The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 29

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Chapter 29 The Bet

Chapter 29 The Bet

All the multiple–choice answers were correct.

Then, as Tom went through the long questions, he found they were correct too.

The more they compared the answers, the more they doubted their own eyes.

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Even though Lilian wasn’t a math teacher, she could tell from the packed page that every single question was solved perfectly.

Her mouth fell open wide enough to fit an egg.

This is impossible!

Is this really the Cassia she knew?

How is this even possible?

Every answer is correct.

This is Tom’s test, for Christ’s sake!

Selena noticed their strange faces and frowned. “What’s going on? Why do you both look like that?”

Lilian didn’t answer. She just handed Cassia’s paper over.

Selena glanced at the paper, and her frown deepened. Of course, she knew that name–everyone in the entire grade did.

Cassia was the transfer student from nowhere, the one teachers whispered about.

Selena’s tone turned cold. “Students these days have no integrity at all. Cheating on a test? That’s outrageous.”

In her mind, she had already decided Cassia couldn’t possibly solve these problems. This had to be copied.

Tom looked up from his desk. “Then who did she copy from?”

Lilian froze. That was a good point. Cassia sat near the weakest students in class. Who could she have copied from? None of them even came close to finishing.

Could it really be her work? But that didn’t make sense.

Lilian’s thoughts tangled like a knot.

“Maybe she got the answers ahead of time,” Selena said sharply. She simply refused to believe someone from a regular class could outperform the best students in hers.

Tom shook his head, his tone calm and firm. “That’s impossible. I wrote this test myself. I didn’t even finish the answer key until this morning. And that last problem is from an old SAT exam. Back then, no

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one could solve it.”

Both Selena and Lilian froze, clearly stunned. That Cassia girl? She didn’t look like someone who studied at all, more like a complete waste of space.

“I don’t buy it,” Selena said with a scoff. “If it were someone else, maybe. But her? Not a chance.”

Lilian frowned. “Mr. Gildon, this kind of attitude in a student is unacceptable. You need to deal with it seriously.”

Tom’s face was dark with doubt. “I’ll keep an eye on it,” he said with a heavy tone.

Selena crossed her arms, smirking. “How embarrassing. Ms. Reed, I didn’t expect a student from your class to actually cheat. You really need to do a better job with discipline.” Her tone dripped with fake sympathy. It felt good to finally have something to hold over Lilian.

Lilian felt her face burn with shame, but there was nothing she could say.

Selena left soon after, clearly satisfied. Lilian stood there, seething with anger and frustration. Lilian was fuming with anger she couldn’t let out.

Without another word, she stormed off toward the classroom.

Inside, Cassia was resting her head on the desk. The sight made Lilian’s blood boil.

She marched over, her voice sharp and hard. “Cassia, this is a school, not your personal lounge. You can’t just do whatever you want here. And another thing–cheating on exams is absolutely forbidden.”

The moment Cassia heard the word “cheating,” her face darkened. “Excuse me? What’s that supposed to mean? I didn’t cheat.”

Lilian snorted. “Oh, please. You really expect me to believe that? Can you honestly say you didn’t cheat on the math test?”

“I didn’t,” Cassia replied coolly, her tone steady and firm.

Her defiance only made Lilian angrier. “Still denying it? Fine. Then prove it. Let’s see if you can score well at the City Finals next month. Do you dare make that bet?”

Cassia leaned back slightly, her eyes half–narrowed. There was something wild and untamed in her look, something that refused to bend.

A faint smirk curved her lips. Her voice came low and smooth, carrying a lazy confidence. “So what kind of bet are you thinking?”

Cassia had only wanted some peace at school, but drama seemed to follow her everywhere.

“Let’s make a deal,” Lilian said, crossing her arms. “If you rank in the top ten at the City Finals, I’ll bark like a dog in front of you. But if you fail or end up at the bottom, you’ll withdraw from school yourself.” She was clearly done holding back. Lilian didn’t believe for a second that Cassia could do well.

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