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

say it doesn't

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

Mona pretended to think it over, she gave a look to Maxwell to see if he would be willing to play Albert again. Only after Maxwell nodded did she

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

he wanted the chance to redeem himself right there

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

you really are amazing at this game." Albert said, impressed. Maxwell hadn't played the game much before, whereas Albert had been playing it

Maxwell said matter-of-factly. He wouldn't even be playing this game

guys can leave now, I have some practicing to do." Albert said. Then

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pulled Maxwell along with her to leave Albert alone

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

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

she replied, "Well, yeah, she didn't do anything

the first place, but she couldn't say that to Albert. Especially since Mona had put in all this effort to improve her own relationship with him over the

he lowered

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

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

Mona about Barbara, so it reminded her that Teddy had cheated on her? Maxwell thought that made sense. Mona had

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

turned to Maxwell and said, "Maxwell, thank you for helping me out today. You always rescue me when I'm in a pinch, and I've never once returned the

hand firmly. The fact that Mona was willing to stay by his side was his greatest

day, with the morning sunlight peeking through the clouds, Mona was

from Nigel, who informed him 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,