Chapter 1

I called Dad the moment I left the classroom. I could immediately print a new admission ticket. As for my ID, the examiners would let me into the exam hall as long as I dropped by the exam office and verified my identity.

I didn't even need half an hour to carry out these tasks, thanks to my family's capabilities. Did Sophia Rothwood truly believe that she could stop me from taking the SAT with her little scheme?

Suddenly, a powerful force collided against my shoulder, sending me staggering backward. After I regained my balance, I looked up to see Louis Saulman's smug face.

"I just casually mentioned to Sophia that I wanted to score better than you for the SAT. I didn't expect her to immediately steal your ID and admission ticket and burn them," he said. "You're truly so pitiful, Xavier Grant."

Louis' lackeys, who were loitering behind him, began snickering upon hearing his words.

"What a joke. A shameless loser like you only got a chance to get together with Sophia because Louis wasn't interested in her."

"That's right. Louis is tall, rich, and handsome. Sophia dumped you in the blink of an eye with just a single word from him."

"Not only did she dump him, but she also stopped him from taking the SAT!" one of the lackeys exclaimed while laughing.

"There's no way that he can flaunt his results in front of Louis anymore since he's going to miss one of the exams."

I looked down and glanced at my watch. There were less than 20 minutes left until the last exam. I truly had no idea why they were just hanging around and doing nothing.

When I remained silent, one of Louis' lackeys shoved me. He cackled before asking, "Don't tell me that you're still in the dark, Xavier? Sophia has been selected as a candidate for an executive position in Grant Group. She'll immediately join the company as an executive once she graduates university.

"Her annual salary wil be $200,000. Of course, a tall, rich, and handsome man like Louis is a better match for her than you. A rat like you who can only scurry around in the sewers should stop dreaming about elevating your status by clinging to her!"

I stumbled back from the force of the shove. My back hit the wall as my phone clattered to the floor.

Tall, rich, and handsome?

I scoffed. It was true that Louis' family was rich. But according to my knowledge, his father, Barry Saulman, had just won 100 thousand dollars from the lottery a few years ago. He had then opened a small grocery store.

It was laughable that Louis was trying to compare himself to me, the sole successor of Grant Group, when he just had a little money to his name.

I couldn't help but laugh at the thought. "You resorted to such an underhanded tactic just to score better than me, Louis. I wonder who's the actual sewer rat here?"

I stared into his eyes before continuing, "Get out of my way right now! I'll settle the score with all of you, one at a time, once the SAT are over."

I picked up my fallen phone from the floor and prepared to take my leave after I was done speaking.

Louis was briefly stunned before his face turned a ruddy red. He roughly grabbed a fistful of hair on the back of my head and roared, "I see that you've lost your mind after Sophia dumped you, Xavier! Do you still think that you can take the exam? You should prepare to repeat the year instead!"

He was exerting a lot of strength, causing my scalp to throb painfully. I hastily swatted him away and aimed a punch at him. "Let go! Whether I get to take the exam is none of your business!"

Sophia walked out of the classroom in the next second. She held Louis firmly before raising her hand and slapping me hard across the face.

"Breaking up with you was my decision, Xavier! How dare you raise your hand against Louis? Do you think that you can compensate him if you hurt him?"

She then looked down and meticulously examined Louis, saying, "Don't worry, Louis. There's no way that Xavier will score better than you for the SAT."

I looked up upon hearing her words and asked, "Do you understand that what you've done today is against the law, Sophia?"