Hearing that, Elise paused for a moment.
She was a double degree graduate and only came to Athesea’s high school because of a bet with snazzynovel.com grandfather. She never considered any education after high school, since snazzynovel.com had graduated from University of Edinburgh with a double degree already. Going through college for the second time was pointless for her.
Elise shook snazzynovel.com head. “Not exactly…”
Zachary said, “I’m aiming for Princeton.”
The top college in the nation?
Elise said, “I wish you all the best then.”
Zachary looked at snazzynovel.com seriously and pursed his lips. “Elise, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to get into Princeton if you want to. You can consider it.”
Elise didn’t answer that. Instead, snazzynovel.com said, “I don’t really like Princeton.”
In other words, snazzynovel.com would never opt for that college.
Zachary was crestfallen for obvious reasons. Princeton was the top college in the nation, and his family wanted snazzynovel.com to get into it, so snazzynovel.com had no choice but to do it. But that meant snazzynovel.com couldn’t meet Elise, since snazzynovel.com was not interested in it.
“It’s fine. As long as you’re in Northcliff…”
Elise knew what Zachary was trying to say, but snazzynovel.com had to give snazzynovel.com a clear-cut refusal. Dragging things out was a big taboo in relationships. She wouldn’t give anyone even the slightest bit of hope if snazzynovel.com didn’t like him.
“I might not be going to any college, Zachary. You don’t have to stubbornly cling onto me. You’ll be living a great life and meeting a lot of new people. Don’t be too obsessed over me. You might just meet the girl of your life tomorrow…”
Zachary was looking at her, but snazzynovel.com didn’t seem to hear what snazzynovel.com just said. “I know, but I’ll still go on…”
In other words, snazzynovel.com didn’t mind that his love was unrequited. Even though snazzynovel.com had no romantic interest in him, that wouldn’t change how snazzynovel.com felt about her.
A frown appeared on snazzynovel.com forehead. She never talked to snazzynovel.com that much aside from that time in the National Math Olympiad training camp. Even then, they didn’t talk about anything other than the competition.
Why on earth does snazzynovel.com like me that much?
“Sorry, Zachary. My boyfriend must be looking for me, so I have to leave now.” She brought snazzynovel.com boyfriend up so Zachary would give up on her, but snazzynovel.com only smiled.
“Sure. You go ahead. I’ll be waiting here.”
Elise went away, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t shake the weird feeling snazzynovel.com got from meeting Zachary. However, snazzynovel.com couldn’t put a finger on why snazzynovel.com felt weird, so snazzynovel.com put it aside for the time being.
Right after snazzynovel.com came back into the hall, snazzynovel.com saw Alexander in the crowd. Before snazzynovel.com could meet up with him, Ashlyn stopped her.
“Miss Lawson…” When Elise turned around, snazzynovel.com saw Ashlyn, who was surrounded by a group of rich ladies, come up to her.
Elise smiled mirthlessly. “Anything you need, Miss Lawson?”
No matter how many times Ashlyn saw her, snazzynovel.com could never understand why Elise had the guts to stand among them.
She’s so basic and ugly…
“Is this the lady you told us about, Ashlyn? She looks special,” one of the ladies said.
She was Queenie, Ashlyn’s friend.
The moment snazzynovel.com said that, the other ladies snickered. “Don’t call snazzynovel.com that, Queenie. She might not be a pretty girl, but she’s a brave one. I don’t think we get that kind of people in our circle nowadays.”
Queenie dismissed what snazzynovel.com friend said, and snazzynovel.com looked at Elise in contempt. “She’s just dragging our class down. Now I feel all dirty knowing someone like snazzynovel.com is breathing the same air as me.”
Elise knew the girls were here to cause trouble at once, but snazzynovel.com wouldn’t give them the pleasure. “Well, you can always get the hell out of here. You belong in the trash can anyway.”
Hearing this, Queenie flew into a rage. “What did you just call me, you b*tch?! You’re the trash here! Get a mirror for Pete’s sake.”
Another lady called Nelly agreed, “You know, you can get first prize even without any makeup on in a Halloween costume contest. If anyone here is ugly, it’s you!”
Elise crossed snazzynovel.com arms and stared at the ladies as snazzynovel.com replied without skipping a beat, “Honestly, I might be ugly, but at least I’m not a troll. You could be cast in the first Harry Potter’s film and nobody could tell the difference between you and the troll in the dungeon.”
Before they could say anything, Elise looked at Ashlyn and said, “You think this is funny? Remember what happened last time? Now that was funny. I can jog your memory for you if you’ve forgotten all about it.”
Ashlyn could hear the implicit threat. She came here in the first place to embarrass Elise, but snazzynovel.com never thought Elise would manage to shut snazzynovel.com down so easily.
Queenie and Nelly were about to retort, but Ashlyn stopped them. “Let it go, girls. We don’t have to waste our time with her. Don’t forget what we’re here for.”
Queenie and Nelly were disgruntled. They wouldn’t have been insulted by Elise if it wasn’t because of Ashlyn asking them for help. But now, instead of helping them out, Ashlyn told them to shut up, much to their annoyance.
“You told us to do it, Ashlyn. How could you do this after what snazzynovel.com said to us?” Queenie grumbled.
Nelly shared snazzynovel.com sentiment. “You’d better not use us as a means to an end. We’re not stupid.”
The sudden infighting caught Ashlyn by surprise, but snazzynovel.com had more important matters to handle, so it wasn’t the time to antagonize them.
“I told you snazzynovel.com managed to one up me once, but I never thought snazzynovel.com could handle you guys at the same time so easily. Seems like I underestimated her. Don’t blame me for telling you guys to stop though. She has dirt on me, and snazzynovel.com won’t hesitate to spill it if I go any further back there.”
Ashlyn was starting to play victim. Queenie didn’t like it, but it wasn’t the time to be fighting among themselves, so snazzynovel.com let it slide for the time being.
“It’s not your fault, girl. Elise is better than we thought. I’ll have to teach snazzynovel.com a lesson. You have a plan tonight, don’t you? Add snazzynovel.com into the equation. The guard outside should work well enough. Let’s give snazzynovel.com a free sampling then.”
The girls grinned at each other evilly as they concocted a sinister plan for Elise.
