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.

you!" Solene gritted her teeth, her voice trembling. She had spent so long

behind her would make Aveline feel some pressure. But now, she realized Aveline

least there would have been some reasoning-like their crush on Orion.

to offend Solene? But no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't figure out

more!" Lee, Solene's father, suddenly interjected. He thought of the lengths Julian and Aurora would

noticed for the

rest to me." Lee was

look like a troublemaker, they also knew that if she was truly behind this, she couldn't be let off

might be missing out on the complete story.

daughter, then you must know exactly what happened. Tell me everything," Julian demanded, his piercing gaze

rumors about Aveline's father being a janitor couldn't have been

I'm jealous of you. You don't even have to try, and you can still easily

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 I just

or three in the morning, determined to overtake you

moment of every day, but no matter what I do, I still 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 you still do better than

has such a beautiful face, also get to have such

I would think about whether you