Gary looked at Nicole coldly as his eyes burned with disgust and confusion. If one looked closely, one could see a hint of disappointment in Gary's eyes as well.

Nicole did not bother about the way everyone looked at her. She just rested her chin on her hand lazily as she played with her pen.

The class started, and Ms. Emerson walked in with a sour expression. She did not look at Nicole throughout the entire class.

When the class ended, she called Nicole and Gary over to the office. Firstly, she told Gary to work hard and prepare himself for the competition to bring an award back to school. Then, she turned to Nicole and sighed before speaking.

"Nicole, I asked you to join the competition because I trusted your ability. But Mr. Louis told me that you actually scored a zero on a mock assessment. Can you explain yourself?"

Nicole figured that Ms. Emerson looked for both her and Gary b

Nicole walked indifferently, not bothering to respond to him.

Gary followed behind her. He was questioning her initially, but he was tired of it afterward, so he just left Nicole his words, "You're on your own," and left.

After he left, Nicole turned and walked to Mr. Louis's office.

When Gary walked back to class, he had a long face.

Jack and Wayne saw his expression and thought that something big had happened. So they immediately went to Gary and asked, "What's wrong, Gary? Who made you angry?"

Gary clenched the pen in his hand tightly and responded chillingly, "Nicole placed a bet with Mr. Kennedy, betting that we'll get the first place in the Math Olympiad competition. She sure has the guts to say that, though I'm the one who's going to clean up her mess!"

Jack and Wayne looked at each other, and Jack recalled the time when Gary was rejected by Nicole when he offered to tutor h

But Nicole did not care about what they were thinking and spoke to Austin, "You've seen it too. I could handle this whole thing myself, so I don't have to be your boss. Don't come to me anymore."

Everyone in the class gasped sharply as the only person who dared to talk to Austin like that was Nicole.

They thought Austin would be upset after listening to such harsh words, but Austin just smiled and scratched his head as he responded, "How could you say this, Boss? Once my boss, forever my boss. You are my boss no matter what!"

His followers nodded one after another, expressing that they wished Nicole could be their boss.

Initially, Austin pestered Nicole just because she was pretty. Then, he asked her to be his boss because his father asked him to. But now, Austin really admired Nicole from the bottom of his heart.

According to Cain's underling, who had just got discharged from the h

Gary looked at Nicole coldly as his eyes burned with disgust and confusion. If one looked closely, one could see a hint of disappointment in Gary's eyes as well.

Nicole did not bother about the way everyone looked at her. She just rested her chin on her hand lazily as she played with her pen.

The class started, and Ms. Emerson walked in with a sour expression. She did not look at Nicole throughout the entire class.

When the class ended, she called Nicole and Gary over to the office. Firstly, she told Gary to work hard and prepare himself for the competition to bring an award back to school. Then, she turned to Nicole and sighed before speaking.

"Nicole, I asked you to join the competition because I trusted your ability. But Mr. Louis told me that you actually scored a zero on a mock assessment. Can you explain yourself?"

Nicole figured that Ms. Emerson looked for both her and Gary because she wanted to talk to them about this issue. Nicole looked up at Ms. Emerson, but a peculiar 

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