Chapter 16
‘Did he just assume I cheated right off the bat?’ Aubree frowned.
Nothing changed. No matter what happened at school, whether she was the victim or not, Bryan always assumed she caused
the trouble.
When she was bullied, after Bryan came back, he told her, “Why don’t they bully others but you? It must be because provoked them first!”
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Aubree shook off Bryan’s grip, retorting, “Go get treated if you’re sick. When did I ever say I cheated?”
Magnus looked down on Aubree, chiming in, “I understand your desire for good grades, Miss Miller, but I don’t approve of your methods.”
Bryan was also incensed. He had initially intended to save face for Aubree, but to his shock, she dared to contradict him.
He glared at her and scolded, “Do you think your previous bottom-of-the-class grades could result in this score after two years of art?”
The homeroom teacher was a bit surprised, thinking, ‘Didn’t the Wilsons know Aubree used to be the top student?’
“If it weren’t for the school’s call today, I wouldn’t know when you learned to cheat.
“No one in our family has ever been as disgraceful as you,” Bryan snapped.
Aubree lowered her eyes, a chuckle escaping her mouth. “For those who know us, they understand you’re my older brother, but for those who don’t, they might think you’re Magnus’s dad. Since I arrived here, have I ever admitted to cheating?
“Why are you so eager to make me own up? Oh, I misspoke. You’re not really my brother now, since Mr. Ronald Wilson signed the agreement.”
With that, she turned to the homeroom teacher. “Please contact me directly for anything in the future, sir. I’m an orphan. My whole family’s dead. I got no relatives.”
Bryan glared at her instantly. ‘Was Aubree cursing us to die?’
“What?!” He wanted to slap her to knock some sense into her.
Seeing the tension rise, the homeroom teacher quickly stepped in to smooth things over. “Mr. Wilson, we’re here today to verify the authenticity of Aubree’s test scores. We can’t jump to conclusions and accuse her of cheating before the results are out.”
Aubree couldn’t be bothered to look at him anymore and said to the teacher, “It’s simple to prove whether I cheated or not. I can take the test right now.”
The teacher had actually planned to have Aubree take the test on the spot.
Magnus wasn’t fazed at all and agreed instantly.
“How else could Aubree have scored so high if not by copying my answers? I didn’t exactly wrong her. Anyone who dared to make me unhappy deserved to die!’ he said inwardly.
Under his glasses, his eyes were gleaming with menace.
The results came out quickly, and the teacher’s eyes widened in amazement after he graded the paper.
Bryan humphed. “Let’s see if you can even break double digits.”
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Aubree shot back without hesitation, “Don’t worry. I’ll definitely beat your age.”
Bryan was choked up by her words. ‘What did she mean by that? Was she implying me old?’ he wondered.
Still, he sneered, “You can’t get what isn’t yours by playing tricks.”
Aubree actually agreed with that statement. In her previous life, Carmen managed to stay in the training session of Rithol Art School because of her help. This time, without her as a proxy, it was unknown how long Carmen could stay.
The teacher chimed in at that moment, “Aubree didn’t cheat. She scored a perfect on this math paper.”
“I knew” Before he could finish, Bryan’s mocking expression froze suddenly. “What? That’s impossible!”
He grabbed the paper to check.
With three pairs of eyes watching, Aubree couldn’t have faked it.
Bryan scrutinized the paper twice but couldn’t find any signs of the teacher favoring her. ‘Did Aubree really not cheat?’ he asked inwardly, disbelieving.
Magnus’s expression also started to crack.
“How could…” he muttered in a panic, but quickly regained his composure, bowing to the teacher. “If it’s a misunderstanding, then I’ll head back to class now.”
It was a complaint from someone else, and Magnus was only called in for questioning.
Since he wasn’t from their class, the teacher lectured him briefly before letting him go.
But as he left, Magnus’s eyes were full of resentment.
Aubree stared straight at Bryan, mocking, “Looks like me not cheating has disappointed Mr. Wilson quite a bit.”
Her drawn-out tone was dripping with sarcasm.
