CHAPTER 138

Taking a sharp intake of breath, Janet suddenly felt a pressing urge to land a punch on Mason’s

face.“Ahem…” The sound of the doctor clearing her throat came from some distance away. “Girl, do

you feel better now?”“Yes. I’m going back to class now.” After saying goodbye to the doctor, Janet then

made her way to the building where the classrooms were located.“Remember to tell your teacher if you

feel unwell again,” the doctor urged.“I will.” Janet’s figure moved further and further away.Standing

rooted to the spot, Mason had a deep crease on his forehead because he couldn’t figure out why it was

so hard to melt her heart.The doctor stared at him and offered him a piece of advice with a smile,

“Everything will be fine if you pay more attention to your girlfriend. As long as you’re willing to make the

effort, I believe you will be able to get her back.”Mason raised his brow and answered in a

contemplative tone, “Yes, I will do that.”As soon as Janet returned to the classroom, her presence drew

everyone’s attention immediately.“Janet, do you feel better now?”“Janet, are you alright?”Janet nodded

in response to their questions before returning to her seat.Emily and Madelaine were just talking about

Janet. At the sight of her, Madelaine immediately snorted, “I wonder why someone insisted on taking

part in three sports events although there was no way she could cope with them. In the end, she was

exhausted after going through just one sports event and ended up fainting in Gordon’s arms. What a

scheming b*tch!”Emily went along with what she said by responding in a feign annoyed tone,

“Madelaine, you shouldn’t think of Janet that way. Although she did register for the events herself, you

can’t be so sure that it was just a part of her plan to make Gordon sympathize with her, can you?”Abby

glared at Madelaine and seethed, “Can you predict the exact day you will be having your next period?

There’s no point in criticizing her. Didn’t you register to take part in the competition too? Did you win

any medal for our class?”Madelaine exchanged a glance with Emily before she asked, “Is she really

having her period?”A babble of voices broke out among the girls in the class as soon as they heard

that.“Oh, seems like her energy only ran out so soon because she’s having her period.”“No wonder.

She can easily beat three people at one go in other times.”“I see. Still, I’m glad that we got at least one

gold medal because of her.” “Exactly. Otherwise, our class will become the laughing stock of the entire

school again.”The rest of the students started steering the conversation away from Janet and toward

Madelaine as they started taunting, “Madelaine, didn’t you take part in the long jump event as Janet’s

substitute? Are your knees all red and swollen now?”It was unbeknownst to Janet that after she was

brought to the school clinic, Mr. Wilson asked Madelaine to take part in the long jump event as her

substitute. Yet, she ended up suffering a hilarious fall in the pool of sand and her misfortune had

become a great joke for everyone in the school.Having listened to them describing what happened to

Madelaine during the long jump event, Janet smirked and stared at Madelaine disdainfully. “I must say

you are a much better athlete than me because I don’t even know how to pull off such a bad fall in the

sand.”Her comment sent everyone into fits of laughter.As exasperated as she was with their jeering,

Madelaine could only suppress her rage because she dared not refute what they said.Emily then shot

Madelaine a supercilious glance, thinking it embarrassing that she didn’t even manage to get a medal

from the event.Yet, her mind was preoccupied with the painting competition tomorrow because many

big shots of Sandfort City would be there. If she won, it would be a great chance for her to befriend

those big shots and Old Mr. Collins would also accept her as his apprentice regardless of what

happened before.That was a chance that many girls out there were dying to have.Soon, Sunday

arrived.Emily started dolling herself up in her room early in the morning, making sure she would be the

prettiest among the three participants in the painting competition later.Both Megan and Jade were very

nervous. As someone from their family would be Old Mr. Collins’ apprentice today regardless of the

outcome of the contest, both of them were looking forward to the prospect no matter which one of the

three emerged as the winner.Deep down inside, Megan wanted Emily to win because she was the one

who brought her up. She had arranged music and art lessons for her hoping that she would one day

become an outstanding talent in the future.If Janet ended up winning, she could accept it too because

after all, she was her real daughter.As for Jade, from all perspectives, she hoped Janet would win

because she was her favorite granddaughter. She was very impressed with how marvelous Janet’s

painting was and she believed she was good enough to win the contest. More than ten luxury cars Content © 2024.

were parked outside Leaping Dragon Hotel before the painting competition started.