

red lips and silently

could not hear or understand what she said, but Zelena understood

were,

say the

at that face

it!

The match began..