Chapter 325

Everyone in the group chat was quick to agree.
[Yeah, I had no idea Lydia was that amazing. We really owe her an apology.]
[I sit next to Lydia in class. Before finals, she even told me to study hard. I actually
made fun of her… turns out she’s a total genius. I feel terrible.]
[I can’t believe we’ve been classmates with a super genius this whole time.]
Thomas tagged everyone again. [Let me see if I can get Lydia to join us. If she says yes, we should hold a meeting to apologize to her in person.]
[Great idea. I’m in.]
[Me too.]
[Count me in, all the way!]
Lydia’s post calling everyone out was all over campus, and it stirred up so much buzz that even the admissions teams from big-name schools like Oakwood College started calling her again. They practically begged her to consider their schools, hinting that she could even attend two universities at once if she wanted.
But Lydia already had enough going on. She was only headed to Capital Med School for the lab equipment. There was no way she had time for anything else.
Across from her, Connor watched as Lydia ate lunch, her fingers flying over the laptop keyboard. He couldn’t help feeling a little nervous. She was so young and so brilliant. What if she thought he was too old for her?
“Lydia,” he said quietly.
“Hmm?” she replied, not even glancing up, her dark eyes still glued to the screen while she typed.
“When are you going to make things official with me?” Connor’s voice was soft, but there was a hint of urgency. He didn’t want anyone else to swoop in and steal her away.
Lydia hadn’t expected that question. She finally paused and looked up at him, surprised. “Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”
Connor hesitated, choosing his words carefully. “You’re incredible. I just… I’m worried someone else is going to come along and take you away.”
Lydia gave a soft laugh, shaking her head with a mix of amusement and exasperation.
After a moment, she looked at him seriously. “I’m really not as perfect as you think. When you actually know me, the real me, we can talk about this again.”
Connor knew there was so much about Lydia he didn’t know yet, secrets she kept close. But whatever those secrets were, they wouldn’t change the way he felt.
“Okay,” he said quietly.
Lydia doubted Ms. Santoro would be reckless enough to post her grade report and the class chat messages online herself, even if she suspected Lydia of cheating. There had to be more to the story.
Both Ms. Santoro and Mr. Colton were now under investigation. Mr. Colton had completely lost his cool and was doing everything he could to pin the blame on Ms. Santoro.
“Please, listen to me. It was all her. She was the one who came onto me. She wanted a promotion, she wanted to move to the honors class. She was the one who tried to seduce me. I just made one stupid mistake.” sŵnovels
The moment Ms. Santoro’s husband and in-laws saw the news online, they rushed to the police station.
Her husband, Jason, was a civil servant. He and Ms. Santoro had met in college, and it was thanks to his parents that she’d gotten her teaching job. None of them ever imagined she’d get involved in something so shameful, something that would completely destroy their trust.
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“You shameless bitch! What did I ever do to deserve this? What did my family ever
do to you? How could you treat us like this?”
Jason was in disbelief. The woman he’d married, the mother of his child, was now the center of a scandal at school.
“You’re disgusting! How could you stoop so low? You make me sick!”
“Ah!” Ms. Santoro screamed as Jason snapped, grabbing her and hitting her in a fit of rage. People
tried to pull him away, but he wan et
out of control. Ms. Santoro threw her hands up trying desperately to protect her face.
Honestly, any man in his shoes would have lost it.
“And you still care about your reputation? Screw you!”