My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna) novel Chapter 1012

Snorting because she felt provoked by my words, she jeered, "There's no need for you to act so magnanimously. Playing hard to get is effective sometimes, but once it gets overused, guys will only hate you more. Don't think that I do not know what you're trying to do here, pushing Hendrix away so he'll want you more. Amazing, Arianna!"

I laughed. What else was there to do? I tilted my head and looked at her. I couldn't help but say, "Miss Zanes, you are really a genius. I have never really thought I was so devious. Restraining him in order to harness more desire, huh! It really sounds like that."

Her cynicism painted all over her face, she said, "That's true too, with your looks, I would have never thought you'd use such low, cunning methods. Why would Hendrix ever look at you? What did you do to make Hendrix fall in love with you? It's just because you met him before me. If I had met him at the same time you did, I'm afraid that you'd never have had a chance."

As she boasted on, Rowane's confidence and satisfaction grew. The mockery in her words sent my blood boiling. "You are so much less impressive than you think, Arianna. If you were to get together with someone ordinary, that would be fine. But with Hendrix? Honestly, you just can't keep up. Being an orphan, you really aren't a good fit for Hendrix at all."

Honesty, what she said made me really angry. To think I actually admired her academic brilliance and good looks.

Suppressing my anger, I beamed at her, "To tell you the truth, Miss Zanes, I've always admired you, you are smart, beautiful, and outspoken. You're just the type of girl that everyone will love. But after hearing what you said just now, I realized that you actually need to spend time with a person to truly understand them, in and out."

"Higher education can't guarantee good character, a beautiful appearance can't guarantee excellence. For instance, a girl like you, hanging out together for a short time would be enough. If anyone were to spend more than a day with you, your true colors would show too much. It's certainly annoying."