Chapter 263 Apologize Now!


    Finch entered the room, and everyone stood in neat, orderly rows while holding their breaths.


    Nina grabbed Anna''s hand; she was shivering! "Anna, it''s time for the results, are you nervous?”


    Instead, Anna was indifferent now.


    "I''ve lost for sure, so I’m not afraid anymore."


    "Anna? What are you saying? In the first assessment, even though you lost a lot of points, but you


    gained them all back in the second assessment. You did well today, our supervisor and the


    manager evenplimented you!"


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    Anna remained quiet, but she knew that following her quarrel with Liam, he would never let her off


    the hook so easily.


    She was definitely going to lose.


    Anna bowed her head, hands sped together tightly. She felt agitated yet helpless.


    Finch''s eyes swept across the crowd, and said coldly," This time, Ms. Wurst performed very well!


    Outstanding."


    The crowd exploded.


    "It’s all over, this means Jennifer got first ce! She can now join the Ackman Group.”


    "I thought Anna performed well? Why did she lose to Jennifer?"


    "It’s all over, our bets..."


    "Quiet!" Finch scolded.


    "Now, I will announce the results of this practical assessment, starting from the bottom!"


    Everyone quietened down. They were so nervous it was like all of them could hear each other''s


    heartbeats echoing in therge room.


    "Rachel Lewis, remaining points, zero. Eliminated," Finch announced.


    Everyone turned towards Rachel, she shrugged and smiled indifferently, as she expected this.


    "Mina Lionel, remaining points, five points. Eliminated H


    Every name Finch read out, the person whose name it belonged to either heaved a breath of relief


    or looked down unhappily, only the remaining students grew expectant and agitated.


    Everyone looked at Finch solemnly, waiting for her to announce who won the final first ce.


    Once most of the students had been eliminated, only a few students were left. Finch lowered the


    document in her hands and stopped reading.


    "Students whose names were called are all eliminated. Everyone else stay." Finch announced.


    "What do you mean, stay?" The crowd started discussing amongst themselves.


    "Alright, quiet down!"


    Everyone settled down again, most of them had been eliminated anyway, only those whose names


    weren''t read could stay on, they seemed to care less now.


    But they still didn''t know who won the first ce, and whether their bet...


    Everyone nced towards Anna and Jennifer.


    Nina was so nervous her palms were sweating, she was even shivering slightly,


    Anna whispered, "Don’t be nervous! What are you afraid of!"


    Nina stared at her speechlessly, "You are strangely indifferent. Anna, you have a 50-million-dor


    bet, and a year-long ve contract riding on this!"


    Anna looked casual as if she could care less, "I''ve been first ce for too long, I''m sick of it. This is


    a good opportunity for me to take a break."


    After hearing her words, the crowd roared in discussion.


    “Since her eyes recovered, Anna decided to step down and hand over her first-ce title to


    Jennifer?"


    "Even if she doesn''t want to be first ce anymore, she shouldn''t drag us down with her!"


    Jenniferughed coldly, ncing at Anna condescendingly, "It''s not toote to admit defeat now."


    Anna looked at Jennifer out of the corners of her eyes, even though on the outside Jennifer looked


    calm and put together, but her tightly-wound fingers betrayed her nervousness and unease.


    Finch took a look at the crowd, and ordered coldly," Quiet down! I will now read out how you


    performed individually."


    Everyone quieted down again, listening to Finch read out each of their shorings, even though


    they didn''t care much now, but they also agreed they still had much to improve on.


    Then, she continued.


    "About the first ce..." She dragged her words out.


    Everyone held their breaths in anticipation, backs straight as if awaiting the kings’ orders.


    "It won''t be announced today! There might be additional assessments, everything will be decided


    after we receive orders from your school."


    The moment she finished; the crowd was once again enveloped in a cacophony of voices.


    “What?"


    "First ce won''t be announced yet?" "What are they ying at? Additional assessments?"


    "What are you worried about? We were eliminated, the additional assessments have nothing to do


    with us!"


    Everyone nced towards the students that weren''t eliminated, even though Anna and Jennifer


    were still i n the race, it seemed like the remaining students would give them a run for their money.


    "Sigh, we don''t even know who won first ce. We also have no idea who won, Anna or Jennifer."


    "Alright, everyone go home and wait for the announcement!" Finch turned and left the meeting


    room.


    The room was enveloped in a frenzy.


    "Additional assessments, woah the race is tight!"


    "Of course, the bet is worth 50 million dors! What do you think the school will do if they found


    out?"


    "Good luck, Anna!" The students who supported Anna stood by her side.


    "Good luck, Jennifer!" The students who supported Jennifer gathered and stood by her side.


    Jennifer was full of confidence now because she saw Anna''s defeated expression.


    "I will definitely ce first, just you wait, Anna Hamilton!" Jennifer led her supporters and left with


    her held high.


    Everyone shouted out words in support of Anna, Anna only nodded solemnly and rushed out the


    room.


    Right now, she just wanted to escape, run far away from this ce, from everything, and give


    herself some peace and quiet.


    Nina ran to catch up with her.


    "Anna, wait up! Come on, what happened?"


    "What? You fought with Mr. Ackman? Why are you so silly? Your life is in his hands right now!"


    "I don''t like how he dominates me with his condescending attitude! Even though I, Anna Hamilton,


    have nothing now, I won’t allow myself to b e ordered around by him like a pet!"


    "I think he purposely designed additional assessments, to give us a chance at victory!"


    "No, Nina, you don''t understand him. He wants to use this opportunity to oppress me."


    Nina sighed and grabbed her hand, "Anna, 50 million dors, and a year as a ve, you really don''t


    care?"


    Anna’s chest started aching again, "Of course I do! I don''t have 50 million dors!"


    "Since you care, why are you trying to save your pride? Pride and dignity are worth nothing!"


    "But..."


    "Anna, you are used to having everything handed to you on a silver tter, now suddenly you are


    trying to control it so you can''t take it. Look at the big picture, if you don''t win first ce, you can''t


    join the Ackman Group. Not only if you lose your position in your family, 50 million dors and a year


    as a ve is humiliating enough!"


    Anna listened to her quietly, finally calming down," Actually, I do regret it now, but I said my piece... I


    can''t take them back now can I?"


    "You are still holding on to your pride! Now that you''ve angered Mr. Ackman, even if you were


    number one, you''ve lost your ce now! Look at how happy Jennifer is! When she wins first ce,


    can you imagine how she’ll humiliate you?


    But luckily, we are still in the race, the only thing is w e don''t know what the additional assessments


    will test us on!"


    "Nina, what do you think I should do?" Anna was out o f ideas.


    "Go to Mr. Ackman, bring him a present, and apologize, of course!"