First Love's Return, Heiress Strikes Back

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Chapter 1

When Mariela Logan went to pick up Jaime Herman from a drinking gathering, she overheard a conversation coming from inside the private room, and she paused at the door.

“Jay, Juliette is back in the country. What about Mariela?”

Jaime sounded indifferent.“What about her?”

“You’ve been with her for three years already, right? Now that Juliette is back, who are you gonna choose?”

Through the crack in the door, Mariela saw Jaime light a cigarette.

Amidst the swirling smoke, he fell silent for a moment, and then, in a low voice, he said, “I don’t know. I don’t want to hurt Mariela, but I can’t let go of Juliette either.”

His friend sighed, “Juliette is your beloved. Your relationship back then was so intense; it makes perfect sense that you can’t let go of her.”

Another friend of his chimed in, “Come on. Mariela has been with you for three years, and she’s so pretty. And you can’t let go of Juliette? Still?”

I pursued her precisely because she reminded me of Juliette. Over the years, I’ve been trying to find similarities between her

is just a substitute?” his friend sighed.

when are you planning to break up

Marie is obedient and sensible.

his shoulder and said, “Jay, think carefully. You can’t have it both

of his friends said nonchalantly. “If you feel sorry for Mariela, just

everyone is like you, OK? I’m not a playa and won’t date more than

the door, Mariela smiled

the restaurant, she walked along the riverbank, recalling every little detail of the past few years she was with Jaime.

years, and she thought they were in

was just a substitute for Jaime’s

She

the river, with the bustling street on

down her cheeks.

wind blew

a

her phone and dialed

to come home for the

her

the flowing river