Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Some of them couldn't take it any longer.

"Ethan! Evelyn is going too far! She's bullying Leah!"

Leah's eyes reddened. She spoke as if she had been wronged and was holding it in. "I'm fine, Ethan. I think Evelyn's just misunderstanding me." Ethan's cold gaze landed on me. The atmosphere became tense.

I looked at him emotionlessly. My fist clenched on instinct, and I mocked him silently. Now what? Was he going to speak up for Leah?

His gaze suddenly shifted to the ranking list. He stared for a while before looking at me. His brow furrowed. "You only scored this high in languages?"

He was stern, and his tone was upset. It sounded like he was mocking me. Was he saying this on behalf of Leah?

I wasn't having it. I scoffed and prepared to retort, but Ethan's brow relaxed. He said softly, "You did decent overall though. Keep it up."

"Huh?"

He spoke nonchalantly, as if he was talking about the weather. I was dumbfounded. I stared at him like I had seen a ghost. Had Ethan gone nuts?

He saw my confused expression and said coldly, "What's with you? If you've got nothing to do, go practice writing essays. Quit thinking about nonsense."

With that, he left and ignored everyone else's reactions. Looking at him walk away, everyone was confused. He was scolding me... right?

I was shocked, but I felt better looking at Leah.

She was young now and wanted to maintain her youthful gentleness. However, her expression was warped. Her smile was forced.

I scoffed and dragged Lyla along as I left. When I got back to the classroom, Ethan's seat was empty. I flipped through the practice papers on the table. As I did, I noticed that they looked familiar. Wasn't this the set that my homeroom teacher gave me in my past life?

At the time, I was shocked. I was like the questions prepared were specifically designed for the topics I was weak in. Why would this be in the bag Ethan gave me?

you earlier, right?" Lyla asked, interrupting my thoughts. She seemed awfully

shocked too. He said, "Isn't Ethan going overseas for a competition today? He should be on his way to the airport by now! Why would he

he adjusted his glasses. "Besides, he's

It felt like

past life, I would boast to Ethan about even the smallest improvements I achieved, but he never reciprocated my excitement. He'd kick me down a notch at

the ranking list and said

walked over. "Leah, Ethan's so meticulous! He even came to school just to see

normal. She said

How I wished to give myself a beating for letting

"Back to studying!"

Whatever he did or said, it had nothing to do with me anymore! I was fed up with getting worked up and losing control of my life because of him! Time flew by while I was busy studying. Eventually, I ranked 10th in the third

at the ranking list and left in a hurry. He

care, but I kept overhearing about

a competition. A Novel-Prize-winning professor from overseas is inviting him to his study

him handle company matters.

at some international conference. It's for a collaboration with his

information. He knew everything about Ethan's whereabouts. Worse

his help with homework, I would've switched seats ages ago! Though... had Ethan been this busy

always being in school during our senior year. I would pester him to

the college entrance exams, Jack made an outrageous request. He asked me to join

response, I buried myself in more work. "I'm

Don't forget whose

Jack was going to talk about

that I wasn't convinced, he softened his tone and said, "Evelyn, give your father a hand, would you? Don't you like those Galaxia skirts?

hand out, emotionless. "I want five

sets could easily cost a few hundred

was just enough to push Jack's buttons. He'd have to spend a fortune, but