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Chapter 4

Author: Fortune Mind
A few guys in our high school group chat who usually hung around with Shane started taking jabs at me.

[What do you guys know? With Tessa’s mother-hen personality, I bet she’s already logged into Shane’s account behind his back and changed his application back to Edevane!]

[Exactly! As if she’d ever agree to go to a different school from Shane. She’s probably curled up under her covers right now, clutching both their acceptance letters and grinning to herself!]

[Tessa is seriously pathetic. Shane can barely stand her, yet she still keeps throwing herself at him.]

A few other gossip-loving classmates chimed in with laughing emojis.

I set down my glass and was about to reply when Shane suddenly appeared in the group chat and tagged me directly.

Shane: Tessa, I knew you’d secretly change my application back. Are you really that obsessed with me? If you’re so desperate for male attention, get laid!

Shane: Don’t think that changing my college application will tear Lucy and me apart. If we have to, we’ll repeat senior year and retake the SATs. I won’t let you get your way!

A moment later, Lucy posted a photo in the group chat showing two hands clasped together, each wearing a matching ring.

Lucy: Tessa, I know you’ve gone to great lengths to stay by Shane’s side. But you can’t force someone to love you. Even if you manage to have him by your side, you’ll never have his heart.

I burst out laughing at their messages and nearly choked on my water. But I no longer felt like replying, so I simply muted the group chat and exited WhatsApp.

For the rest of the summer, I shut out all the gossip and drama around me. I used the break to take my parents for comprehensive medical checkups, then the three of us spent two wonderful weeks traveling around the western region.

We returned just in time for the Felton family’s lavish college acceptance celebration.

As soon as we entered the neighborhood, I spotted colorful congratulatory banners hanging across the entrance and along both sides of the street.

[Congratulations to our very own Shane Felton on earning the highest science score and getting into the prestigious Edevane University!]

Deborah, dressed in an eye-catching outfit, handed out invitations to everyone she met, making sure the whole town knew how well her son had done.

The moment Deborah spotted the three of us returning with our suitcases, she hurried over and intercepted us right outside our front door.

She shoved a gold-embossed invitation into my hand and gave me a thoroughly patronizing look.

“Tessa, you’re finally back!

“Shane’s college acceptance celebration is tomorrow. His father will be bringing along some senior local education officials and company shareholders. You should get to know more influential people through Shane. It’ll benefit you in the future.”

My gaze fell on the unopened envelope in her hand.

It was unmistakably Shane’s college acceptance letter. Deborah had deliberately kept it sealed, waiting to open it publicly at the celebration the following day.

I looked up and met her smug gaze as a knowing smile tugged at my lips.

“Don’t worry, Miss Limbert. I wouldn’t dream of missing such an important occasion.”

Of course I would be there. Such a spectacle was too good to miss.

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