After dinner, Cassandra headed straight back to her room.
Not long after, Vera walked in and saw her reading.
She couldn’t hold back the sarcasm. “Cassandra, cramming last-minute’s not gonna save you now. You’re just delaying the inevitable.”
Cassandra clapped the book shut with a crisp snap and raised an eyebrow. “And what does that have to do with you? Seriously, what’s with your obsession with me?” Then she pointed toward the door without even looking up. “Also, don’t talk to me before brushing your teeth. Your breath almost knocked me out. Out. Now.”
Yeah, no point in trying to talk when they clearly couldn’t see eye to eye.
Especially when Vera was one of the reasons she got dragged into the plagiarism drama and had to retake the test.
Vera’s face stiffened. She lo
