Chapter 426: The Perfect Pawn

The same spot where Nnenna had first sat and continued to sit in every lecture.

Every time his eyes wandered there, he saw a girl in front of Nnenna, sitting tall with a proud smile like she owned the place.

Was it a coincidence? Definitely not.

Jana kept sitting in the same seat, lecture after lecture, acting as if it were her birthright. It wasn’t subtle either, she made sure to flick her hair, flash her smile, and bat her lashes every time Carl so much as looked in that direction.

At first, Nnenna tried to ignore it.

But after a few more days of awkward tension and whispered comments from her classmates, she had had enough.

Without warning, she picked up her bag and changed seats to the back corner of the hall.

But by then, the rumor had already spread like wildfire.

“Prince Carl is in love with Jana.”

It was all anyone talked about.

To them, it made sense, Jana was beautiful, smart, and bold. And Carl kept looking in her direction during lectures. To the students, it was practically a royal love story unfolding before their eyes.

Nnenna simply rolled her eyes.

If only they knew the truth.

for her. She had already

it was only

who knew the truth, that Carl’s glances had nothing to

she ruin things for Jana? A better life for that girl meant more competition for

and loyal followers. She was no ordinary student,

than to mess with Ava. Not when Ava was in the

sense of power, she never so much as raised

seemed to finally settle into a peaceful rhythm. The stares, the whispers,

course, peace never

had completely forgotten something important, texting

had asked casually, “Hey, what happened to that girl you were always talking about? Haven’t seen you texting

patient “She probably just forgot. I’ll remind her when I see her

calm and hopeful but

Linda was pissed.

Furious, actually.

had started liking someone else. But now that someone had gone quiet, probably playing hard to get, he seemed even more

she could walk around untouched, she had

a shared apartment after graduation, matching rings,

respect. He even forbade any sexual intimacy until the day they get married which showed that he had the right kind of love

And she destroyed it.

night, but George hadn’t even yelled. He had looked at her

It was over.

Linda? She

what they had had. George had been the best thing in her life, and

a conversation in the library, about George possibly being interested in some

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