Rewriting My Heart's Fate (Ethan and Evelyn)

The masterminds behind it all were Ivy and Jack. It was only then that I realized beneath Ivy's gentle and intellectual facade lay a heart full of malice.

I shook my head and waited for her to continue.

"That's good," by said as she took my hand. "There shouldn't be a grudge that lasts overnight between a father and a daughter, right?"

I pulled my hand out of hers. "Just say what you need to say. There's no need to beat around the bush."

Ivy looked slightly embarrassed and awkwardly clenched her fists before finally speaking. "You scored second in Yardville on the college entrance exam, Jack thinks you've brought him a lot of pride, so he wants to throw you a graduation banquet" I let out a cold laugh Abanquet? Or was it just an excuse to parade me around to see how much I was worth?

"Fine." I agreed and nodded. "But I want 50 thousand dollars. I'll need to buy clothes and school supplies for the new semester. Is that okay?"

If they wanted something from me, then I'd demand something else in return.

by frowned briefly at the mention of so thousand dollars but quickly recovered. "Of course. Leven suggested to your father that we should buy you an apartment in Napel

"We're not comfortable with you living alone. At least someone would be there to take care of you if we get you a place and hire a housekeeper."

Taking care of me was just an excuse. They just wanted to keep an eye on me.

"No need. 1 want to live on campus." I stood up, unable to stand Ivy's performance any longer. "When will you transfer the money?"

Ivy stood up as well. "I'll talk to Jack, and we'll transfer it soon. Dinner's almost ready. Come down and eat."

"Okay" I nodded while watching her, but she didn't seem in a hurry to leave. I raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you leaving? This is my room." Ivynadded. "I'm leaving now." With that, she turned and left.

I locked the bedroom door and then walked to the dressing room. I took the property deed out of my suitcase and found a place to hide it.

It was clear that Ivy was looking for something earlier, but there was nothing in my room. Did they already know about the apartment I bought in Napel? But who told them? Was it Liam? z out his

llocked the drawer and went to grab my phone. My WhatsApp notifications had already piled up to 99. I opened them, only to find a bunch of messages from Liam, acting drama

I asked him, "Did you tell Jack and the others about my apartment purchase?"

My question interrupted his chatter, and it took him about half a minute to reply. "Do you think I'm that kind of person? I told you I wouldn't tell anyone, and I meant it. Besides, you bought the apartment under your friend's name-so what if your dad and stepmom find out?" Inodded and thought he made a good point, I closed the chat window, and just as I was about to exit WhatsApp, I noticed a new message from Kayla I paused for a moment and opened it.

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Kayla had sent me a money transfer and a message. "Theard from Jack that you did very well on your college entrance exams, but I won't be attendi Your younger siblings are still small, and I can't leave them alone."

After reading that message, I couldn't stop the tears from welling up in my eyes. I longed for love from my parents, but that hope always turned into disappointment in the end. If, in my past life, someone had loved me just a little more, cared for me just a little more, I wouldn't have thrown myself into Ethan's arms like a moth to a flame Why did ever love Ellun?