NovelOnlineChapter 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. Slong-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, cfrom 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.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut 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 handsbut 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, +25 BONUS 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 nis Stella. Cooper. She changed her nand cback-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." "He already gave her money, so why doesn't she just stay away? Why cback?" Claudia continued, "Let's team up and drive her away. You wouldn't want any other woman around my brother, right?" When Claudia said this, she didn't treatlike an outsider. It was as if she hadn't been the one targetingin the past. I almost believed that she truly thought we were close, so much so that she didn't guard herself against me.
Was the foe of my enemy really my friend? A bold idea suddenly cto me. "Was it you who arranged for Jasmine to go abroad?" Claudia's voice was filled with smugness as she quickly admitted, "Of course! I didn't like anyone clinging to my brother!" "What are you planning to do?" I asked her.
"Lure her to my ward, and I'll handle the rest. I'll make sure she goes back to wherever she cfrom!" Claudia's voice was dripping with malice was des
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmA 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 He said Claudia was willing to date her male classmates, but now! even suspected that she did so deliberately to attract his attention
It was terrifying, Didn't anyone in the Hawk family notice her almost pathological obsession? Did Nicholas ΝΟ really not know, or did he also condone Claudia's twisted feelings for him? I was suddenly startled by my own thoughts. Why did Nicholas start to distance himself fromand grow cold after we got married? "Claudia, I'm curious. How did you deal withwhen I first got together with Nicholas?"
Anger got the better ofout of nowhere. Maybe everything-my, om marriage, my love life reaching this point was all related to Claudia! I clenched the phone and demanded, "Answer me!" Today's Bonus Offer RULE #1 choose married women They have reason to keep things secret, as do you.
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