Chapter 58 A Lifeline Offered
Noah immediately went for the throat, picking out the most advanced, obscure paragraph buried deep in the text.
Sure enough, Isabella delivered a verbatim recitation.
Noah went completely stiff, his jaw dropping.
His eyes were overflowing with profound shock.
He stared at Isabella as if he wanted to crack open her skull to inspect what kind of super–computer hardware she was hiding inside.
“You actually know it?!
“A single glance is all it takes?!
“Holy h*ll… what kind of freaky photographic memory is this?!
“Wait a minute?! With stats like this, how the h*ll do the Powells have the
uneducated?!”
Isabella’s face remained entirely serene. “Technically, I am.
Crve to clai
you’re completely
“I never stepped foot inside a school. I spent my life doing manual labor because muscle.”
She stated it plainly without a shred of shame.
The original host had genuinely endured that grueling surviv
my
captors needed the
To human traffickers in a remote village, even a young girl was valuab
raw
Dor.
Plus, schooling required hard cash.
Doing the math, keeping her illiterate saved them money while maximizing their field output—a perfect bargain.
Not to mention she was stolen property, so they wouldn’t waste a single dime investing in her future
anyway.
Noah sat in stunned silence.
His face was frozen in pure disbelief.
He couldn’t even process a reality like that.
To a kid born into unassailable luxury, that world felt infinitely distant.
In fact, if Isabella hadn’t landed right next to his desk, he would never have spared a single thought toward how rural kids survived, let alone what they were actually like.
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Chapter 58 A Lifeline Offered
“You…”
He opened his mouth to offer some comfort, but found himself completely out of his depth.
After all, the notorious Wayne tyrant had never coddled a human being in his life.
He only excelled in driving people to therapy.
Weighing his options, he suddenly blurted out, “Hey, how about you tutor me?”
The exact second the words cleared his teeth, he wanted to punch himself in the face!
What the hell am I spouting?!
Who the hell wants to do homework?!
Noah was having a total internal meltdown, but his massive ego wouldn’t let hardened his face and grunted, “Well? What do yo
“You act as my academic coach, and I’ll give you
“Naturally, I’ll pay you a premium salary too.”
you think?
im back down, so he
full access to my
elite
e professors.
It wasn’t that Noah actually wanted her to teach him history.
Finished
But if she used tutoring as a cover, wouldn’t she be able to absorb top–tier educational resources for herself?
He had zero confidence that a toxic swamp like the Powell household would ever invest
in her growth.
A mind–blowing prodigy like Isabella shouldn’t be left to rot.
With those protective thoughts fueling his pride, he muttered defensively, “My dad and brother have an elite faculty on retainer at the mansion, and I’m forced to sit through blocks.
daily
“If you’re down, you can swing by for an hour every afternoon to coach me.
“I’ll handle the payroll, and you get to grill my professors with whatever advanced questions you want.
“Don’t sell my faculty short, the guy is an absolute legend!
“An honorary professor and tenured chair from Caporia University.
“Basically, you can treat my estate like your personal university whenever you want… Hey! What the h*ll is with that look?! Is coaching me really that excruciating?!”
Noah glared at Isabella’s deadpan, thoroughly stunned expression, his teeth grinding together in pure
annoyance.
“I’m the one taking a risk on an elementary dropout here!
“Do you have any idea what level of academic elite my family employs?
“Whatever! I’m done wasting my breath! Are you in or out?!
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“If you’re out, forget it!”
He huffed irritably, turning his shoulder.
Do I not have a reputation to maintain?
Who the hell begs a girl who didn’t finish fifth grade to do homework with him!
D*mmit…
I was literally just throwing her a lifeline because she looked like a victim…
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