BuzzNovelAlessia could only laugh in exasperation. Why did everyone around her think the answer to any problem was
gifting someone a house?
“I didn’t even accept Cole's help-now you wantto take yours? Are you sure you can handle the fallout?” She
shot Pierce a raised eyebrow, half amused, half warning.
Pierce hesitated, suddenly realizing the danger he’d put himself in. Forget about Cole-the other people orbiting
Alessia were notoriously jealous. If word got out that she'd accepted his help, he'd probably need to consult a
priest before leaving his house, just to make sure it was a safe day.
He swallowed hard and inched backwards. “Thank you, Alessia, for sparing my life. She couldn't help but let out
a laugh, shaking her head, and decided to ignore him.
The classroom was even noisier than she'd imagined. Everyone was showing off their designs-simpressive,
others just plain bizarre, drawing plenty of laughter.
But the moment Alessia walked in, the room fell abruptly silent. People stared at her with oddly complicated
expressions.
“What's up? Did | get a new face or swap genders overnight? Why do you all look like you've seen a ghost?”
Her joke broke the tension, and laughter bubbled up around the room.
“Hey, if you did, which doctor had the guts to mess with that face?”
“Seriously, who'd dare?”
“If you ever do think about switching teams, givea call,” a girl said, flashing Alessia a flirtatious wink.
Before Alessia could reply, a hand landed possessively on her shoulde
“Back off, everyone. I'm the main event here.” With that, Stella planted a tic kiss on Alessia’s cheek, loud
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Alessia snatched a tissue from the podium and wiped her face with exaggerated annoyance, but the smile
tugging at her lips betrayed her amusement.
“Stella, could you be any more shameless?” Alessia shot back. The whole class
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erupted in laughter.
Of course, no class was without its share of sour notes.
“Oh please, speople really have no shame. Steal someone else’s life of luxury then waltz back to school like
nothing happened. If it were me, I'd have transferred out overnight,” one girl said, voice dripping with contempt.
“Yeah, but | heard her real parents are drowning in debt. Guess there's no money for a new school, huh?”
“Isn't tuition free for the top student here? My God, is she only hanging around because she can’t afford to pay?”
The two of them laughed to themselves, oblivious to the dirty looks from the rest of the class.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, followed by two piercing screams that made everyone wince. Several people
frowned in disgust.
“Stella, what do you think you're doing?” one of the girls demanded, her eyes with panic.
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She was smiling, but the look in her eyes sent chills down everyone's spine. For a moment, it seemed like she
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Her eyes sparkled, lips curled in an easy smile-completely unbothered and showing not a hint of the anger her
challengers hoped to provoke.
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