Chapter 9 Nobody Expected That
Zara's POV
The debate started and Luca was brilliant.
Zara had to give him that. She had been prepared to be unimpressed. She had been prepared for the version of Luca Harlow she had watched in the dining hall on her first morning bored, performative, cruel in the casual way that people are cruel...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 New School, New Nightmare
2. Chapter 2 Orange Juice and One Hundred Eyes
3. Chapter 3 GoldPen Logs In
4. Chapter 4 The Contest Board Goes Up
5. Chapter 5 Partners Who Hate Each Other
6. Chapter 6 The First Real Conversation
7. Chapter 7 The Sweetest Threat
8. Chapter 8 She Already Knew It All
9. Chapter 9 Nobody Expected That
10. Chapter 10 Two Hundred Thousand People Watched
11. Chapter 11 The Piece She Was Never Supposed to Make
12. Chapter 12 Twelve Hours and Nothing to Lose
13. Chapter 13 Everywhere, Saying Nothing
14. Chapter 14 The Harlow Name
15. Chapter 15 : She Asks Without Asking
16. Chapter 16 Forced Proximity
17. Chapter 17 He Is Different Alone
18. Chapter 18 The Event
19. Chapter 19 Bianca's First Real Hit
20. Chapter 20 Luca Shuts It Down
21. Chapter 21 GoldPen After Midnight
22. Chapter 22 She Finds the File
23. Chapter 23 She Cannot Tell Anyone
24. Chapter 24 The Round Nobody Saw Coming
25. Chapter 25 She Speaks
26. Chapter 26 After the Speech
27. Chapter 27 Chairman Harlow Visits
28. Chapter 28 The Screen He Was Not Supposed to See
29. Chapter 29 He Knows But Says Nothing
30. Chapter 30 Something Shifts
31. Chapter 31 The Almost Moment
32. Chapter 32 Bianca Plays Her Card
33. Chapter 33 The Accusation Goes School-Wide
34. Chapter 34 The Worst Moment
35. Chapter 35 Luca's Choice
36. Chapter 36 He Tells the Truth
37. Chapter 37 She Is Back
38. Chapter 38 Her Mother's Name
39. Chapter 39 He Goes Looking
40. Chapter 40 What Was Inside
41. Chapter 41 He Gives Her the Photos
42. Chapter 42 The Final Round Is Announced
43. Chapter 43 Preparing Separately
44. Chapter 44 Bianca's Last Move
45. Chapter 45 The Text in the Dark
46. Chapter 46 The Garden Meeting
47. Chapter 47 Luca Finds Out
48. Chapter 48 Into the Headmaster's Office
49. Chapter 49 The School Holds Its Breath
50. Chapter 50 Bianca Plays Her Last Card
51. Chapter 51 Chairman Harlow Responds
52. Chapter 52 The Board Convenes
53. Chapter 53 Zara's Scholarship Under Review
54. Chapter 54 Unlikely Allies
55. Chapter 55 Luca Practices Too
56. Chapter 56 The Accusation Cleared
57. Chapter 57 The Accusation Cleared
58. Chapter 58 The Final Begins
59. Chapter 59 The Other Finalists Speak
60. Chapter 60 Zara Takes the Stage
61. Chapter 61 Three Seconds of Silence
62. Chapter 62 The Longest Hour
63. Chapter 63 The Crown Is Announced
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