Rewriting My Heart's Fate (Ethan and Evelyn) novel Chapter 5

Some of them couldn't take it any longer.

"Ethan! Evelyn is going too far! She's bullying Leah!"

Leah's eyes reddened. She spoke as if she had been wronged and was holding it in. "I'm fine, Ethan. I think Evelyn's just misunderstanding me."

Ethan's cold gaze landed on me. The atmosphere became tense.

I looked at him emotionlessly. My fist clenched on instinct, and I mocked him silently. Now what? Was he going to speak up for Leah?

His gaze suddenly shifted to the ranking list. He stared for a while before looking at me. His brow furrowed. "You only scored this high in languages?"

He was stern, and his tone was upset. It sounded like he was mocking me. Was he saying this on behalf of Leah?

I wasn't having it. I scoffed and prepared to retort, but Ethan's brow relaxed. He said softly, "You did decent overall though. Keep it up."

"Huh?"

He spoke nonchalantly, as if he was talking about the weather. I was dumbfounded. I stared at him like I had seen a ghost. Had Ethan gone nuts?

He saw my confused expression and said coldly, "What's with you? If you've got nothing to do, go practice writing essays. Quit thinking about nonsense."

With that, he left and ignored everyone else's reactions. Looking at him walk away, everyone was confused. He was scolding me… right?

I was shocked, but I felt better looking at Leah.

She was young now and wanted to maintain her youthful gentleness. However, her expression was warped. Her smile was forced.

I scoffed and dragged Lyla along as I left. When I got back to the classroom, Ethan's seat was empty. I flipped through the practice papers on the table. As I did, I noticed that they looked familiar.

Wasn't this the set that my homeroom teacher gave me in my past life?

At the time, I was shocked. It was like the questions prepared were specifically designed for the topics I was weak in. Why would this be in the bag Ethan gave me?

"Evelyn, Ethan was praising you earlier, right?" Lyla asked, interrupting my thoughts. She seemed awfully cheerful.

I was silent. Antoine, who sat diagonally behind me, was shocked too. He said, "Isn't Ethan going overseas for a competition today? He should be on his way to the airport by now! Why would he come to school?'

"He must have stopped by on the way?"

"The two locations are worlds apart," Antoine said as he adjusted his glasses. "Besides, he's not even taking the exam. What results are there for him to look at?"

I stared at the practice papers before me. It felt like there was a lump in my throat.

In my past life, I would boast to Ethan about even the smallest improvements I achieved, but he never reciprocated my excitement. He'd kick me down a notch at every chance he got.

But just then, he showed up at the ranking list and said I did decently?

Breaking the silence, Leah's clique walked over. "Leah, Ethan's so meticulous! He even came to school just to see your results!"

Leah was back to normal. She said sweetly, "Oh, I didn't expect it either."

Ah, I see. How I wished to give myself a beating for letting my thoughts wander.

"Back to studying!"

I calmed down and buried myself in more homework. Whatever he did or said, it had nothing to do with me anymore! I was fed up with getting worked up and losing control of my life because of him!

Time flew by while I was busy studying. Eventually, I ranked 10th in the third trial exam. I got my flow back.