Chapter 129 - Jealousy (1/2)

[Mission: Erase the competition and steal the treasure. Map attached below. Rules: Don't kill the other competitors, major injuries are allowed. Time limit: 1 week. Only one winner. He or she shall stand at the top of the platform indicated with one golden cross on the map, only if he or she reaches the time limit with the treasure in his hands at the last second, he or she will be considered the winner. Reward: one mission complete, one piece of magic level 1 (30 pieces available)]

Henry looked at the map in his hands. It was a magic map of the country. It changed with time to indicate that the treasure changed places each day. So if he wanted to win the mission, he had to predict the place the treasure will land next to or… wait until someone had it and steal it from him.​​

”What are you going to do, Henry?”

The blonde by Henry's side was the new student that had transferred to the school. The boys and girls around her were marveled by the beautiful new actress and didn't stop to swarm over her for a few days.

She had caught Henry with one of the red messages one day, and so she found out that he is the same as her. However, there is something she couldn't believe, that she is just in the beginner levels while he is already doing the intermediate tasks and had entered the competition.

”There is no need for you to know…”

Henry looked at her with cold eyes and indifference. He had never liked her, but she had tried many times to attract his attention. Even more, the students had already made it seem that he was cheating on Beth while she was away in a math competition.

”Hey!”

She tried to stop him, but again, he went away before she could ever say a word.

”Tch… why isn't he helping me? We are in the same team…”

She went away to her classroom, however, before she entered, she heard some girls talking in murmurs.

”Should we tell Beth?”

”About what?”

”About Henry and Norah… she is our friend, we can't hide it from her…”

”But she is in the competition, what if she got distracted?”

”… then…”

”We can only wait for tomorrow when the final round finishes, then… we should tell her…”

Norah raised a brow. She had heard before Henry had a girlfriend, but she never believed that. The guy was an ice cube, a handsome and dangerous ice cube with lots of money and resources, however, she had never heard that he will be able to stay tied to a girl.

She chose to believe that those girls around him proclaimed themselves as his brides or girlfriends, than for him to accept them. However, she had heard the name Beth for a long time now, and she was curious.

For the first time in her life, she picked her phone to look for the name of a girl that wasn't hers.

[Beth… Hesse?]

She found the results very fast. It was from the forum of the school and the math Olympics. Also, some other achievements in the technology industry and the rumored heiress of the Hesse Family.

They displayed a beautiful redhead girl with golden eyes. Norah couldn't believe her eyes, that girl was more glamorous than her. She even has more followers than any mid-level actress, and her family was on a higher, much higher level than hers.

Suddenly, a strange feeling that she had never felt before wrapped her heart. She was jealous… so much jealous. It was the first time in her life that she was so jealous of someone.

The girl was more beautiful than her. Even if she was a young actress, acknowledged by many because of her beauty and cute figure. That redhead girl had a more outstanding figure and face.

The girl was more accomplished than her. Even if she had worked hard to beg her parents to invest in her movies and then make them a success. That redhead girl was more impressive businesses on her own in the technology industry.

The girl had a wealthier family than her. Even if her family had an established company with connections to the Mills family. That redhead girl was the heiress of an empire that didn't need the Mills family to keep being alive, even more, they could be considered rivals.

However, there was something that redhead girl didn't have, and that was Henry. She thought that the most valuable ȧsset was still for her to grasp tightly.

”Heh…” she snickered, ”what a loser…”

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”My sweetheart and lovely boyfriend that I missed so very much!”

Beth arrived the next day at the classroom that she remembered. It was a surprise for everyone in the school, as she had announced her arrival to be on another day.

Henry was also surprised and look up at her with astonished eyes and a wide mouth. She was not wearing the school uniform, but a lovely blue dress that fitted her perfectly. The boys couldn't help but blush at the beautiful girl that had been blooming like the most fascinating flower.

Even the girls couldn't help but look at the ȧssets their dear friend had developed and compared to themselves.

Beth moved forward and sat on Henry's ŀȧp with a smile.