Elena showed absolutely no deference toward that senior instructor—her scathing rebuke crossed into outright disrespect.
Yet the man could only swallow his pride. After all, she bore the prestigious Hart surname!
Truth be told, Elena wasn't normally this discourteous.
Her uncharacteristic behavior today stemmed entirely from Ethan Lockwood's doing.
She'd hoped to shame him when catching him dozing, but instead of humiliation, he earned ancestral approval—emerging as the unexpected star.
Then, like walking into a blade's path, that senior instructor became Ethan's unwitting scapegoat.
After Ethan's heaven-approved display, subsequent contributions felt redundant.
But Elena, nursing her resentment, refused to concede.
"Are we truly helpless without the expert?" she challenged, insist
