Chapter 54
Chapter 54
Nathan followed her gaze
gaze and saw Ala’s back.
Ostic nudged him, “Nathan, is that your other sister? She’s so cool!”
“Your family is really good looking,” one girl pushed
“Is it true your parents don’t like their daughter and just married her off early?” another girl asked, a hint of curiosity in her voice.
They had no real contact with Aria, but they know Nathan. If Nathan didn’t like someone, they assumed there must be something wrong with them.
Now they saw Aria and realized they were wrong she was nothing like they imagined.
Nathan wasn’t listening to his friends‘ chatter. He was too focused on Aria and the strange expression in Lily’s eyes.
He wondered, “Why is Lily looking at Aria like that?‘
Nathan looked at Aria. She didn’t pause for even a second, nor did she turn her head. It seemed as if she didn’t know Lily at all.
Then, without warning a scruffy figure barged through the crowd, heading straight toward them.
A man in work clothes, his shoes leaving muddy imprints with each step.
His expression was grim, and as he pushed through the crowd, he frightened the students, causing them to scream.
Lily remained frozen, her hair grabbed forcefully, yanking her back.
“Ah!” she screamed.
“Who are you? What do you w
I want?” Lily’s deskmate cried out.
Lily’s deskmate tried to pry the man’s hand off, but he was too strong. She couldn’t budge him.
Leon slapped her away, shouting. “I punish my own daughter, stay out of it!”
Nathan rushed forward, but the chaos around him made it impossible to get through
Leon shouted, “You little bitch, I told you not to study, to get married! How dare you run away and transfer toch a good school? Where did you get the money? Tell me! Where did you get it from?”
Leon’s furious words pierced the air, but to Lily, everything seemed to slow down.
She remembered the words someone once said to her: ” give you two choices. First, take the sixty–five thousand dollars, kill him, Second, I kill both. Which one will you choose?”
A sharp pain hither, and once again, she regretted not choosing to kill Leon that night.
She wondered, ‘I took the money, but I didn’t follow through with the plan, will she kill me
he kill me now?”
Before she could think further, Nathan finally shoped through the crowd, grabbing Leon’s wrist and pulling Lily behind him, “Call the police he shouted.
Leon glared at them, his eyes venomous like a phake.” knew it. A little girl like you wouldn’t dare transfer to a new city without help. You must have a man behind you.”
Everyone in the crowd could see who he was and looked at Lily with pity.
In the second semester of their sophomore year, with only a month left until summer break, a new student transferred into Maple Class
Chapter 54
Everyone was surprised–who would transfer so close to the final exams?
Soon, the exams arrived.
Maybe the teachers were worried about students getting too distracted during the break, so they made the test unusually hard.
But Lily still managed to score first, beating the second place student by eighteen points.
The second place student was a top performer from Cypress Class, always ranking number one and never dropping from the top spot. Yet, she had been
vertaken by the new transfer student.
Lily quickly became well known, but she remained mysterious–no one could find out anything about her previous school
Some students mocked her, wondering what kind of school she came from, if she was so good.
Now, they understood the reason f
for her secrecy
“She’s the top student in our grade, and next year, she’s a major contender for the SAT. She transferred to Larkridge High based on her own abilities, so keep your mouth shut!” Nathan’s gaze hardened, staring Leon with unwavering intensity.
Leon glared back, his eyes full of menace: “What I teach my daughter is none of your business. Stay out of this, or I won’t be so polite.”
ta word.
Nathan opened his left hand, signaling his response without a won
Suddenly, Leon snapped, pulling a knife out of his pocket. “Stay out of this, or I’ll kill you both!”
The students around them were terrified, quickly scattering.
Aria, however, stayed where she was, calmly scanning the area.
Lily was frozen in place, wanting to move, but was stopped by Nathan “Don’t go over there!”
The students fled in all directions, and a teacher stepped forward, trying to reason with Leon.
Leon waved the knife wildly. “Get away! Why didn’t you notify the parents when my daughter enrolled here? You human traffickers, you should all die!”
He was losing control, shouting angrily, his steps erratic but slowly drawing closer to one specific target.
Lily knew her terrifying father too well. He cared about his public image, always presenting himself as a doting father in front of others, no matter how treated her at home.
She thought, “Is he really going crazy just because I ran away? And he’s got a knife.
Lily instinctively looked toward Aria, noticing something was off, “Why is he heading toward her?
While the others panicked, Lily bolted forward.
Nathan’s pupils constricted, and he immediately sprinted after her, shouting “Lily!”
At th
Aria, his
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