Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)
Chapter 263 Apologize Now!

Finch entered the room, and everyone stood in neat, orderly rows while holding their breaths.

Nina grabbed Anna's hand; she was shivering! "Anna, it's time for the results, are you nervous?"

Instead, Anna was indifferent now.

"I've lost for sure, so I'm not afraid anymore."

"Anna? What are you saying? In the first assessment, even though you lost a lot of points, but you gained them all back in the second assessment. You did well today, our supervisor and the manager even complimented you!"

Anna remained quiet, but she knew that following her quarrel with Liam, he would never let her off the hook so easily.

She was definitely going to lose.

Anna bowed her head, hands clasped together tightly. She felt agitated yet helpless.

Finch's eyes swept across the crowd, and said coldly," This time, Ms. Wurst performed very well!

Outstanding."

The crowd exploded.

"It's all over, this means Jennifer got first place! She can now join the Ackman Group."

"I thought Anna performed well? Why did she lose to Jennifer?"

"It's all over, our bets..."

"Quiet!" Finch scolded.

"Now, I will announce the results of this practical assessment, starting from the bottom!"

Everyone quietened down. They were so nervous it was like all of them could hear each other's heartbeats echoing in the large room.

"Rachel Lewis, remaining points, zero. Eliminated," Finch announced.

Everyone turned towards Rachel, she shrugged and smiled indifferently, as she expected this.

"Mina Lionel, remaining points, five points. Eliminated H

Every name Finch read out, the person whose name it belonged to either heaved a breath of relief or looked down unhappily, only the remaining students grew expectant and agitated. Everyone looked at Finch solemnly, waiting for her to announce who won the final first place.

Once most of the students had been eliminated, only a few students were left. Finch lowered the document in her hands and stopped reading.

"Students whose names were called are all eliminated. Everyone else stay." Finch announced.

"What do you mean, stay?" The crowd started discussing amongst themselves.

"Alright, quiet down!"

Everyone settled down again, most of them had been eliminated anyway, only those whose names weren't read could stay on, they seemed to care less now. But they still didn't know who won the first place, and whether their bet...

Everyone glanced towards Anna and Jennifer.

Nina was so nervous her palms were sweating, she was even shivering slightly,

Anna whispered, "Don't be nervous! What are you afraid of!"

Nina stared at her speechlessly, "You are strangely indifferent. Anna, you have a 50-million-dollar bet, and a year-long slave contract riding on this!"

Anna looked casual as if she could care less, "I've been first place for too long, I'm sick of it. This is a good opportunity for me to take a break."

After hearing her words, the crowd roared in discussion.

"Since her eyes recovered, Anna decided to step down and hand over her first-place title to Jennifer?"

"Even if she doesn't want to be first place anymore, she shouldn't drag us down with her!"

Jennifer laughed coldly, glancing at Anna condescendingly, "It's not too late to admit defeat now."

Anna looked at Jennifer out of the corners of her eyes, even though on the outside Jennifer looked calm and put together, but her tightly-wound fingers betrayed her nervousness and unease. Finch took a look at the crowd, and ordered coldly," Quiet down! I will now read out how you performed individually."

Everyone quieted down again, listening to Finch read out each of their shortcomings, even though they didn't care much now, but they also agreed they still had much to improve on. Then, she continued.

"About the first place..." She dragged her words out.

Everyone held their breaths in anticipation, backs straight as if awaiting the kings' orders.

"It won't be announced today! There might be additional assessments, everything will be decided after we receive orders from your school."

The moment she finished; the crowd was once again enveloped in a cacophony of voices.

"What?"

"First place won't be announced yet?" "What are they playing at? Additional assessments?"

"What are you worried about? We were eliminated, the additional assessments have nothing to do with us!"

Everyone glanced towards the students that weren't eliminated, even though Anna and Jennifer were still in the race, it seemed like the remaining students would give them a run for their money. "Sigh, we don't even know who won first place. We also have no idea who won, Anna or Jennifer."

"Alright, everyone go home and wait for the announcement!" Finch turned and left the meeting room. The room was enveloped in a frenzy.

"Additional assessments, woah the race is tight!"

"Of course, the bet is worth 50 million dollars! What do you think the school will do if they found out?"

"Good luck, Anna!" The students who supported Anna stood by her side.

"Good luck, Jennifer!" The students who supported Jennifer gathered and stood by her side.

Jennifer was full of confidence now because she saw Anna's defeated expression.

"I will definitely place first, just you wait, Anna Hamilton!" Jennifer led her supporters and left with her held high.

Everyone shouted out words in support of Anna, Anna only nodded solemnly and rushed out the room.

Right now, she just wanted to escape, run far away from this place, from everything, and give herself some peace and quiet.

Nina ran to catch up with her.

"Anna, wait up! Come on, what happened?"

"What? You fought with Mr. Ackman? Why are you so silly? Your life is in his hands right now!"

"I don't like how he dominates me with his condescending attitude! Even though I, Anna Hamilton, have nothing now, I won't allow myself to be ordered around by him like a pet!"

"I think he purposely designed additional assessments, to give us a chance at victory!"

"No, Nina, you don't understand him. He wants to use this opportunity to oppress me."

Nina sighed and grabbed her hand, "Anna, 50 million dollars, and a year as a slave, you really don't care?"

Anna's chest started aching again, "Of course I do! I don't have 50 million dollars!"

"Since you care, why are you trying to save your pride? Pride and dignity are worth nothing!"

"But..."

"Anna, you are used to having everything handed to you on a silver platter, now suddenly you are trying to control it so you can't take it. Look at the big picture, if you don't win first place, you can't join the Ackman Group. Not only if you lose your position in your family, 50 million dollars and a year as a slave is humiliating enough!"

Anna listened to her quietly, finally calming down," Actually, I do regret it now, but I said my piece... I can't take them back now can I?"

"You are still holding on to your pride! Now that you've angered Mr. Ackman, even if you were number one, you've lost your place now! Look at how happy Jennifer is! When she wins first place, can you imagine how she'll humiliate you?

But luckily, we are still in the race, the only thing is we don't know what the additional assessments will test us on!"

"Nina, what do you think I should do?" Anna was out of ideas.

"Go to Mr. Ackman, bring him a present, and apologize, of course!"