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【Wait, what’s happening? Did I miss something? Why did she give the black card to someone else?]
【 Dude, even if you take the card, it’s useless. The villainess only has eyes for the male lead. She’d never look at anyone else in this life.]
It’s just a tactic. Playing hard to get. Pfft, the ML won’t fall for it.】
Sean froze. Freshly reborn, his eyes held a flicker of disbelief and confusion. It seemed he hadn’t realized that this life’s script was already deviating from the last. But with his true love right in front of him, and the shock of death and the joy of rebirth still overw- helming his mind, he didn’t dwell on it.
I enthusiastically invited the handsome stranger to dinner. The semester had just started, so I didn’t recognize many faces. As for Sean, I’d only heard whispers from other students that he still hadn’t scraped together his tuition money. That’s why I’d kindly offer- ed the card, intending to ask if he’d be my boyfriend. His chiseled face was exactly my type, enough to make my hormones get the better of me.
Perhaps, in the last life, I truly did love Sean.
But in this one, that love was snuffed out before it even had a chance to bloom.
I had money. Endless amounts of it. I was the sole heiress to the Sterling fortune. A princess who had never been wronged in her life.
Why would I waste my time on a lost cause? A relationship is a relationship, no matter who it’s with. And the handsome guy holdi- ng my black card now? He was totally my type, too.
I chose the most expensive restaurant near campus. I frowned as I flipped through the menu, then tossed it to the waiter. “Bring us one of everything on your signature menu.”
The waiter scurried away, beaming.
Just then, the restaurant doors swung open, drawing everyone’s attention. I glanced over.
It was the reborn male lead, with his beloved childhood sweetheart on his arm.
The Sean of the previous life had been well–nurtured by money. From his dining etiquette to his posture, he was flawless–the very picture of a wealthy young master.
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Chapter 1
He kept glancing my way, the contempt and irritation in his eyes impossible to hide. He seemed convinced that I was only here to hit on him, that I was some kind of stalker he couldn’t shake. He was even more certain that my dining with another man was a pathetic attempt to make him jealous.
Sean sat up straight, casually ordering seven or eight signature dishes from the menu. Then he turned to Molly with a look of deep affection. “Molly, the food here is just so–so. Please bear with it for now. When I have time, I’ll take you to taste the finest imported seafood. And then we’ll go to the luxury boutiques and get you all the latest season’s clothes.”
Molly looked like she’d been hit in the face by a winning lottery ticket, nearly fainting from sheer luck. She shot me a smug glance and raised her voice. “Sean, darling, since this is the first day of our relationship, I have a gift I’ve been preparing for a long time.”
Her face was aglow with pride.
The comments said that Molly and Sean were childhood sweethearts, and they were just waiting until they got into the same uniy ersity to confess their feelings. When I’d pulled out my black card, Molly had apparently been so angry she could have ground her teeth to dust. The way she looked at me now, you’d think I was the other woman.
But when Sean agreed to be my boyfriend in the last life, he never mentioned Molly, did he?
Molly mysteriously produced a simple, plain box.
Sean’s face lit up with excitement.
The comments were screaming.
[OMG, the main couple is so sweet in their first meeting after rebirth! Things are moving so fast!】
Il can’t even keep up with them!)
[What do you think is in the box? I remember in the last life, what Iris gave the ML was a famous watch worth over a million!]
【The female lead might not be as rich as the villainess now, but her gift must be full of heart.]
The box rested in her palm, feeling weightless. Sean opened it with great anticipation.
Inside lay a small jar filled with handmade paper stars.
Molly blinked. “Sean, darling, I folded these over the summer, just waiting for us to get into the same university so I could give them to you when I confessed. Every single strip of paper has ‘I love you‘ written on it Do you like it?”
