Chapter 51

The classroom fell deathly silent.

The gossiping girls turned ghostly pale, their lips trembling uncontrollably.

Who in the upper echelons didn't know the name Isabella Valentine, the Valentine family's prized heiress?

"W-we're so sorry, Miss Valentine..."

"It was an accident..."

They bowed frantically, beads of cold sweat forming on their foreheads.

Isabella swept them with an icy gaze. "Get lost," she murmured.

Her quiet command froze everyone in place.

Outside in the hallway, Sophia Lowell collided with Evelyn Laurent leaning against the wall.

"You've been waiting to watch the show, haven't you?" Sophia's eyes burned red with rage.

Evelyn arched an eyebrow and yanked off Sophia's face mask.

Sophia's shriek pierced the corridor.

Her swollen, crimson cheeks were exposed—resembling a pig stung by hornets.

"Evelyn Laurent, how dare you!"

Her lackeys fumbled to offer a replacement mask, but Evelyn's glare pinned them in place.

"Try me again."

Evelyn tapped Sophia's shoulder with each word, the pressure like knife points.

Sophia's knees buckled, nearly sending her crashing to the floor.

Inside the classroom, students automatically cleared a path as Evelyn strode to the front row.

The moment she sat down, nearby classmates scattered like frightened birds.

The entire front section emptied instantly.

Evelyn opened her notebook, the scratch of her pen filling the silence.

Those complex equations and experimental data held far more appeal than these tedious people.