When Vivian heard about the matter regarding the exercise book, she thought of the instance she tossed
the book onto the floor and could not help but to clench the sides of her skirt. She had no idea if Nicole
had come to complain or not.
Seeing that she remained silent, Ms. Emerson continued, “Your neighbor, Oliver is usually calm and
collected. He was worried about it, so he came to tell me that you were in a bad mood and hoped that I
could counsel you, but you came here looking for me before I did.”
When Vivian heard this, her eyes widened. ‘My neighbor, that meek Oliver, actually came to Ms.
Emerson to talk about me?’ she thought.
Seeing her shocked look, Ms. Emerson looked up and sighed, “Vivian, I have high hopes for you too,
don’t let me down, okay?”
Vivian nodded as if she was in a trance as she left the office. Yet, the entirety of her attention was affixed
to that “too” word.
‘Who else does Ms. Emerson has high hopes for?’
‘Nicole?!’
As she thought of this, her chest felt like it was about to explode. ‘What right does Nicole have to be on
equal footing with me in Ms. Emerson’s eyes?’ She hissed to herself. ‘Nicole has both a lousy attitude
and grades, so what does she have to compare with me?’
When Vivian got back to class, she immediately questioned Oliver with her eyes red. “Oliver, why did you
snitch on me to Ms. Emerson? Don’t you know that’s shameless of you!”
The moment Vivian heard about Ms. Emerson specifically mentioning Nicole’s exercise book, she
thought that it was Oliver who told Ms. Emerson that she was the one who did that, causing Ms.
Emerson’s attitude toward her to change.
Vivian’s neighbor looked at her at a loss. He was only worried about her and was too embarrassed to tell
her directly, so he just briefly told Ms. Emerson that Vivian was in a poor mood and not much else.
Seeing Vivian was about to cry, Oliver got even more anxious. He wanted to help her wipe her tears off,
but she instead coldly took a step back as she glared at him. “You shameless cretin! Stay away from
me!”
Oliver’s hand froze in midair as a bitter smile appeared on his face.
‘It was always like this,’ He thought. Her special fondness for Gary notwithstanding, she was always cold
as frost toward him.
He lowered his hand as he said somewhat softly, “Vivian, I’m sorry, I was just worried about you…”
Vivian sneered as she heard that, “Worried about me? You’re so worried that you snitched on me to Ms.
Emerson? Who needs your disgusting concern?”
As she said that, she walked toward Nicole, her eyes aflame.
‘It was because of this bitch,’ she thought. ‘If it weren’t for her, Gary would not be acting like he had been
bewitched, and I wouldn’t be scolded by Ms. Emerson, who had always doted on me. All of this was
because of Nicole!’
Seeing that Vivian had no intention to deescalate things and instead walked toward her, Nicole’s eyes
grew colder.
Oliver stood behind Vivian as he looked at her turning away without as much as looking at him. As if
sensing the gaze of everyone around him, he lightly clenched his fist.
Vivian walked over to Nicole without saying anything as she immediately raised her hand to slap the
latter.
“You b*tch!”
She had already stretched her arm out, and if this slap landed on Nicole’s face, it would definitely be a
hard slap.
‘Best if I can just ruin her pretty face!’ she viciously thought to herself.
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