The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 69

Anthony's eyes widened with disbelief as Morgan's words sunk in. "Morgan, seriously? You think Mirabella's grades suck just because you saw her dozing off during the exam?"

He'd never thought Morgan could be so... stupid.

Morgan stood by his opinion, unfazed. "Come on, you saw the test. It was brutal. Even Vincent, the top student every year, didn't finish that quickly. And you think a girl who transferred from a small town can outdo Vincent?"

Anthony rubbed his temples, feeling Morgan's stubbornness was reaching new levels of absurdity.

Mirabella, who had been quietly standing by, never uttering a word in her own defense, suddenly looked up. Her delicate features showed no sign of the distress one might expect. Instead, she said in a matter-of-fact tone, "The preliminary results should be out by now, right?"

At her words, Anthony glanced at his watch. It was precisely ten o'clock. Without another word, he sidestepped the group and headed to the desk. Firing up the computer, he quickly logged into the "BrainSpark Nationals" results portal and navigated to the Parkside High School section.

Out of sixty-eight students from Parkside who took the prelims, only twenty-three passed. And there at the top of the board, to everyone's shock, was Mirabella's name.

Anthony stared at the screen, his eyes not even blinking. Morgan and the Vice Principal, growing impatient with his silence, moved closer to the computer. The sight of the rankings and the scores made them freeze.

Morgan, regaining his composure with a grim look, snatched the mouse from Anthony, muttering, "No way. How could she score higher than Vincent. She wasn't even trying..."