Chapter 55

Staring at Colin with a mix of shock and disbelief, it took me a moment to process the

bombshell he’d just dropped.

Snatching the paper from his hand, I gasped at the sight–every scribbled answer was correct. I had thought he was just jotting down nonsense.

“You… you’ve studied this before?” I asked incredulously, my voice tinged with a mix of awe and disbelief.

Wasn’t he supposed to be the village idiot?

He nodded nonchalantly. “Piece of cake.”

His casual remark stung my pride. Impossible! I’ve always been at the top of my class, a teacher’s pet through and through in college. I wasn’t a genius, but I was a solid student. How could Colin be… smarter than me?

“Did you peek at the answers?” I challenged, my competitive spirit flaring as I continued to work through problems on the paper. Yet, he solved each one quickly, and every single answer was spot–on. And the whole time, he kept getting distracted, glancing over at me now and then.

To be that distracted and still come up with the answers so fast, he wasn’t just any genius. He was like something out of a saying I remembered, “Madmen to the left of God, geniuses to the right,” and he was somehow straddling both sides.

“Did you go to college?” I ventured tentatively, my curiosity piqued by the mystery surrounding Colin.

“Kingstone University…” he finally said.

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deep breath. So he

in the Genius Class, on a scholarship,” he elaborated.

flurry of memories–two kids standing at the orphanage’s entrance, beaming with

temples, I strained to remember more

was

exams, just a straight shot on talent alone. An undeniable genius.

why were you pretending to be a fool at the orphanage?” I asked, trying

he wasn’t foolish at all. Was it an act?

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Chapter 55

Colin’s eyes dropped,

I frowned.

What?

Phoebe?

he mean

speak of… is that me?” I wasn’t ready to trust this man, despite his seemingly innocent

I pointed to myself, looking

met my gaze for a long moment before nodding

promise was made to Foebe?

He seemed almost obsessively determined, like the mythical creatures I’d read about, the

waste your gift waiting for someone?” I asked, genuinely

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