Chapter 193

As soon as the exam results from Havencrest Preparatory Academy were released, Jeanette rushed to check her scores.

A lot had happened at home lately. She hadn't studied at all before the exams, and though she'd braced herself for a drop in her ranking, she never expected to fall so far.

"How could this happen?" Jeanette stared at her results, momentarily dizzy with disbelief. She'd somehow landed at 150th in her grade-a freefall she could hardly comprehend.

Her expression darkened as she scrolled back to the top of the page and glanced at Citrine's results. The color drained from her face.

Why? That top spot had always belonged to her. She used to keep Citrine firmly beneath her how had everything changed?

The thought of The Iverson Group's recent collapse only made her mood worse.

Her family's prestige, her academic achievements-everything she'd once taken pride in—now belonged to Citrine.

What made her

next morning, Citrine had just woken up

Chairwoman, someone from the Iverson family is here again. Holbrook's condition has taken a turn

her phone, and sent a voice reply:

other side of town, when Sawyer heard the news about Holbrook's poisoning, his exhaustion was replaced

poisoned!" After all, every meal Holbrook ate was prepared by a trusted housekeeper-how could something

"We have no reason to lie to you. Our boss

of Patten's "boss." He pressed, "And who exactly is

a cold, dismissive laugh. "Someone you'd never guess," he

Instead, he secretly

called with the results. It turned out the problem was in the "health tonic" Holbrook had been drinking for

a poisonous mushroom. It attacks the liver and kidneys;

paused, then asked, "Mr. Iverson, how did you realize

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