The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 361

Every day, they mocked him for having an embarrassing mother, and eventually, he just couldn't take it anymore-he ended up fighting with the three of them.

But he was no match for them, not even close.

Afterward, their ridicule only got worse.

They even rallied other kids to join in, all ganging up to laugh at him together.

Back in his old preschool, there was nothing he dreaded more than running into those three boys.

And yet—unbelievably—they'd transferred here, too.

The boys swaggered over, quickly and expertly hemming Keen O'Brien in.

Panic flickered in Keen's eyes.

The ringleader, Sheldon Ayers, fixed his beady gaze on Keen's delicate, striking face, a hint of jealousy glinting beneath his scowl.

Sheldon had never liked Keen. In fact, he'd disliked him for as long as he could remember.

to or not. Whenever Sheldon brought home a bad grade, she'd sigh, "Look

I'll never understand how

his time chasing women instead of doing anything useful! At least your dad can run a

languages, and you can't even string together

at Keen, he solves Rubik's cubes for fun, and you're still playing

honestly admired how

that faded with time. Soon, all

mom wouldn't be

preschool a while

mom would stop using Keen as the gold

pass a language test, she hired a private tutor for Sheldon. Every day, he was drilled on vocabulary. If he

toward Keen only

into that new preschool, he'd pay Keen back for every

stand Keen either, determined to make sure Keen

their mothers would finally stop comparing them to

at the three

intention of helping

the tables were turned and Keen was the one

always going on about Keen, day in and day out, but deep down, he was jealous—jealous of Keen,