The next moment, Delia pushed the door open and entered.


    "Andre, my mom recently gave me apany to manage, but I don''t know how to run it. I''d like to learn how to manage apany. Can you teach me too?" she


    asked.


    N raised an eyebrow when she saw that Delia had changed into an outfit that entuated her figure, her face heavily made up and her hair carefully styled.


    After these past few incidents, she finally understood Delia''s feelings for Andre.


    Andre, seemingly unaware of Delia''s deliberate effort to dress up, turned to N and asked, "Do you mind if Ms. Nixon joins the lesson?"


    Delia winced slightly. Frowning, she snapped, "Andre, I''m asking for your opinion. Why are you asking her?"


    Andre replied calmly, "Ms. Nixon, when your mother invited me here, she only asked me to tutor Ms. Kinsey. If you want to join, it''s up to Ms. Kinsey to agree first."


    At this, Delia bit her lip, her displeasure evident.


    She red at N and spoke in a warning tone. "You wouldn''t deny me, would you?"


    If N refused, Delia would resort to the same tactics she had used before to ensure that N couldn''t attend ss or see Andre.


    N raised an eyebrow. "Sure, as long as you call me ''big sister,'' I''ll let you join the lesson."


    "What?!" Delia''s face twisted with disbelief and anger. "I refuse!"


    She didn''t want to call N "big sister." To her, N was nothing more than


    someone from a lower ss. The idea of addressing her that way was worse than death.


    N smiled. "You don''t want to? Then that''s fine. We''re about to start, so please leave."


    Delia raised her chin defiantly. "I won''t leave. What can you do about it?"


    Andre, feeling helpless, had heard plenty about Delia''s spoiled personality, but now he was witnessing it firsthand.


    "You don''t have to leave," N said "But I''ll have Filipe call Ms. Kinsey and tell her that you''re disrupting the lesson, and I won''t be able to earn anymore."


    Delia hesitated. It wasn''t that she feared Emerald''s punishment, but she was afraid Emerald would forbid her from seeing Andre again.


    Reluctantly, she told N, "Change the condition. I''ll agree to anything except this."


    "That''s my only condition. If you can''t do it, you can leave now," N replied.


    "You!" Delia was furious, her face red. "You''re doing this on purpose!" N nodded. "You can think of it that way."


    To Delia''s surprise, N admitted it outright. She froze for a few seconds before realizing there was no way out.


    Just as she was about to turn and leave, she caught a glimpse of Andre out of the corner of her eye.


    Suppressing her fury, she turned back to N. "Fine. I''ll do it."


    Biting her lip, she forced the words out. "Big... sister..."


    N almost pretended not to hear her, but when she saw Delia''s face, twisted with suppressed frustration, she smiled instead. "Okay. Just remember next time youe for a lesson, you have to call me that


    again!"


    Delia ground her teeth, then pulled out a chair and sat down at the desk. "Andre, we can start the lesson now."


    N spent the entire morning


    attentively listening to Andre exin


    economics. Whenever she felt


    drowsy, she pinched her thigh hard


    to stay awake