The Queen's Back

Chapter

47

When Albert saw Maxwell moving his character back a little, he thought it was a good opportunity for him to make his move and win the game. He increased his character's speed and dashed directly to the front of Maxwell's character. Seeing this, Mona felt her heart jump in her throat. She clasped her hands together as if in prayer and her eyes stayed glued

to the screen.

Maxwell could see Mona's expression in his peripheral vision and said calmly to her, "Don't be nervous. We're not gonna lose."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Maxwell made a sudden turn and dodged Albert's attack. At the same moment, he landed a counterattack on Albert, and the health bar on Albert's character shortened.

Faced with this unprecedented situation, Albert felt his nerves on edge. It was something he'd never felt before, and it distracted him enough that he even pressed the wrong buttons twice in a row.

The more flustered Albert became, the more calm Maxwell and Mona were.

In the end, as to be expected, the game finished with Albert losing.

Mona looked at the word 'Victory' on her screen and literally jumped up in excitement towards Maxwell, throwing her arms around his neck and shouting, "We won, we won, you're so amazing Maxwell!"

A desire to win was every human's basic instinct, and Maxwell's victory plus Mona's reaction to it stirred determination for revenge.

up Albert's

Maxwell looked up to see Mona's happy face. He gently held on to her arm, afraid she'd fall over in her excitement. "Wait, let's have another round, I wasn't in my best form." Albert looked between the two of them and then back at the word 'Defeat' on his screen. He didn't want to admit that he had actually lost.

Mona shook her head at Albert and said, "No way, a loss is a loss, you

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round with me. I promise I won't skip classes next week either." He was really itching to

Albert again. Only after Maxwell nodded did she reply, saying, "That can be arranged, as long as you pay

Nothing was as big of a deal as going up against Matthew again. Going to school, listening to

the game with Matthew again, he wanted the chance to redeem himself right there and then, so this time he

in a row, it was difficult for Albert to make anymore excuses. He knew without a doubt that he

said, impressed. Maxwell hadn't played the game much before,

Maxwell said matter-of-factly. He wouldn't

you guys can leave now, I have some practicing to do." Albert said. Then looking at Mona, he added, "Don't

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to step out, Albert suddenly thought of something and blurted out, "Actually, Mona, when Barbara was kicked out of the family, she hadn't done anything wrong,

could tell that Barbara hadn't had it easy since leaving the Clems. He was afraid to talk to

a beat, she replied, "Well, yeah, she didn't do anything wrong, but her presence only reminded our grandparents about losing our mother, their daughter. So it was too upsetting and too

in the first place, but she couldn't say that to Albert. Especially since Mona had put

answered as he lowered his head

Barbara was his half-sister after all. He can't

they left Albert's room, Maxwell had noticed an obvious and dramatic change

that made sense. Mona had suggested getting married precisely because she wanted to

cloud hanging above Mona soon cleared up though, and it was replaced with a calmness. Having been through so much in her life, she understood a simple truth. Life was short, she should live in the moment and try to

turned to Maxwell and said, "Maxwell, thank you for helping me out today. You always rescue me when I'm in a pinch, and

husband and wife, after all." Maxwell held Mona's hand firmly. The fact that Mona was willing to stay by his side was his greatest wish come

peeking through the clouds, Mona was making preparations to go car shopping. Of course, Maxwell

document that needed his signature. Maxwell shot a glance at Mona, who was sitting beside him in the passenger seat, and she nodded at him. Car shopping was simply an errand on her to-do list. Maxwell's work and company affairs naturally took the highest priority. She didn't want to cause any trouble for