chapter934

Daisy looked like she'd seen a ghost. She stared at Lydia, her eyes burning with resentment.

"You... You started training with a master when you were five. You intentionally hid your real background. You fooled all of us. This bet doesn't count."

Daisy felt icy and stiff, like she could barely move.

Lydia just smirked, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't you start studying medicine when you were a kid too? And where exactly did I trick anyone? You refused to believe me. That's hardly my fault."

The people around them shifted uncomfortably, embarrassment hanging in the air.

She was right. No matter what Lydia said or did, they'd doubted her at every turn. Now that the truth was out, it stung. Why was Daisy still trying to weasel out of this?

Was it really so hard to admit someone else was better?

Desmond shook his head, barely hiding his frustration.

"Daisy, you made a bet. You lost. Own it."

Dr. Donley sighed. "Daisy, you never should've been so reckless in the first place."

Lydia crossed her arms and watched Daisy, who looked like she might burst into tears. "You can't stand losing, huh?"

Daisy glared at her, her whole body tense.

"If you really can't accept it, then just tell everyone here that you, Daisy, are a sore loser who doesn't keep her word. Say it out loud, and I'll be generous just this once and let it go," Lydia said, her smile sharp and fearless.

Daisy's fists tightened so hard her knuckles stood out white.

Lydia was humiliating her in front of everyone. If she admitted she was a sore loser, who'd ever respect her again? Who would want to be friends with her, or trust her? She'd drag her whole family, the Rivers, into disgrace.

But if she followed through on her promise and knelt in front of Lydia, calling her 'Your Highness' for all to see, she'd be a joke either way.

Right then, Daisy wished Lydia would just vanish from the world. Right now.

"Made up your mind? Lydia asked, standing calm and collected with her arms folded.

"Daisy..." Angelo started softly, but hesitated.

"Professor, are you trying to plead for her?" Lydia raised an eyebrow, eyes glinting with challenge.

Whatever Angelo was about to say, he swallowed it under Lydia's pointed look.

"How about you and Daisy talk

Mewhere private?" he suggested,

clear he wanted to spare

Daisy further embarrassment.

Daisy shot him a grateful glance.

But Lydia's reply was ice-cold. "If it had been me who lost, would Daisy have agreed to do it in private?"

Everyone who heard this knew the

answer. No way. Judging by

Daisy had

stirred things

how

from the

start she would've made Lydia pay,

and in public too.

Angelo fell silent.

Daisy had made her own bed. Now she had to lie in it. There was nothing more he could do.

Daisy just stood there, frozen.

The competition was over. Staff and

students from different schools started leaving, following instructions from security Some Wanted to stick around and see what happened next, but with order

being enforced, they had no choice but to move along.

Lydia saw right through Daisy's plan. She was stalling, waiting until most people were gone before giving in.

Fine. If she wanted to wait, Lydia could wait too. She had plenty of time.

"Oh, by the way, Daisy, besides medicine, what other majors are you interested in?" Daisy's face went even paler.

Giving up medicine for good was almost worse than losing her dignity.

"Lydia! You hid your talents on purpose, just to trap me?"

"You jumped at the chance. How's that my fault?" Lydia shot back with a little scoff.

Just then, someone came running over, gasping for breath. It was a math professor from Capital College.