Millionaire heir Derek Chase had hidden his wealth for three years. Now, he was going to confess his love to a gold digger. He claimed he’d finally found his true love, someone who didn’t care about his money. I scoffed and threw a million dollars right in the gold digger’s face. She immediately lit up and scrambled toward her new sugar daddy. But the man she latched onto turned out to be abusive. Pregnant with his child, she was beaten to death. Later, Derek, by then my husband, choked me like a madman. His eyes were bloodshot as he pushed me off a cliff. “Tiffany’s dead because of you, you venomous witch!” When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day Derek planned to confess to the gold digger. This time, I packed my bags for Cambridge. Let the fool chase his “true love.” After the SATs, Derek finally revealed his true identity as a millionaire heir and successfully proposed to the gold-digger, Tiffany Reid. Our classmates suggested a party to celebrate, but I slipped away quietly. “Ava Sterling, stop!” Derek called out. I kept walking, but he caught up and grabbed my wrist, his grip tight enough to bruise bone. “What’s this? Playing hard to get?” He frowned. “I just came to tell you I’m not going to Cambridge. I promised Tiffany I’d go to community college with her.” When I stayed silent, his voice softened slightly. “Tiffany is the woman I’m going to marry! You need to let go.” Just then, Tiffany sauntered over in her high heels and clung to Derek’s arm, putting on a show of fragility. She swung a soda can in one hand, her eyes daring me. “Derek, I know you and Ava grew up together. But you’re my fiancé now. You need to keep your distance from her. A relationship has no room for three people.” Derek shot me a triumphant look and pulled Tiffany closer. “Don’t worry, Tiffany. You’re my everything! She means nothing to me.” Then, Derek turned back to me, his voice final. “Stop wasting your time, Ava. Nothing will ever happen between us.” I just smiled. I remembered how, before he met Tiffany, he’d always told me he hoped we’d go to the same university. That’s why I’d studied so hard. So I could go to Cambridge with him. And now, just to please her, he was throwing it all away. Such a spineless man wasn’t worth holding onto. When I didn’t respond, Tiffany suddenly “slipped,” and the entire soda spilled all over my portfolio. “Oops! Ava, why did you push me?” I was stunned. “Seriously? You’re still pulling these cheap tricks? You ruined my work on purpose!” Derek immediately jumped to her defense. “Ava, stop pretending to be innocent! Tiffany is the kindest person I know. How dare you accuse her!” Tiffany leaned into his embrace, tears welling in her eyes. “Derek, my ankle… it hurts. But please don’t blame her. I understand Ava is just… jealous.” Derek completely lost it. Right in front of everyone, he lifted Tiffany’s chin and locked her into a passionate kiss. The crazy part? While he was making out with Tiffany, he was still grabbing my arm, not letting me leave. He didn’t release my arm until he’d finished kissing her for a solid five minutes. Then he turned to me. “See this? Tiffany is my true love. If you dare bully her again, don’t expect our childhood bond to mean anything.” Their lips were swollen and red. The sight made me sick. Aside from his looks and his parents’ money, that man brought nothing to the table. Then he pulled a pen from his pocket and threw it at my feet. “Here, take this back!” I recognized it instantly. It was the birthday gift I’d given him when I was fifteen. I’d bought two, telling him,, “I’ll definitely go to Cambridge with you someday!” Now, Derek ground that very pen under his heel, crushing it right before my eyes. “Ava, since neither of us is going to Cambridge anyway. There’s no use keeping these things. Better to throw them away now, so you don’t get sad later.” With that, he wrapped an arm around Tiffany and walked away. I was speechless, again. You’re not going to Cambridge? Fine. But I still am!
I pushed open the front door. My dad was ironing my shirt for tomorrow’s interview. Mom brought out a warm glass of milk. Our home always smelled of comfort and safety. Watching them fuss over me, my eyes welled up. In my past life, I’d been so consumed by that idiot that I hadn’t spent enough time with my parents. Just then, Derek’s mom, Mrs. Chase, showed up at our door. The moment she entered, she seized my hand, her eyes already glistening. “Ava, that wretched girl has completely blinded Derek. His father and I see you as our future daughter-in-law. Please, you have to talk to him. That woman will destroy his future!.” In my past life, Mrs. Chase had begged me the same way, only to later tell Derek I was just jealous and nosy. This time, I calmly pulled my hand away. “That’s your son.” I said evenly. “I can’t control him.” Mrs. Chase’s face stiffened, then she actually started crying. “How can you say that? You’ve always wanted to follow Derek to Cambridge, and he even tutored you! Can you really bear to watch him give up Cambridge?” Just then, my phone rang. It was Derek. I answered it right in front of Mrs. Chase, putting it on speaker. Derek’s cold voice came through the phone. “Ava, did my mom come to find you? I’m warning you, we have absolutely nothing to do with each other from now on. Stop clinging to me.” Mrs. Chase heard her son’s words and instantly fell silent, her face cycling from pale to flushed with embarrassment. I rolled my eyes at her. “Hear that? Your son and I are completely unrelated now.” With that, I hung up. Mrs. Chase stood there, stunned, unable to say a word for a long time. My dad walked over, a frown on his face. “How could Derek be such an jerk? Ava just gave him chocolates she made herself two days ago! Ava’s never even made me any!” My mom looked displeased too. “All these years, our family has partnered with yours because Ava liked Derek. If Derek chooses another woman, then our business arrangements will be a completely different story.” Mrs. Chase’s face drained of color, then flushed crimson. “No, that’s not it. Derek is just confused right now.” “Ava, don’t worry, I’ll definitely help you get rid of that bad woman.” I looked at her coldly. “No need. I don’t care about him.” Mrs. Chase was so flustered she stomped her foot. “But how will you go to Cambridge without Derek? Your grades aren’t that great, didn’t you always rely on Derek to tutor you?” I yanked my hand away from her again. “You should worry about your own son first.” Seeing my reaction, Mrs. Chase left dejectedly. As she reached the door, she looked back, still unwilling to give up. “Ava, are you really not going to reconsider?” I closed the door, ignoring her shouts.
The next day, I walked into the Cambridge Admissions interview room. I performed brilliantly during the interview, confident and composed. A stark contrast to the timid girl I’d been in my past life. After the interview, I ran into Tiffany Reid waiting downstairs. She was dressed in designer clothes, and seeing me, she immediately puffed out her stomach. She deliberately waved a sonogram printout in front of me. “Ava, Derek and I are having a baby. You’ll never have the right to steal him away now!” I was completely baffled. When did I ever try to steal him? Lately, I’d deliberately avoided both of them at school. Running into her today? Guess I just have terrible luck! I glanced at the sonogram. The date was last week. But they’d only been together for half a month. A suspicion formed in my mind. Was this child really Derek’s? But it wasn’t my business anymore. I replied coldly, “Well, congratulations.” With that, I turned to leave. Seeing that I wasn’t upset, Tiffany became irritated instead. She deliberately patted her belly, as if it harbored supreme glory. Then she advanced, practically backing me into a corner. “What are you trying to act all high and mighty for? You must be so jealous of me, jealous to the point of madness! I hate seeing that condescending look on your face! You’re just a little richer than my family, what else do you have that’s better than me?” I sneered, “Yes, my family is rich, which means I don’t have to try to please a man by having his baby.” Tiffany heard that and immediately flew into a rage. She suddenly swayed, let out a gasp, and clutched her stomach as she stumbled backward. “Ah! It hurts! Ava! Are you trying to kill my baby?!” A tall figure abruptly rushed over. Derek’s face was ashen. He caught Tiffany, then swung around and slapped me hard across the face. A sharp, burning pain spread through my cheek. “Ava! You vicious witch!” Derek roared, his eyes blazing. “I warned you not to touch Tiffany! How dare you lay a hand on her when she’s carrying my child!” Tiffany melted into his arms with a delicate sob. “Derek, my stomach… I’m so scared for the baby…” “I never pushed her!” I protested. “I was here for my Cambridge interview!” Derek’s gaze turned to ice. “You? Get into Cambridge? Don’t make me laugh. Get out of my sight!” Tears welled up in my eyes, but I fiercely held them back. I stopped explaining. After all, I’d be going to Cambridge very soon. Behind me, Derek was comforting Tiffany. “She’s just a jealous shrew! But don’t worry, I truly don’t like her at all!” Tiffany’s voice, filled with the joy of victory, gently echoed his. “Derek, don’t be angry. She’s not worth it.”
I stood backstage in the school auditorium. Today was high school graduation. Tiffany, arm-in-arm with Derek, walked in, drawing everyone’s attention. Her designer gown made a stark contrast to my simple white T-shirt. Immediately, classmates gathered around, showering them with compliments. “They’re a match made in heaven!” “Derek even gave up Cambridge for Tiffany, that’s true love!” Tiffany chimed in with a mocking laugh, her voice laced with schadenfreude. “Ava, you’ll find true love someday too.” Other classmates joined in the taunting. “Is Ava regretting not holding onto Derek back then?” “She couldn’t even if she wanted to, Derek clearly doesn’t like her.” “The clingy follower who’s been chasing him since childhood finally got completely dumped!” Derek, hearing this, looked even more smug. His gaze landed on me again. “Ava, why did you push Tiffany the other day? If you had been nicer to her, I might have, out of consideration for our past, helped you get into Cambridge.” Just then, the auditorium doors flew open. Mr. and Mrs. Chase stormed in, their faces pale with fury. They clutched a thin piece of paper tightly in their hands. It was the community college acceptance letter that had arrived a few days ago. Mrs. Chase locked onto Derek and rushed over. “Derek Chase! You rotten scoundrel!” She thrust the paper so close it nearly brushed his nose. “What is this?! Southgate City Community College?!” “You told us Cambridge had already accepted you. That this community college nonsense was just to placate Tiffany! How could you actually throw your future away like this?” All the color drained from Derek’s face.
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