The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2582

But at a high school that seemed to have adopted the “boot camp” approach from its neighboring institutes, the days seemed long and the pressure was intense for Mara. Students were squeezed from dawn till dusk, hardly getting a moment to breathe, let alone relax.

Mara had once worked hard, determined to prove herself and earn a spot at that prestigious school like Victoria.

But such ambitions felt like distant memories now.

Victoria couldn’t miss the hint of resentment in her sister’s voice. She playfully ruffled Mara’s hair, “Just buckle down and, ace your SATs. We’ll be on the same college campus in the future. Our school’s choir competition has had a long tradition. Winners even get to compete at nationals, so it’s a big deal for us.”

Mara had always been granted free rein with Victoria’s smartphone, and she took the opportunity to scroll through and see what a well-rounded private high school was like.

However, she hadn’t expected to see the very boy who had offered her comfort the other day standing in the center of the back row of the choir photo.

“Ah-”

was busy applying her nightly face cream, turning at the scream from her sister. “What’s the matter? Did someone send me a

made up

course. We compete as a class. Lots of

no shortage of those,” Mara muttered, a sense of dread creeping into her heart. She knew just

his days surrounded by such beauties, would he even notice an ordinary girl like her? Why did fate have to be so cruel, bringing this boy into her life only

thought to

back to Victoria, who couldn’t see

the guy in the center of the last

ever since he

the looker, isn’t he? Girls line up from our classroom door all the way to the stairwell