Too Late for Apologies: The Reborn Heiress

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stage-whispered. "Top scorer, right he

cal student. It was the certainty of someone who believed they already knew the outco

hat I remembered everythi

on. The familiar questions, the passages I'd analyzed before. It was

there was an air of triumph about him already. He thought he had this in the bag. He thought h

emerged, blinkin

ching expansively. "Every single q

aming. "I knew you could do i

rained but relieved. "How

said, a small, genuine

was agonizing for most. F

calmly. Near-perfect. Exactly as before. Offers from Harvard, Yale

ncipal stood at the podium, beaming. "And our highest scorer, with

lf-satisfied smirk already forming. H

s Ava

I stood, accepted the certif

ng horror. His smirk had vanished, replaced by a slack-jawed shock. He looked at his o

ed past SAT papers for "anomalies" had subtly flagged the exact version Ethan had memorized, leading to a different,

tand. He knew he'd

waves. He was supposed to be the star,