The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 666

“That’s right, first place goes to Charlotte!”

Letty heard the crowd buzzing below. Her hands, hanging by her sides, curled into tight fists.

She’d been around medicine her whole life. Even in middle and high school, she had a master guiding her, so by the time she got to university, she was used to being the best. Every test, every competition—first place was always hers. Now suddenly, Charlotte, the new girl who’d only been in college for a few days, thought she could swoop in and take Letty’s spot. As if.

The whole auditorium was arguing about who really deserved to win.

Things were getting out of hand, so the chair of the judges stepped forward. He glanced at Charlotte and said, “Charlotte, some people think you worked too fast. They’re not sure you were thorough enough. We’re going to replay both your procedures side by side. Is that okay with you?”

Charlotte had already peeled off her gloves and was standing calmly off to the side. She just nodded and replied, “No problem.”

Then the chairman looked to Letty. She agreed without hesitation. She trusted her own experiment completely. There was no way she’d messed up. As for Charlotte… well, that was another story.

With both of them on board, the big screen lit up, showing both surgeries at once—Letty’s mouse on the left, Charlotte’s on the right.

At the start of the contest, Letty had slipped on her gloves, grabbed the scalpel, and cut straight into the mouse’s belly, poking around with her forceps. Charlotte, on the other hand, took the scalpel from Molly, but first paused to sterilize both the blade and her mouse. She pressed her fingers gently along the mouse’s abdomen, searching for the heart.

Letty bit her lip, nerves crawling up her spine. Suddenly, a clear voice rang out from the crowd.

“Hold on! I think there’s a problem with this student’s surgery!”

Heads turned. The speaker was Hollis, the president of The Cabinda Medical Branch.

Letty’s heart jumped. She relaxed a little. Hollis had always supported her. If he was speaking up now, he must be about to defend her. First place wasn’t lost yet.