“You don’t know? That’s Zoe Evans. The Evans family just brought her back from a poor village.”
“A village? Ugh, gross. Bumpkins are so dirty. What if she has some disease or something?”
The room buzzed with cruel comments. Then one well–dressed girl stood up and shouted across the room, “Hey, you really think you can study with us? You don’t even look like you belong here.
Do
you
even know what social etiquette is? Can you dance a waltz? I bet you don’t even know how to taste wine properly!”
Laughter exploded around the classroom.
At Highcrest, everyone was working to sharpen their skills and get into Eminence Nexus. To them, Zoe was just a nobody from a totally different world.
“Please… for my sake, can you all stop picking on Zoel Eunice stood up from the second row, her expression calm but firm. “She’s been through enough just to get here.
Eunice, along with Herbert and Jacob, had joined the honors class before Zoe arrived.
The moment Eunice spoke, the students remembered–Zoe was her sister.
was hard to believe that Zoe and Eunice were siblings at first glance. After all, at Highcrest, Eunice was like a star. She was insanely talented–in piano, embroidery, wine tasting, combat, and even shooting
Even the teachers said, besides Philip Chapman, who almost never showed up to class, Eunice had the best shot at joining Eminence Nexus.
Compared to that, Zoe looked like a total outsider. Honestly, even the worst student at Highcrest seemed better than her.
“Eunice, sure, you two are twins, but the gap between you is just, huge. Don’t be too kind to her. Country girls like her? They know how to play dirty.”
“If you ask me, she doesn’t belong in the honors class at all,”
A girl with a streak of blue in her hair stepped forward. She crossed her arms and looked Zoe up and down with a smug grin
“Hey, we’re in the middle of wine tasting class,” she said. “Every proper lady needs to master the art of wine. You think you can keep up? You wanna challenge me to a tasting?”
The girl’s name was Cheryl Duncan. Everyone knew Cheryl was the best in the honors class when it came to wine. Even Eunice couldn’t beat her in that area.
Therefore, the second Cheryl threw out the challenge, the rest of the class started smirking, waiting for the show.
They were sure Zoe had no idea how to taste wine–probably didn’t know the difference between red and white. No way she’d walk out of this without embarrassing herself.
Zoe hadn’t said a word yet, but Herbert was already rolling his eyes. He marched over to her with a look of disgust. “Seriously? Stirring up drama
you. Td qui! the honors class right now. Go take some basic course for lovers instead of forcing yourself
Watch Zoe had ever worn probably cost less than seven bucks. These rich kids? They dropped hundreds of ide piece of jewelry without blinking. They lived in different worlds
ned cold. She was
supposed to lay low until her mission was complete. No attention, no spotlight. But she was the queen
of
