Female Novel
Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Madelyn continued, “You’re aware of the situation I’m dealing with at school. I don’t want to burden youwith my problems.”
Serena responded, slightly puzzled, “Why would you even go to Lorville? It’s just a small town. on theoutskirts. But that’s not the main issue here. It’s fine if you don’t want to be my best friend, but at leastdon’t ignore me when I try to approach you.”
Madelyn agreed, nodding, “As long as you don’t disrupt my studies, I won’t ignore you.”
Overjoyed, Serena exclaimed, “Madelyn, you’re the best!” and hugged her tightly.
In reality, Madelyn couldn’t quite comprehend Serena’s sudden desire to be friends. They hadn’tinteracted much before, not even in her past life, and the people around them were mereacquaintances who exchanged polite nods and greetings. There was a chance they wouldn’t evenrecognize each other one day.
As Madelyn continued on her way, she unexpectedly encountered Forrest walking ahead. He wasdonning a black denim jacket, and a cast on his left hand. When they were about five or six hundredmeters away from each other, Madelyn stopped in her tracks.
To her surprise, another familiar face appeared before her-Jadie. Lately, it seemed that Jadie had beenappearing in Madelyn’s path all too frequently, making her efforts to avoid her feel
futile.
Serena noticed the girl up ahead and commented, “That’s Jadie White, the stunning new transferstudent at Ventropolis High School. She’s only been there for less than a week, and word has it thatForrest has taken a liking to her. Now everyone’s speculating they’re dating.”
Serena went on, “Forrest has a close-knit group of friends at Ventropolis High School, and not too longago, they arranged a get-together where Jadie tagged along. I heard she has a brother who’s well-connected, although they’re not related by blood. However, her brother is quite strict and doesn’t allowher to date. Perhaps he has no clue that she snuck out from
Ventropolis High School to come to our school.”
The brother Serena referred to was Zach Jardin.
Madelyn asked curiously, “How did you come to know all of this?”
Serena responded, “I found out through our school forum. One night, there were even. witnesses whoclaimed to have seen Forrest, slightly intoxicated, taking Jadie for a ride on his motorcycle. After anincident like that, students from both Ventrocloud High School and. Ventropolis High School couldn’thelp but become aware of Jadie White’s presence… The girl standing next to her is Claire Yelton.”
Madelyn nodded, deep in thought. The truth was, she had no knowledge of the gossip Serena wasreferring to. She wasn’t one to indulge in rumors or spend time browsing through online.
forums. Her days were typically filled with a demanding schedule of attending classes and participatingin extracurricular activities. By the time she arrived home after school, it was already late, around eightor nine in the evening. She simply didn’t have the time or
inclination to delve into other people’s personal affairs.
As thoughts swirled in her mind, Madelyn contemplated, ‘Jadie dating Forrest… that seems highlyunlikely. If they were to end up together one day, it would either be a result of true love or becauseZach had an affair first.’
Madelyn made her way back to her seat in the classroom. There was still around forty minutesremaining before class started, providing her with ample time to tackle a set of practice papers. Despiteher confidence in being accepted into Lorville University based on her current. academic performance,she understood the importance of not becoming complacent. It was her personal growth and theknowledge she acquired independently that truly held significance, and she was determined to take fullresponsibility for it.
Resolutely, Madelyn retrieved a set of practice papers from her bag and immersed herself in solvingthem.
Suddenly, the leg of her chair was kicked near the back door, jolting her concentration. Without liftingher head, Madelyn spoke in a composed manner, “What’s the matter? Do you have something to say?”
“Hey!” The person’s voice held an air of impatience.
‘Forrest?’ Madelyn looked up and saw Forest’s smiling face, knowing exactly what he wanted. Swiftly,she lowered her gaze again and continued working on the practice papers, asking, “Is there somethingyou need?”novelbin
This marked the first time Forrest witnessed Madelyn not getting angry, and her tone was notably lessharsh than before.