Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 894: It Was Out of Jealousy

Words spoken without intention often hurt the most. Every day, Solene treated Aveline as her lifelong rival, constantly wracking her brain for ways to surpass her.

Even though she wasn't as exceptional or as beautiful as Aveline, at least her name always appeared right behind hers in the monthly exam rankings. Surely, Aveline must have noticed her by now, right?

Solene poured all her energy into her grades. She had no way of knowing that Aveline didn't care about grades at all.

For most people, studying hard meant a chance at getting into a good university, earning a decent degree, and securing a respectable job in the future. But for someone like Aveline, born into wealth and privilege, grades were irrelevant.

For her, attending school was merely something to do at her age. It wasn't about achieving anything. The very thing Solene valued most was nothing more than a mundane routine to Aveline, who didn't even bother to keep track of her own rankings-let alone care who came in second or third.

"I'm Solene. Do you not know me?" Solene would have preferred it if Aveline had yelled at her. Anything would have been better than the blank, unfamiliar look Aveline

wore.

"Solene? You're not in our class, are you? I don't think I've ever seen you before. Why did you put thumbtacks in my shoes?" Aveline looked at the plainly-dressed girl in front of her with genuine confusion. Her first thought was that Solene must have been set up by someone else to take the blame.

One look at Solene's outfit, so different from the designer ensembles worn by girls like Liora, was enough to tell Aveline that this girl came from a simpler background. She wore a modest shirt, oversized glasses, and had the unmistakable look of a model student who cared only about her books.

It was almost impossible to associate her with someone capable of something malicious. Solene gave off the impression of a girl who lived in her own world, buried in textbooks, oblivious to everything else.

spent so long viewing Aveline as her opponent, but to

her constant presence right behind her would make Aveline feel some pressure. But now, she realized Aveline couldn't care less about her. All her efforts felt like

on

offend Solene? But no matter how hard she

thought of the lengths Julian and Aurora would go to protect their daughter and knew

happened to your face?" Solene noticed for the first time that Lee's face was

on your competition. Leave the rest to me." Lee was determined to shoulder all the blame

seasoned individuals. While Solene didn't look like a troublemaker, they also knew that if she was truly behind this,

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think you can leave? Not so fast. If she's your daughter, then you must know exactly what happened. Tell me everything," Julian demanded,

Julian's scrutiny, Solene's courage faltered. The rumors about Aveline's father being a janitor couldn't have been further

don't even have to try,

I saw your name during the entrance exam, I made up my mind to surpass you in the next monthly test. I studied so hard, but you still beat me by dozens of points. I thought

night until two or three in the morning, determined

lose to you. If you were putting in the same effort as me, I wouldn't feel this way. But you don't even try! You're distracted by things like dating, and yet

who already has such a beautiful face, also get to

all this time. Whenever I wanted to take a break, I would think about whether