Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 546

With that, the Seymour Group and the Wilder family were officially disconnected. All Noreen could do was wish him luck. She had no time to worry about Jude anyway; her exam was just days away.

On the morning of the exam, Noreen woke up early and headed to Rivercrest University. Returning to campus after four years felt different, nostalgic. She snapped a picture at the gate and sent it to Claire, who was off filming in some remote wilderness, asking for good luck.

"What a coincidence! The character I'm playing is a literal angel. I guarantee you'll ace it!"

"I'll take you up on that," Noreen replied.

"Noreen! Have some faith in yourself! You're the genius who slaved away at Aurelion Group while still effortlessly acing all your classes and winning a full scholarship!"

"Didn't I also get last place once?"

Claire sent a string of eye-rolling emojis. "That's because you skipped the exam!"

It was a funny story. Noreen consistently ranked first, to the point where no one was surprised anymore. But one time she came in last, and the news blew up on the school's online forum. In the end, that's what people remembered most about her—that one viral post and the 'last place' label. Even Noreen herself joked about it.

Claire reminded her sternly, "Noreen, this is no time for false modesty!"

After a bit more idle chatter, Noreen put her phone away and prepared to enter the campus.

"Noreen."

A voice called her name from behind. She turned, surprised to see Dylan. "Aren't you supposed to be on a business trip abroad? Is your work done?"

She'd learned at a meeting at Omniva Group a few days prior that Dylan would be overseas all week for a syndicated loan project with a foreign bank.

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