Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 143

Although Lily had been covertly rallying votes for Hera, secretly hoping to witness Hera embarrass herself, Hera’s decision to withdraw from the contest pleased her nonetheless.

She believed that a country bumpkin Eke Hera, who hadn’t had much exposure to the world, would be intimidated by such a grand contest.

“Is everyone here? Gather around, please. We’re going to draw lots to determine the contest order,” Wanda announced, clapping her hands to gather everyone’s attention.

“Ms. Walker, we’re one person short. Hera hasn’t arrived yet,” reported the student responsible for the attendance list.

“What? Iclearly stated that we were meeting at one,” Wanda replied.

She glanced at her watch to confirm it was already 1:10 pm

“Ms. Walker, could we please wait a little longer? I believe Hera is on her way here,” Christopher said, capturing everyone’s attention.

The others stared at him in surprise. They were puzzled by his unexpected defense of Hera. After all, they had assumed he had rejected her advances, as indicated by the gossip post on the forum.

“In that case, let’s wait another five minutes, “Wanda announced, reluctantly agreeing to Christopher’s request.

couldn’t afford to disregard the Dean’s

are you still in contact with Hera? Zyler approached Christopher, asking in

at his watch as he anxiously awaited Hera’s

nervous demeanor, Zyler felt frustrated, realizing that Christopher had ignored his earlier

as good

done being friends,” Christopher cut him off.

eyes widened

what are you

clear before. If you insult Hera again, our friendship is

that, Christopher walked away, putting some

Christopher would end their six–year

wondered about what Christopher saw in Hera. To him, she was nothing but

for Hera to show up so he could prove to Christopher that she was a gold digger. He was also determined to win the Hunk title, dazzling everyone and making Christopher regret ending

saw a post on the school forum stating

turned around, giving Lily a puzzled

Hera earher? Why was she now speaking against

the post

to drop out of the contest, resulting in