First Love's Return, Heiress Strikes Back

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Chapter 16

Thanks to Lennon, her math grades improved by leaps and bounds, soaring from failing to A plus. Mariela excelled in all her other subjects. Without math holding her back, she was successfully admitted to New York University. Back then, Mariela only saw Lennon as a good brother.

She

respected him and liked him, but there was not a hint of romantic feelings between them.

So, when her father said that he wanted to arrange a marriage of convenience with the Stark family and asked her to marry Lennon, she couldn’t accept it.

Mariela only saw Lennon as a brother. How could she marry him?

As Mariela was reminiscing, the bedroom door was pushed open. Jaime stood by the door, lowering his gaze to look at Mariela. “Is everything packed up?”

“Almost.”

Jaime leaned against the door frame and asked, “Mariela, do you have something to Mariela looked up at him with a puzzled expression on her face.“What?”

say to me?”

Jaime thought that perhaps she was still angry and didn’t want to give him that gift so soon. He decided to give her a way out first. His tone carried a hint of

Jaime was sure that it would work.

tenderness.“I

a bad tone

be

and looked up at him, her expression

didn’t believe her.“You don’t have to

whatever you

became impatient as soon as he heard that.

already apologized to you.

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Mariela

her things without

stopping and

don’t need

apology.”

fixedly

moment later, he asked somewhat unnaturally, “Where

turned to look at

a watch,” Jaime said.“Didn’t you buy it to apologize to me? I’ve already come back. Aren’t you

out?”

say that it wasn’t for him, but Jaime