Chapter 78

Facing the termination of your status as a student and getting expelled from school was the harshest punishment a student could face. This meant that Hayden's chance at a guaranteed admission was gone. The entire classroom felt as if it had sunk into the ocean's depths, and the silence was heavy and suffocating. "How could you do this!" James' face turned pale with anger, his expression twisting with rage. "This is despicable! If you can't have it, you destroy it instead? Aren't you afraid of public outrage?" Serena shouted, her voice full of fury. The couple couldn't believe that the school officials would go to such lengths for power and money. How could they destroy the future of a talented student who could become a valuable asset to the nation at such an early stage? Their son had done nothing wrong, yet he faced this unjust punishment. But no one in the room seemed to pity them. Everyone understood the power of the Sterling family—no one dared oppose them. What the Ster