Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 479:

Still, she couldn’t deny it — Marisa had gotten a lot better.

Had she been pretending to be weaker earlier? Was her brother’s support really giving her that much of a boost?

What Melanie didn’t realize was that it actually had.

Marisa had always taken her image seriously, especially when her brother was watching. At first, Marisa had only joined the contest for a bit of fun. But now? She meant business.

There was no chance she’d let her next month’s spending money slip through her fingers. And what happened next?

In under five minutes, Melanie took a headshot and was knocked out of the game.

Marisa claimed the win with ease, while Maxwell went wild, swinging his flag and yelling at the top of his lungs, “That’s my sister!”

Melanie sat motionless at her computer, like someone had hit pause on her. She kept her eyes glued to the bright red letters flashing on the screen, her face stuck in a look of pure disbelief.

She had lost.

She had been utterly destroyed.

Marisa didn’t just win — she ended the match without taking a single hit. And it all happened in under five minutes.

The crowd fell silent, stunned. Everyone had come hoping for an intense, edge-of-your-seat clash between two gaming stars. Instead, they got a ruthless, one-way beatdown.noveldrama

Marisa’s full power was something to behold.

Until now, she had never even played at her limit. She was clearly a natural talent when it came to games.

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But the big question still hung in the air — who would win in the end: Marisa or Ethan?

After that performance, Ethan might actually be in trouble.

Marisa took off her headphones, placed the lollipop back in her mouth, and strolled over to Melanie, who still looked completely stunned. She leaned one arm on the desk, tilted forward with a sly smile, and said, “What’s with the face? Don’t tell me you’re going to cry just because I wiped the floor with you?”

Marisa moved in close to Melanie and murmured, “It’s okay. Let it out if you feel like crying. It’s not embarrassing!”

Melanie pressed her teeth into her lower lip, her eyes rimmed with red as she tried her best not to cry. She had worked so hard!

She had trained tirelessly the entire week, but even after all that effort, she still couldn’t manage to beat Marisa.

Was it truly, just like Marisa had said, that without the Cooper Group’s influence, she was nothing special?

Watching Melanie, normally so proud and overbearing, look completely crushed and defeated for once, Marisa felt a wave of smug satisfaction wash over her.

“We made a deal earlier, didn’t we? Now that you’ve lost, don’t pretend you forgot our bet!”

Melanie’s cheeks turned bright red with shame.

Everyone in Class One of the elite preparatory program had heard about her challenge to Marisa. With so many students watching today, she couldn’t wiggle her way out of this.

But if she really apologized to Maia and Ethan in public, it would be no different from being humiliated in front of everyone.

She balled her hands into fists, desperate for a hole in the floor to crawl into.

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