Susan Shelby returned to the Wrights and made her way to the room that used to belong to Willa Doyle for some unknown reason.
She struggled with mixed emotions.
Frankly, had it not been for this incident, she could have become really good friends with Willa.
Susan’s gaze swept across the room and discovered a book placed on the table.
It was a book titled Jane Eyre.
She walked over and flipped open the book to take a look and found a row of letters written on the title page.
Susan’s pupils constricted abruptly.
The sentence contained some kind of hidden meaning.
‘If this book is misplaced, please return it to Willa Doyle of class one, senior year, Sarem Girls’ High School. Contact number: ****. Thank you.’
Did Julian Shaw not say that Willa was his high school classmate?
Girls’ high school?
Susan brought up the internet browser shakily and typed in Sarem Girls’ High School for a search right away.
Susan screened through the graduate students from each year one by one.
At last, she found Willa’s name for one of the years. She could even see the graduation photo of her entire class on the website. The person smiling brilliantly was precisely Willa.
Thunder struck Susan’s heart with a loud rumble.
She sat there in a daze.
Julian lied to her! Willa was not some high school classmate of his at all.
In order to deceive her, he had even forged the graduation certificate, graduation photo, and even his high school website.
He painstakingly did so much just to deceive her surprisingly.
Susan’s hand holding the mouse was shaking.
Why? Why did he do that?
Julian spent a night with Willa and claimed that nothing happened so she trusted him.
He claimed that Willa was his high school classmate so she believed him as well.
Yet, Susan felt that she was really very foolish now. In the end, she was deceived over and over again in exchange for her trust.
The corners of Susan’s lips curled into an incomparably bitter smile.
Even though Willa had already left, it would change the truth that Julian deceived her for even the slightest bit.
Susan kept the book then left Willa’s room with mixed emotions.
She returned to her room and sat on the chair in a daze for a very long time.
It felt as if she was thinking about nothing yet everything at the same time. Her entire person was caught in a muddled state.
Just as her mind was blank, all of a sudden, the QQ instant messaging software on her computer gave a crisp notification sound.
Susan clicked to open the message like a robot.
Mr. Reed was the sender.
Susan had always respected Mr. Reed very much. She could not help perking up her spirits upon receiving Mr. Reed’s message and began reading in all apparent seriousness.
‘Susie, are you free in the next two weeks?’ asked Mr. Reed right away.
Over the years, it was true that she lost her strength to strive because of her family.
‘It’s the last day to sign up for the Locke Award today. You can make the decision if you want to sign up or not.” Upon saying that, Mr. Reed’s profile dimmed.
Susan sat on the chair for a very long time. Soon afterward, the corners of her lips cracked into a faint smile.
At this very moment, she suddenly realized that she missed out on quite a number of scenes that were supposed to belong to her over the years.
Love and relationship. Could it be that these were all that her life was?
What was stopping her, Susan Shelby, from ascending to an even higher platform to display herself!
Locke Award!
A glint glimmered in Susan’s eyes. She brought up the registration page immediately and signed up.
On the other side, Mr. Reed was constantly refreshing the registration page. He could not help smiling in gratitude upon seeing Susan’s name appearing on the page.
Out of his numerous apprentices, he valued Susan the most in truth. The child was an inherent genius.
Over the years, she had albeit settled down into quietness. Mr. Reed believed that there would be a place for her in the future of the international design profession if she could pull herself together.
The Locke Award would begin officially one week after registration.
In order to understand the environment better and be prepared for the competition, Susan made the decision to head to the States in advance.
In her opinion, it was not difficult for her to pass the preliminary round using the internet. The quarterfinals and finals would be held live at the location. It would be good for her to familiarize herself with the location in advance.
The next day, Susan packed up and headed to America right away.
There was no telling if she was doing that to familiarize herself with the location or to avoid someone she was unwilling to think about and meet.
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