Suddenly, my vision went ck. 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.


    Nichs 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 ssmates. 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?


    udia responded indifferently, "Compared to her, I still like you better."


    Sheughed 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 ying 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 udia''s words in silence, but my mind was already spinning with countless thoughts. Even udia could see the truth,


    but I was too close to realize it. I was so pleased with myself over Nichs''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 Ste. Cooper. She changed her name and came back-she''s definitely up to no good."


    I remembered a fable where the main character, Nichs''s, favorite flower was jasmine. Now it all made sense.


    Not wanting to lose myposure in front of udia, I feigned nonchnce and said, "She''s just a student he sponsored."


    "He already gave her money, so why doesn''t she just stay away? Whye back?" udia continued, "Let''s team up and drive her away. You wouldn''t want any other woman around my brother, right?"


    When udia said this, she didn''t treat me like an outsider. It was as if she hadn''t been the one targeting me in 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 came to me. "Was it you who arranged for Jasmine to go abroad?"Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    udia''s voice was filled with smugness as she quickly admitted, "Of course! I didn''t like anyone clinging to my brother!"


    "What are you nning 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 came from!" udia''s voice was dripping with


    malice


    was des


    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 Nichs upied her Me


    He said udia was willing to date her male ssmates, 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 Nichs really not know, or did he also condone udia''s twisted feelings for him?


    I was suddenly startled by my own thoughts. Why did Nichs start to distance himself from me and grow cold after we got married?


    "udia, I''m curious. How did you deal with me when I first got together with Nichs?"


    Anger got the better of me out of nowhere. Maybe everything-my marriage, my love life reaching this point-was all rted to udia! I clenched the phone and demanded, "Answer me!"