Chapter 296: Chapter 306: When It Comes to Jealousy, If Mortimer Quincy Is Second, No One Dares to Be First

Zeke Zane, the victim in this dog-eat-dog spat: "..."

Holly Winslow glanced at Zeke Zane. ’He’s so unlucky to have run into Mortimer Quincy.’

Mortimer Quincy’s mouth spared no one. Anyone with thinner skin would probably cut ties with him on the spot.

’Ahem. Of all the girls who wanted to date him back then, I was the only one who held on. You can just imagine how heartless and cruel his words could be.’

In her past life, Zeke Zane and the others had secretly come up with a saying for Mortimer: "Mortimer’s mouth, a murdering ghost."

They shortened it to "Quincy the Killer Ghost."

Her gaze fell on Mortimer’s lips. The shape of his mouth was a bit more defined than average, and his lips were the perfect shade—not too red, not too pale.

’They really are "killer."’

’Ahem, no wonder I noticed his lips the very first year I met him.’

Later, when Mortimer Quincy recalled this, he summed her up in two words: "Total perv."

Mortimer noticed her gaze. The corners of his long, narrow eyes lifted slightly. Then, he leaned down, completely ignoring the crowd around them, and said in his magnetic voice, "Go on, kiss me."

The sudden, flirty line was so shocking it left Holly Winslow completely stunned. "..."

The next second, a blush shot across her face, reaching the tips of her ears. She choked on her own saliva and turned her head, coughing a few times.

Zeke Zane’s eyes were about to go blind. "..."

’FML.’

’Am I sick in the head? Why did I turn around to get more barbecue?’

’Do I have a death wish or something?’

"Boss, I’ll take it to go."

After he left, Holly Winslow kicked Mortimer’s leg and hissed through gritted teeth, "Can you please be a little more considerate in public!"

Mortimer just raised an eyebrow, took her hand, and tucked it into his coat pocket. "We’re perfectly legal."

...

Because of Zeke Zane’s "dick move," Pantheon and Cynthia Owens had a "fight." It wasn’t really a fight, just Cynthia unilaterally giving him the silent treatment.

It took Pantheon two days of cuddling and coaxing to get back into Cynthia’s good graces. But once he did, he didn’t forget to get back at Zeke Zane.

He decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.

He posted a photo from a few days ago when he and Zeke had pulled an all-nighter at an internet cafe: "Reminiscing about that all-nighter with my bro a couple days ago @Zeke Zane."

And then, Zeke Zane and Anna Willow got into a fight.

Anna unilaterally blocked Zeke. Before she did, she sent one last message: "Zeke Zane, you can go spend your life with your games. Goodbye." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Unable to contact Anna, Zeke Zane furiously cursed out Pantheon in their high school dorm group chat: "You son of a bitch, you were the one who asked me to play games last week."

Pantheon replied smugly: "You started it, so don’t blame me for retaliating. Now you get a taste of what it’s like to fight."

Zeke was so angry he wanted to kill Pantheon: "Who the hell started it? You’re the one who dragged me out late at night just to watch Mortimer and his girl’s PDA fest."

"You just wait. If I don’t fucking kill you, my last name isn’t Zane."

Pantheon wasn’t scared: "Bring it on, bring it on. I’d like to see you try."

Boris Owens: "Just quietly munching on my popcorn over here. Laughed out loud on my end."

Chase Hawkins: "Listen to the dogs bark, hahaha."

"I swear, why are you guys always fighting? Just look at Mortimer and his girl, all over each other for years like it’s the first day, and the key is, they’re still not sick of it."

"Even I’m impressed."

When Pantheon and Zeke Zane saw that, it hit them where it hurt for some reason: "..."

They wanted to know why, too. Forgetting the fact that they weren’t sick of each other, they didn’t even fight. It was just unfair.

Paul Powell: "LMAO, hahahaha. Maybe it’s because Mortimer and his girl are so good-looking. When they fight, they just take one look at each other and their anger disappears."

"At the end of the day, it’s because you two are too ugly. If it were Mortimer, his girlfriend would probably be the one coaxing him, like, ’There there, don’t be mad.’"

Chase Hawkins imagined that scene and shivered in disgust: "BARF."

Boris Owens: "Barf-worthy, yes, but it’s the truth. You have to admit, among our group, Mortimer has some serious status in his relationship."

Pantheon agreed in his heart but wouldn’t admit it out loud: "Bullshit. If his girl tells him to go east, he wouldn’t dare go west."

Zeke Zane also refused to admit they were doing worse than Mortimer: "That’s right, I totally agree."

Paul Powell: "Oh, come on. Your jealousy is just ugly. No matter how little status Mortimer has, he still has more than you two."

"I’m just speaking the truth."

Boris Owens: "Hahahaha, I’d say the same thing."

"But speaking of which, Mortimer gets super jealous. If he claimed to be number two, no one would dare claim to be number one."

Chase Hawkins: "What was the name of that guy from Class 5? I forgot. Back in high school, Mortimer was so damn sneaky. He deducted ten points from the guy, under the beautiful pretext of ’improperly worn school uniform.’"

"His girl probably doesn’t even know about it. I only saw it in the demerit book when I went to get my school ID."

Boris Owens: "Holy shit, how did I not know about something so huge? No wonder that guy went quiet after that."

"I was just thinking he was a coward."

Chase Hawkins: "You’d be a coward too. Remember that guy who had to do a self-criticism in front of the whole school? He lost all his points in the first week of school."

"Mortimer loves to use his position for personal revenge. He’d deduct fifty points if he felt like it, and the key thing is, the dean of students would never suspect a thing."

"That’s a level of power we could never fucking achieve."

Paul Powell: "His name is Shane Lester. He goes to the same university as me now. He’s a hot commodity in the foreign languages department. A lot of girls in the group chats are asking for his contact info."

He found a picture of Shane Lester and posted it in the chat: "He got way more handsome since high school."

Boris Owens: "He really did get more handsome. Does he have a girlfriend now?"

Paul Powell: "Nope."

Pantheon: "He still hasn’t given up on his girl. He’s probably waiting for the chance to... come from behind and take the lead."

Mortimer, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly sent a message: "Behind my ass."

Mortimer tapped on Shane Lester’s photo, zooming in and in, then let out a disdainful "Heh." ’Not even one-tenth as good-looking as me.’

After he suddenly dropped that curse, the lively group chat went silent for a few seconds.

Pantheon: "..."

Boris Owens: "Hahahaha, I’m dying. ’Behind my ass.’ Forrest, you’re so dead. Watch out for Mortimer’s revenge."

Pantheon went silent.

Mortimer deleted the chat history from the class group, not wanting Holly Winslow to see any mention of this Shane Lester person.

What he didn’t expect was that Zeke Zane had taken a screenshot to cheer Anna Willow up.

After Anna found out, she told Holly about it: "Holly, isn’t Shane Lester your next-door neighbor?"

Holly Winslow was prepping for a class, so she only saw the message a few minutes later. She hadn’t heard the name "Shane Lester" in a long time. She replied in confusion: "Yeah, what’s up?"

Anna Willow sent her the screenshot from Zeke: "Zeke just sent me this. I’m dying. I can’t believe your handsome cousin has this side to him."

Holly genuinely had no idea that bastard Mortimer had sneakily deducted Shane Lester’s points. "..."

’It’s not surprising that Mortimer would do something like that. It completely fits his character.’

Iris Kensington: "Shane Lester got handsome? I always thought his features were quite nice. Ahem, I even had a little crush on him for a bit."

"Holly, are you two in touch?"

Holly Winslow thought about what Shane Lester looked like. ’Hm, that bastard Mortimer is still more handsome.’ "No, we haven’t been in touch since graduation."

Anna Willow replied with a mischievous tone: "Maybe he’s secretly keeping tabs on you."

Holly Winslow didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: "Girl, you’re overthinking it. Shane Lester and I are just neighbors."

Iris Kensington: "Holly, you’re underthinking it. I thought he liked you back in middle school. Otherwise, why would he let you copy his homework?"

Holly Winslow, who had lived for decades, was only now finding out what they thought. She was exasperated. It wasn’t her fault she’d never considered it; aside from playing together when they were little, she and Shane Lester barely had any contact as they grew up.

Especially in her past life. After middle school, the two of them lost touch completely. Later, she heard that Shane Lester had gotten into Sterling University, married a woman from out of town, and settled down elsewhere.