Chapter 646: Who’s That?

Linda’s fingers twitched. "What?" she whispered under her breath.

"Do you want her to excel again? Or do you want George to finally see who truly deserves him? Move. Now."

She hesitated, but then stood, pretending to adjust her shoe before slowly walking down toward the front, where the view was clearer. Security did not stop her, students often moved closer to watch major performances.

From her bag, she subtly pulled out a small handful of shiny stage confetti pellets she had picked up earlier, tiny and harmless looking, barely visible when thrown under the bright lights.

"Just a little distraction," she muttered.

Then, as Nnenna spun across the stage in a dazzling mid turn, Linda’s hand flicked, scattering the tiny beads across a narrow section of the stage floor near the front edge. No one noticed.

But Nnenna did, or rather, her body did.

Mid spin, her left foot slipped slightly. The movement faltered, her balance breaking for a fraction of a second. The crowd gasped softly, thinking it was part of the choreography, but Arthur and Carl immediately caught the subtle change.

Arthur’s eyes narrowed.

Carl frowned. "That was not part of the routine."

But before either could react, Nnenna steadied herself. Her eyes flashed with quiet determination as she quickly adjusted her rhythm, turning the slip into a fluid recovery step that flowed perfectly into the next beat of the music.

The applause grew even louder, unaware that she had just avoided disaster.

Linda watched with disbelief. "No way... how—?"

"Useless girl," the voice hissed darkly in her ear. "You can’t even get a simple thing done."

Linda’s face drained of color. The voice’s tone was laced with venom, each word sinking like a knife.

"B-but I tried—" she whispered shakily.

"Try harder next time... if there is a next time."

her bag as she moved abruptly from the stage. Her chest burned with a mixture of fear and humiliation. The cheers

stormed off quietly, her heels clicking sharply against the marble floor,

heavy, her eyes shining, though a faint trace of

Carl exchanged a knowing

the crowd only saw

though the results weren’t yet announced, everyone could already feel it, Nnenna had excelled

major exams one by one before the session finally ended. But Nnenna didn’t wait for the closing remarks, the war was getting intense, and every minute she

do

can’t believe you guys didn’t

knew she could handle it. And she did," Carl said calmly, pulling the car away from the academy

turned slightly from facing the driver’s seat, his voice cool but edged with

of worry he tried to hide behind

not what I mean," Arthur

rudely. "At first, I wasn’t sure what to do. I was scared I would fail. But then... all that self development training kicked in. I faced the

your last minute prep helped a lot. Just like you said, the foundation of everything matters, it’ll always guide you when things

blinked, remembering the same words he had told her that morning. "Really?" he asked, turning in his seat to

"Yeah," she nodded.

smiled faintly. "I’m glad I could help," he

sure you’re alright?" Arthur asked again, his tone still cold but laced with quiet

from side to side as if to convince him, and herself. Then, after a pause, she

said from the driver’s seat, glancing at her through the mirror. "You made a mistake midway. That’s unusual. You’ve practiced that routine so many times, flawlessly. Then suddenly, a slip on stage?

accusing, just puzzled, no one was perfect, after

on the stage. I don’t know who. That’s what caused the

We were too focused on your performance and making sure you got back on track." He frowned. "Still, who would do

mistake?" Darius asked, surprised. "I didn’t even

course you didn’t," Arthur cut in coolly. "She adjusted quickly. I

we’ll see who got close to the stage around that

Arthur nodded to that.

might have another enemy

went quiet again, but this time, the silence

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