Chapter 242

Alex looked around the table.

Mostly academy students filled the place, their chatter buzzing in the background.

This was clearly a popular spot for them.

“What are you standing there for?” Lyra sneered. “Get out of here. Don’t think you still have any connection with Katherine after losing your rights from the Leonhart family.”

A wave of murmurs spread across the room.

"That Alex... really shameful," someone whispered.

"He’s already been cast out. How dare he come here and claim Katherine, one of our academy's most beautiful?"

“He's shameless to the bone.”

“Arthur is much better for Katherine than that loser who keep harassing women.”

Suddenly, a calm low voice cut through the noise.

"Alex!" A beautiful, petite woman rushed toward him, throwing herself onto his back.

“This place is mine,” she whispered, her eyes closing as she held onto him.

It was Tanya Mirestone, one of the academy's top beauties.

She belonged to an even more powerful family than Katherine Randolf's.

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