Chapter 90
Chapter 90 What Does She Mean To Him.
Moonlight streamed through the window, casting a gentle glow on the bathroom door. Eileen, with her
disheveled long hair, wore a resentful expression. She resembled a ghostly figure, her eyes hollow and
numb.
She watched as the ke light from the phone on the bed continuously illuminated the room. Its
pleasant ringtone echoed throughout the room.
It was an iing call from Jasper.
Eileen observed as the call was repeatedly cut off automatically, only to ring again. She made no move
to answer it.
After a while, she finally approached the phone, removed the battery, and tossed it aside.
The pendant of the crystal crescent moon ne stilly in the corner of the wall….
The wound on her hand hadn’t fully healed yet. After a few days, it had started to scab over. As long as
she kept it dry, it wouldn’t reopen.
In the morning, Eileen descended the stairs to find Will and Elsie already having breakfast downstairs.
Eric and Vera were also present.
At the dining table, Will seemed oblivious to anything unusual. As usual, he was discussingpany
matters with Eric.
Listening to Will, it seemed that he had gradually entrusted all the important affairs of thepany to
Eric. Most of the significant projects were now in thetter’s hands.
Will was now so infatuated with Elsie that he no longer cared about thepany.
“This evening, you’ll apany me to a banquet. Ms. Yvette from the Friedman family. wishes to
personally thank you for what you didst time. Choose a gift carefully and put some thought into it.
The youngdy has particr preferences.
“Yes, Father.”
The Friedman family? The name sounded familiar to Eileen, but she couldn’t quite recall it.
After eating half a bowl of oatmeal, Eileen put down her spoon and silently stood up. “Father. I’m off to
school now.”
She spoke up,
and only then did Will shift his gaze to her. “Have youpleted all the
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courses in the training ss?”
Eileen replied, “I’ve caught up with the three months of sses I missed. Father, rest assured, I won’t
fall behind.”
The tension on Will’s face finally eased, and he nodded in satisfaction. “Go ahead, be careful
on your way.”
As soon as Eileen took her school bag from Mary, Will quickly called out to her.
“Wait a moment.”
Eileen halted, turning around with an expressionless face.
Will asked. “How’s the injury on your arm?”
Eileen said, “It’s not too serious. It will be better in a few days.”
No matter what, she is my own flesh and blood. These past few days, I’ve indeed been too engrossed
in my business and have neglected her.
“Don’t push yourself too hard. If you really can’t handle it, take a few days off before returning to
school.” Will noticed the wound at the corner of Eileen’s mouth. His gaze deepened slightly, but he
didn’t ask for more details.
In the morning, Eileen couldn’t escape her fate. She found herself sharing a ride with Vera in Eric’s car.
There were three people in a confined space, but no one mentioned what happenedst night. It was
as if it had never urred.
The air inside the car was stifling, almost suffocating. She closed her eyes, utterly perplexed as to why
Eric had kissed her so passionately at that moment.
Coincidentally, Vera had also seen it….
Doesn’t he care about Vera?
He loves Vera so dearly, preserving his chastity for her. Over these many years, he hasn’t been with
other woman. Isn’t it because he’s waiting for Vera to grow up so he can marry her?
There were many things that Eileen suddenly found herself unable toprehend.
any
Upon reaching the entrance, she didn’t utter a word. Instead, she simply got out of the car and walked
into the school.
If it were in the past, Vera would happily chat with Eric, asking him to slow down while
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driving.
“Eric, I’m off to school.
“Hmm,” he responded, his tone indifferent.
Vera slowly unbuckled her seatbelt. As she was about to open the car door, she couldn’t help but speak
up, “Eric, don’t you have anything you want to say to me?”
Eric looked through the car window until Eileen’s figure disappeared from sight. “Vera, your exams are
coming up, so don’t think about these things.”
If the man were to turn around, he would surely see her eyes brimming with tears, her lips. bitten in
distress.
The words she wanted to say remained unspoken, and Eric offered no exnation.
Even if he just said one sentence, she would ept any kind of exnation.
Yet, he simply wouldn’t speak up.
Vera stepped out of the car, a look of disappointment on her face.
What does he really think of me?
Eileen didn’t return to the ssroom. Instead, she went straight to the office to find her homeroom
teacher.
After the shift change waspleted, Eileen returned to the ssroom. She tidied desk, which
consisted of textbooks and exercises.
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her
It was almost time for ss.
The moment Eileen walked in, the previously quiet ssroom instantly erupted into noise.
“No way! Is Eileen really here?”
“Look, the ss teacher is still waiting for her outside… Eileen actually left!”
Several disdainful voices chimed in, “How about this. Let’s bet on how many days she canst in ss
One. I’ll be the bookie.”
“I bet three hundred that she won’tst more than three days.”
“I bet one day…
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Eileen paid no mind to the whispers around her. She simply shouldered her bag and left the
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ssroom.
“Ms. Hayes, I’m ready. Let’s go”
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Jennifer was the finest teacher in Hulbury, and every student she had taught was exceptional.
Eileen was unsure if she could keep up with the pace of ss One’s studies.
Jennifer walked ahead, holding her textbook, and exined the rules to her. “Once you’re in ss
One, you have to follow its rules. I don’t need to mention dating. Also, I don’t want to see you bringing
anything unrted to studies into school, especially in thest six months leading up to the university
entrance exam.
“We still have forty-five minutes of evening self-study left. For lunch dinner… you’ll head to the cafeteria
half an hourter.
The level of intensity in this ss is higher than you might expect. If you feel overwhelmed, you still
have the option to withdraw now. However, if your academic performance falls behindpared to the
previous assessment, or if you fail to rank within the top thirty students in your grade, you will be
expelled. Do youprehend?”
“Yes.”
Typically, a ss consisted of thirty students, and ss One had secured all the top thirty spots in the
grade.
During the previous assessment, only Eileen represented a different ss among the top thirty
students.
After Jennifer introduced Eileen to the ss and gave a brief self-introduction. Eileen was assigned to
the third seat in the front row.
The seating arrangement was based on academic performance rankings.
Eileen noticed that the atmosphere in the ss was filled with intense studying. Everyone was deeply
engrossed in their revision, which was a stark contrast to ss Six. In that ss, the girls were
discussing cosmetics and handbags, while the boys were boasting about their sneakers.
Once the teacher left, the first subject was Calculus…
Eileen attentively listened to every ss, diligently taking notes. For her, this kind of rigorous studying
was rtively easy, as most of the material wasprehensible to her.
The only drawback was that there were still two evening study sessions after school. Because of this,
she simply couldn’t keep up with the sses at the training institute.
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Even the amount of homework had doubledpared to before.
After several morning sses, she ended up with a stack of eight test papers in her hands.
Everyone was so engrossed in their own test papers that they didn’t even have time to go to the
bathroom after ss.
She only managed to stay focused when she was passionately engrossed in reading and writing.