The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1586

"Is there a Math Department? How come I've never heard about it?" Patrick asked, genuinely surprised.

Blaze and Denny exchanged puzzled glances, clearly just as baffled.

Seeing their confusion, Robert looked at Patrick with equal astonishment. "You didn't hear? Didn't Dr. Elliot mention it?"

Patrick shook his head, staying quiet for a moment before speaking up, "The professor just told us to focus on prepping for the conference discussions."

Robert was taken aback. "Really? Something this important, and your professor didn't say a word?"

"Nope," Patrick replied sheepishly.

Truth be told, their professor was the kind who would occasionally throw challenging problems their way and then pretty much leave them to fend for themselves. He was so busy, he was rarely around.

He hadn't mentioned that students from the Math Department would be there not because he was trying to trip them up, but probably because it slipped his mind.

After all, out of all his students, only Mira seemed to catch his attention. The rest were mostly left to figure things out on their own.

When it came to opportunities like this, he was all about cranking up the difficulty level.

Robert took a moment to gather his thoughts and then cleared his throat, taking the fall. "My bad, I forgot to mention it to him."

Patrick and the others seemed used to such surprises and reluctantly assured him it was alright.

Robert gave them a few more pointers and then turned to Mirabella, lowering his voice a bit, "Oh, by the way, Mirabella, Dr. Elliot specifically asked me to tell you to keep an eye on your friends and make sure they don't embarrass themselves."

Mirabella's three friends were stunned. "Seriously?!"

Ouch, that stung.

Mirabella coughed, suspecting Robert was stirring up some trouble, firing up her friends' competitive spirit while dragging her into the mix as well.