Chapter 0168
Suddenly, my vision went black. I leaned painfully against the gravestone, clutching my head as if a silver needle hat pierced through my temple. Some long–forgotten memories wly resurfaced…
Jasmine… No wonder she seemed so familiar. No wonder I felt like
I’d seen her somewhere before.
Nicholas was attractive, came from a wealthy family, and had more admirers than I could count. I never paid them much mind, thinking. that someone like him, a favored child of heaven, couldn’t be pursued by ordinary people.
But there was an exception. Once, he casually saved a girl who was being bullied by her classmates. After that, to protect her, he allowed her to get closer to him and even sponsored her to study abroad….
At the time, I thought he was not only handsome but also kind- hearted. So that girl was Jasmine, huh?
Claudia responded indifferently, “Compared to her, I still like you better.”
She laughed lightly, reminiscent of her once innocent self. “Ariana, Nick has been with you for so many years, yet he still hasn’t fallen in love with you.
“He’s just playing with you. You should take this chance while he’s not bored of you yet to eliminate all the obstacles around him!”
J mulled over Claudia’s words in silence, but my mind was already spinning with countless thoughts. Even Claudia could see the truth,
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but I was too close to realize it. I was so pleased with myself over Nicholas’s confession….
I closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, I smiled sarcastically. “Are you one of those obstacles too?”
“Ari, what are you talking about? Aren’t we the best of f. ds? The obstacle I’m talking about is Jasmine! Her real name is Stella. Cooper. She changed her name and came back–she’s definitely up to no good.”
I remembered a fable where the main character, Nicholas’s, favorite flower was jasmine. Now it all made sense.
Not wanting to lose my composure in front of Claudia, I feigned nonchalance and said, “She’s just a student he sponsored.”
A shiver raced up my spine. How old a 22–year–old, raised in a warm and loving family, harbor such malicious it shocked by how much Nicholas occupied her Me
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