Cathan's gaze settled on Mira's face, lingering there for a moment."Mia," Logan said, turning toward her, "getting a job nowadays is not easy. What are Mira's qualifications?"Mia seemed to recall something amusing. She lifted her chin, a smile curling at her lips. "Ooh — Mira dropped out at age seventeen."Logan froze, stunned. "Seventeen?" he repeated, disbelief thick in his voice.The reason all of Cathan's friends liked Mia wasn't beauty alone — it was because she was brilliant too. She had maintained top performance in school since childhood. That was exactly what made her words sting harder, dropped so casually, like a joke she already knew the punchline to.Mira lifted her head, a faint, tired smile crossing her face as she replied to Mia, calm but pointed."Well — is dropping out at seventeen a bad thing? Or should I just tell you the reason I dropped out?"Just as Mia opened her mouth to fire back, her tone sharpening, Freya came storming out from the club meeting, catching
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