Chapter 1007
“How did a nobody from the middle of nowhere sneak in there p>
Adrian Cole wanted to ask the same thing.
Why was Serena standing on the competition stage?
Why was she representing Marington College?
Though he wasn’t deeply involved in academic circles, he knew the Marington Elite Scholarship Gauntlet was one of Elyndor’s premier events. The competition
standards and stakes were the absolute highest.
Even landing a marginal award guaranteed national media coverage.
The prestige was undeniable.
So how could an uneducated girl from the sticks—a high school dropout—stand on
that stage?
And representing Elyndor’s top university?
“Holy crap, Adrian, look at the big screen!” Darius Payne pointed at the massive display, swallowing hard. “That chick… her team is in first place p>
Adrian’s head snapped up, his gaze locking onto the giant monitor. The screen displayed the names and scores of hundreds of teams. Sitting comfortably at the very top, leading by a massive margin… Was The Hope Initiative!
Serena’s team.
“Man, she’s insane! To dominate a competition full of absolute geniuses… and they’re leading by a landslide p>
Darius was dumbfounded. “Adrian, do you think the girl you called a delusional nobody was actually hiding her true skills all along? Is she some kind of secret genius p>
“Impossible p>
Adrian shot back without a second thought. “I know her background better than anyone p>
Serena? A genius?
Yeah, right.
“She grew up in the middle of
nowhere. After she was taken in by the Wynn family, they shoved her in a storage room. She spent all he time trying to please them and obsessing over me. When would she have had the time to study p>
“First place in a computer science gauntlet p>
“A girl like that probably doesn’t even know how to turn on a monitor. If she actually
had those skills, she would have paraded them in front of me a long time ago p>
Adrian scoffed coldly.
Serena loved him to death, always following him around like a shadow.
If she possessed this kind of talent, she would have used it to beg for a scrap of his attention.
Darius caught the implication, his eyes widening in realization. “Wait, Adrian, are you saying… the captain of The Hope Initiative, the same girl who was tearing up the asphalt on a motorcycle earlier… is Serena? The fake heiress of the Wynn family who was desperately trying to marry you p>
Darius had spent most of his time abroad and only recently returned to Elyndor with Adrian, but he had heard the rumors about the Wynn family’s true and fake heiresses.
After all, his boss had dated both sisters.
But Darius never imagined that the breathtaking girl dominating the competition stage was one of them.
No wonder Adrian had tracked her down here.
“It’s her,” Adrian said, his gaze fixed on the girl on stage.
She sat there, bathed in the spotlight, utterly relaxed.
Cold, aloof, and completely untouchable.
So stunning it was impossible to look away.
She was nothing like the ignorant, clingy girl he remembered.
The woman before him was radiant.
Just like she had been on the track at Apex Horizon Speedway. Absolutely blinding.