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

Farn week esn't

it

I won't skip classes next week either."

to Maxwell to see if he would be willing to play Albert again. Only after Maxwell nodded did she reply, saying, "That can be arranged, as long as you pay attention in class and complete all your

'okay' gesture. Nothing was as big of a deal as going up

couldn't wait another week to play the game with Matthew again, he wanted the chance to redeem himself right there and then, so this time he promised to

Albert to make anymore excuses. He knew

much before, whereas Albert had been playing it for years. Albert

to your sister." Maxwell said matter-of-factly. He wouldn't even be playing this game if

said. Then looking at Mona, he added, "Don't worry, I'm

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was satisfied with that and pulled Maxwell along with her to leave Albert alone in his

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about 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

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

after thinking 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 difficult for them to

to Albert. Especially since Mona had put in all this effort to improve her own relationship with

as he lowered his head

was his half-sister after all. He can't just cut off relations with her for the sake

Maxwell had noticed an

about Barbara, so it reminded her that Teddy had cheated on her? Maxwell thought that made sense. Mona had suggested getting married precisely because she

Mona soon cleared up though, and it was replaced with a calmness. Having been through so much in her life,

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

fact that Mona was willing to stay by his side was his greatest wish

sunlight peeking through the clouds, Mona was making preparations to go car shopping.

that there was an important 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.