Joel: [What’s up?]

Cicely: [Hey, Mr. Straight-A President, all done with your homework?]

Joel: [Yup.]

Peter: [That’s a first. It’s not often to see Joel reply so quickly to a message. The beauty treatment sure is different.]

Sam: [True that. Usually, you need to @ him to get a response.]

Max: [Only now we realize that our noble Mr. Joel isn’t just swimming in a sea of books.]d2

These boys were perennially active in the class, and everyone could tell they were teasing Joel. While Cicely was involved, they carefully avoided mentioning her by name. No one wanted to cross the Ellis family’s famous little princess. The consequences could be dire, though they weren’t quite sure what that would entail.

Somehow, the idea that Cicely was not to be trifled with had inexplicably taken root in everyone’s minds. No one wanted to step on that landmine.

Knowing that Joel had finished his homework, Cicely messaged him privately. She snapped photos of the blank problems with her phone and sent them over. [I can’t figure these out at all. Can you show me your answers?]

will you understand? Do you

see if I can work it

Joel: [Alright then.]

solutions, but each one was accompanied by a detailed explanation of

Cicely actually got it. [A genius, no doubt.

[If you have any questions in the future, just ask

with a simple [okay] and then went silent. The classic hit-and-run: use him

mind. He pocketed his phone and glanced at the group in front of him before gathering his stuff and standing up

had been engrossed in his book, suddenly looked up at him.

if he’d been sized up completely. Confused but realizing Seth had no intention of speaking to him, Joel moved

shifted to the window, where the evening sky was bathed in a warm

tempted to strike up a

raised an eyebrow, then looked back at Seth with a pout and clicked his

emotions in Kane’s eyes made her feel a bit flustered. She stood up, said she needed to go

days, huh? What’s so great about you?

gave him

“Hey, bro, between Danielle and Cicely, who do you fancy more?”Books Chapters

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