Chapter 24: Chapter 24: This must be fake

Chapter 24

Chloe Collins took a phone call and found herself at the entrance of a residential area opposite her school.

She walked all the way in, coming to Unit 3, Room 302, and knocked.

The door creaked open; it was a girl her age who answered.

The girl looked slightly strange, she didn’t open the door too much, "You’re here."

"I am looking for the teacher." responded Chloe Collins.

"Mia, is that Chloe?" a woman wearing an apron came out.

Mia Nolan reluctantly opened the door to let Chloe in.

Chloe naturally ignored her, walked up to the woman, "Teacher, Happy Birthday."

Lilian Pearce tugged her to sit down, "Let me look at you. My, still so pretty. Seems like the School Beauty of Affiliated High School is going to change soon."

Mia Nolan was sitting on the armrest of the sofa, looking rather peculiar. Her lips twitched, full of disdain.

Chloe took out a box, "Teacher, this is for you."

"I’m already very happy that you came, there’s no need for any gifts." Lilian Pearce gently took her hand, her eyes misting up and full of emotion.

She had been Chloe Collins’s head teacher for two years in Junior High School before transferring to Affiliated High School.

Chloe has always lived in the temple. When she found out about this, she pitied Chloe greatly and let her live at her house often, treating her like a daughter.

After having transferred here for a year, she missed Chloe Collins very much. Upon hearing that she was also transferring to the same school, she was overjoyed.

"Teacher, please open it."

Lilian Pearce nodded with a smile, unfolding the gift.

A pair of radiant East Pearl earrings appeared in view.

Lilian Pearce’s smile vanished.

As a person who cherished antique jewelry, she knew exactly what those were.

"Isn’t this the Auspicious East Pearl that was auctioned off recently? Chloe, how did you..."

Mia Nolan sneered, "Mom, you actually thought this was real? It’s obviously a fake. I’ve heard that the real one was auctioned off for thirty million, could Chloe Collins afford that?"

Upon hearing this, Lilian Pearce frowned, "Mia, watch your words. Go to the kitchen and check if the soup is ready yet."

Mia Nolan pouted and left.

Lilian Pearce assumed it was a replica and didn’t ask any more about it, afraid of hurting Chloe’s feelings.

She said: "You are so thoughtful, child. After dinner, I’ll take you around. You haven’t been here long and are probably not familiar with everything yet."

Chloe Collins had private matters to handle, so she politely declined.

Lilian Pearce reluctantly saw her off to the building’s entrance and watched her leave before heading back.

Just as she stepped into the door, Mia Nolan began, "Mom, I recall Chloe Collins’s grades being horrible, how did she get into Affiliated High School?"

They worked so hard to get here, it was expected, but how could a person like Chloe, who shows no effort, get in?

Lilian Pearce gave her daughter a dissatisfied look, "What am I to do with you? You never consider people’s feelings when you speak. You mustn’t speak like that in front of Chloe again."

"How did I speak? You always take her side! I’m your daughter!"

Lilian Pearce sighed.

Once she left the residential area, Chloe got into a car.

Before delivering the gift, Heijii had called her about a slight problem with a company supplier.

The car arrived at a private villa in the capitol suburbs. A fountain at the main gate refracted a rainbow under the blazing sun.

Chloe entered the restaurant for a meal, leisurely enjoying the fine food.

Next to her stood a middle-aged man, the company’s project manager, reporting to her.

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