The Heiress's Second Chance At Vengeance (Eliza) novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13 You–Run With Me

I was slacking off,” Eliza casually brushed off the question, hoping to end the conversation.

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But the moment those words left her mouth, she felt the air behind her go colder. That gaze–already sharp–had turned. freezing.

Ding–ding-

The bell rang

Eliza let out a breath of relief. She stood up, shoved her workbook into her bag, and used the bathroom as an excuse to slip out of the classroom.

Behind her. Nolan watched her leave.

He got up

“Nolan, wait for me!”

Henry called, thinking they were headed to the restroom together.

But instead of following, Nolan picked up Eliza’s workbook from her desk and flipped through it with detached curiosity.

“Hey! That’s her stuff–how can you just

Henry shut up the moment Nolan gave him a look.

Right. My bad.

If Nolan wanted to look at something, he didn’t need permission.

He wasn’t exactly the polite type.

Nolan studied the problem sets and notes carefully scribbled along the margins. After a few moments, he tossed the workbook back onto her desk without a word.

During PE.

The whole school had come down for exercises.

Class Six, as usual, shuffled into place at the very back

It was already fall, and the weather had turned chilly.

Eliza pulled her sleeves up over her wrists. With her ponytail bouncing and her smaller frame, she was quickly lost among the tall boys in the lineup

They naturally ran faster, and Eliza had to push herself to keep up.

“Didn’t think you could run this well,”

Henry grinned, slowing his pace to jog beside her.

As class rep for sports. Henry had top–tier stamina. He’d been planning to hold back for Eliza’s sake–but to his surprise, she ran like a pro

“It’s nothing. I’ve just done a lot of running.

In the past, Naomi often made sure to leave school just ahead of her–taking the family car and leaving Eliza to walk home alone

Afraid of missing dinner, Eliza would ohen run all the way home.

Chapter 13 You–Run With Me

If she got home too late, Naomi would tell their parents she’d been out goofing off.

Belund them. Zayden–leading Class One–watched Eliza laugh and talk with Henry

Something twisted in his chest.

Naomi noticed.

“Zayden, it looks like Eliza’s getting along with Class Six really well.”

Zayden’s brow furrowed slightly.

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“Right? She never acted like that with us, someone else added. “But with those Class Six guys? Suddenly she’s Miss Social”

“Guess she just likes hanging with boys. Remember how hard she used to chase Zayden‘

“Ugh, talk about downward spiral. Eliza belongs with those lowlifes in Class Six. Just don’t bring that stink back to our class”

out loud and clear.

Their sneers rang

Because Class One and Class Six were running close together, the mocking wasn’t hard to hear.

Henry heard every word.

“Say that again. I dare you.”

“We? Eliza, you’ve been in Class Six for a day, and it’s already we now?”

Naomi put on her usual wounded act. “Eliza, why are you defending Class Six? Don’t forget–you’re coming back to us eventually.”

Zayden’s voice turned colder. “So what if I aw stirring things up? Eliza, you chose to go to Class Six. You dragged your name- and ours–through the mud.”

Class One students always thought highly of themselves.

“Eliza, stop hanging around these punks. They’re not good people.”

Just the sight of them made some Class One kids back off.

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