Reborn and Back for Revenge

As soon as school was over, Calvin Latham stood by the classroom door and addressed me in a voice loud enough for the entire class to hear. "What's your deal this time, Madison Smith? Having spent most of my life studying abroad, I consider myself fairly open-minded."I don't mind you being the nanny's daughter, but constantly sending me love letters is highly inappropriate! I mean, aren't we all students here? I think you should be focusing on your studies instead of pulling stunts like this."After regaining consciousness, I was met with a barrage of accusatory glances. If it had been before, I would have been too embarrassed to say anything, and my face would turn red with shame. Yet, at this very moment, I was seething with fury and resentment; I was no longer that timid version of myself. I had been reborn.I snatched the pink letter from his grasp and unfolded it while saying, "You went to that backwater high school, and you call that studying abroad? You're truly delusional.

I didn't reply to Karen's questions. I merely passed her my backpack, sat at the dining table, and fixed my gaze on the food. "I'm hungry already, so let's eat." Karen was dumbfounded. She then walked right up to me with a spatula in her hand. She asked, "Why the rush, Madison? I mean, Calvin hasn't even come back yet!"She then rubbed her hands together and looked past me at Drew. "I thought you were supposed to pick up Calvin. How could you come back here without him? What kind of father are you? I even made his favorite Atherian lobsters today!"I noticed Drew standing beside me. He was frantically signaling at Karen with his eyes.I threw the bowl and cutlery to the ground. The crash echoed through the room. Karen, who had been pacing around, finally stopped and stared at me in shock."I said it's time to eat! Is everyone deaf here?"It went quiet all of a sudden. Luna, who had been cleaning the stairs, Karen, who had been talking incessantly, and Drew, who had been frantica

Dad nodded in agreement while saying, "I brought you into this house because I wanted you to follow Madison's example, Holly. I know your grades aren't great right now, but I have faith in you. If you focus on your studies and put in more effort, I'm certain you'll make significant improvements."I mean, take a look at Calvin. He's not the brightest, but he made up for it with hard work and eventually made his way into the advanced class. If you put in the effort, I'm sure you can get into the A-level class next time."Upon hearing that, Holly pulled a face. She then fell silent, realizing that her attempt to cause trouble had backfired. Calvin, who was sitting at the small dining table nearby, couldn't hide his embarrassment as well.In the days following Dad's departure, I immediately replaced all the household staff. Calvin had to move from his room on the second floor into the dedicated nanny's room, where Karen had once stayed.Calvin had certainly become much more behaved. He

A look of shock and disbelief washed over Callum's face as he turned to Dad for an explanation."You're the one who's been living my life all this time, Callum! Why are you acting so high and mighty in front of me? You stole the life that should have been mine!" Calvin exclaimed, growing increasingly agitated as though he had been grievously wronged.Karen then said, "I was the one who asked Drew to switch the babies back then. You can ask him yourself if you don't believe me. How could I lie about something so important?"Dad swept the crowd with a piercing gaze and asked, "Where's Drew? Get him here so that we can get to the bottom of this."Drew finally stepped forward. Yet, under the piercing gaze of his employer and the pressure from both Karen and Calvin, Drew couldn't bring himself to speak.At that moment, the crowd began to murmur among themselves."Who would have thought that Mr. Latham, who appears so solemn and dignified, would have a son?""If you look at the both o

And the person speaking with a lollipop in his mouth was none other than Jonah Johnson, the school's notorious troublemaker. His family had a long-standing business relationship with mine, so our families were quite close when we were growing up, and we could be considered childhood friends. Jonah grinned, returned the cheat sheet to me, and said, "I'm too dumb to understand a love letter from a genius like you." "What's going on, Jonah, Madison?" Holly asked, finally showing up. She then put on a fake show of closeness by flashing a smug smile as she linked arms with me. "Why do you look so flushed, Madison? Did you get praised by the teacher or something?"I merely grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her to a spot where the security cameras couldn't see us."What the hell are you doing? Let go of me!"I slapped the cheat sheet across her face and said, "I was wondering how someone who had barely passed the math test could suddenly take part in the city-level math competition.