If there was anything these alphas were good at, it was putting her into trouble and now, it finally happened. Violet glared at Alaric with such intensity one would have assumed she was the one with the lightening power instead.
The both of them had obviously been talking but the teacher had intentionally picked her out because, after all, who would want to punish the cardinal alphas! Violet was pissed off.
"I asked you a question, Violet Purple." Mrs. Anita repeated, this time wrapping her arms across her chest with a stern expression.
Violet blinked, her mind scrambling to process the question. She had barely been paying attention to the lecture, let alone any equations.
"I—uh—" she began, panic bubbling in her chest. It was made worse when she discovered all eyes were fixed on her.
Fuck her life. They were looking at her to fail so they could laugh at her.
While Violet was still thinking of what to do, from beside her, a deep, calm voice whispered, "Use the power rule. The derivative is \( f’(x) = 9x^2 + 4x - 1 \). Substitute \( x = 2 \), and you get 33."
Her heart skipped as she realized Alaric had leaned in, his breath brushing her ear as he delivered the answer with maddening ease.
She turned to look at him, a small gasp leaving her mouth when she found out they were so close her lips had nearly brushed against his. "Nearly" being the word.
And yet, her heart skipped a beat while heat rushed rushed over her body, only to concentrate between her legs. Violet gulped. This was getting really bad.
Violet looked away at that moment only to realize Mrs. Anita had her eyes on them, which as well, meant that she knew Alaric fed her the answer.
So she waited, waiting for the woman to call out Alaric for the cheating, but none of that happened, if anything, she looked at her expectantly to answer her question. Violet frowned. Were these people fucking with her right now?
"Don’t say I didn’t help, " Alaric whispered proudly, like a peacock flaunting it’s feathers.
Violet’s hands clenched into fist beneath her desk when the teacher said nothing.
She hated this power play, the arrogance.
Violet now knew the answer, but if she used it, Alaric would never let her hear the end of it. The guy was arrogant enough as it was.
"I’m still waiting for that answer, Miss. Violet Purple." Anita said, inclining her head to the side.
Gritting her teeth, she turned to face her and said, loud and clear, "I don’t know."
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