Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 178

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During their sophomore year of high school, Jason was in his peak rebellious phase. He never turned in assignments and slept through every class.

The school had a strict no-phones policy to keep students focused, but Jason not only brought his, he openly played games on it in the middle of lectures.

Furthermore, after ignoring multiple warnings, a teacher confiscated his phone, leading Jason to start a massive screaming match.

His grades were abysmal—dead last in the entire grade.

He held the undisputed record for the most parent-teacher conferences.

At the time, Jason's parents were too absorbed in their corporate lives to care, and Julius was studying abroad. This left Nadine to run the Blackwood Group while simultaneously playing guardian and fielding endless calls from the principal's office.

If the Blackwood family hadn't donated vast sums of money to the school, Jason would have been expelled ten times over.

Eventually, in a desperate bid to straighten him out, his homeroom teacher seated him next to Sabrina Sherwood, praying the valedictorian's influence would rub off on the absolute slacker.

Sabrina was a straight-A student and the class president. Since the teacher asked her to help Jason, she dedicated herself entirely to the task.

Back then, only Jason knew the truth: Sabrina played the perfect, innocent angel in front of the teachers, but behind their backs, she was ruthless, cunning, and completely manipulative. She just had an impeccable poker face.

At the time, Jason thought he was invincible. His family had money, and the school wouldn't touch him. He completely blew Sabrina off, provoking her at every turn just for the thrill of it.

But Sabrina systematically terrorized him until he was losing his mind. He finally submitted and dropped the obnoxious behavior.

Later, after a terrifying incident where Nadine nearly lost her life, Jason finally woke up. He stopped slacking, hit the books relentlessly, and clawed his way from dead last to rank number two in the entire grade.