Chapter 61

Emmitt frowned. “Why bring up Summer again? Are you two even on the same level?”

Mirabella tapped her fingers lightly on the table. Her gaze was drifting. “Are you sure you weren’t the one who mentioned her first?”

Emmitt choked, feeling a complete inability to communicate effectively with her. With patience, he explained. “Summer’s shooting for a chance at Prestige College. And you? Participating in this competition with your grades seems… somewhat pointless.”

He paused for a second, and then added in a lower tone, “With the time you’re spending on this, you might as well enroll in a tutoring class. That would be far more beneficial for you right now.”

Despite his disappointment in his sister, he still hoped she would focus her efforts on more realistic goals instead of chasing some impossible dreams.

looked at him with an indifferent smile. “So, what you’re saying, Emmitt,

he replied without thinking. “That’s not what I mean. It’s just that

I get it.” Mirabella nodded, turning her gaze away and resuming her meal of the last bits of oatmeal in her bowl

watched his sister, who was seemingly obedient and quiet, but in reality, deliberately cold and distant. His feelings were a tangled mess. If he was talking to

the breakfast table grew heavy. After a moment, Emmitt, finding no taste in

up. puzzled.

just so happens I have a friend working

top universities, included scholars who had made significant contributions to the country. Guidance from someone

declined. She was somewhat baffled. Why was Emmitt so convinced she was struggling

surely move her, but she was neither touched nor did she hesitate for even a second

voice, “Do you realize how

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