The driver's daughter won over my parents' sympathy and created a persona of a rich and beautiful girl at school.
She spent my money, drove my car, and lived at my standard in every aspect of life.
But, to my surprise, she turned out to be an ungrateful person.
After the SAT, she got me drunk and laid naked in my bed.
I was arrested and couldn't defend myself.
My parents were frantic trying to clear my name.
She took advantage of the situation, sold our company's secrets to my parents' rivals at a high price, and deliberately blackened our reputation online.
Our company's stock price plummeted, we went bankrupt, my father committed suicide by jumping off a building, and my mother went insane.
The night I was released from jail, I was ambushed and beaten to death by several masked men in an alley.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the time before the SAT.
The driver's daughter announced triumphantly that she would treat the whole class to a day at Disneyland.
As my classmates cheered, I called my father and asked him to cancel her credit card.
Did she think I was a pushover?
"Miss Williams is awesome!"
"It's my greatest luck to be in the same class with Mia!"
"Indeed, people in the next class are dying of envy."
"Unfortunately, my grades are too poor. Otherwise, I would definitely apply to the same university as Miss Williams and continue to enjoy the good life."
"Mia is beautiful, rich, and intelligent. She's perfect and I can't compare to her at all."
...
The whole class was cheering, but I was the only one who remained expressionless, making me the odd one out.
"James, why do you look so serious when everyone is happy?"
"Indeed, it's such a killjoy."
"I know, he must have confessed his love to Mia in private and got rejected."
"Ha-ha, it's normal to resent out of love."
"Look at himself in the mirror. It would be strange if Mia would consider him."
Just as everyone was making sarcastic remarks, a young man walked up to me.
His name was Patrick, the sports representative of the class and the captain of the school basketball team. He was tall and handsome, and many girls had a crush on him.
However, Patrick showed no interest in other girls. According to rumors, he and Mia were flirting with each other, and it was only a matter of time before they confessed their feelings.
Thump!
Patrick slammed a letter on my desk and said with a stern face, "James, did you write this love letter to Mia?"
I looked at him with an indifferent expression and said no.
"You're lying!"
"I know you've always had ill intentions towards Mia."
"You started writing love letters to her in your sophomore year and haven't stopped!"
I laughed inwardly.
It's true that love letters were written, but not by me, but by Mia.
She wanted to marry into a wealthy family and become a real lady of leisure.
Looking back now, perhaps it was from the moment I rejected her that her nature changed drastically.
She used the resources of my family to win over people at school and secretly slandered and isolated me.
In the end, she even risked her virginity and the possibility of imprisonment to ruin everything I had.
There's a saying that women are more terrifying than men when they go crazy.
Patrick pointed at my nose and scolded, "James, this is the last time I warn you, stop harassing Mia with your fantasies."
"If I see another love letter, I'll make you regret it!"
At this moment, Mia came over.
She pretended to be innocent and asked us what happened.
A chubby girl said, "Mia, shameless James stuffed another love letter in your desk. Patrick found it and came to teach him a lesson."
Mia flicked her hair and looked at me with a faint smile.
"James wouldn't do such a thing. Patrick, did you make a mistake?"
As always, whenever a conflict arose, and everyone was attacking me, she would appear as a peacemaker.
Not only would she gain popularity, but she would also show her gentle, magnanimous, and approachable side.
Her persona as a rich, beautiful, and kind-hearted girl was perfect and flawless.
Although I had been reborn, I felt like applauding her.
What a great actress she was!
Patrick insisted, "I'm sure. I recognize James's handwriting. It's exactly the same as the one in this love letter!"
"This is the third one this month!"
Everyone looked at me with contempt.
"Tsk tsk, what a shameless guy."
"Persistently bothering her without any shame."
"He doesn't deserve to be in the same class as us."
"Mia, we're going to Disneyland tomorrow, don't reserve a spot for that guy."
"Seeing him just makes me feel nauseous!"
"Isn't it disgustingly sickening?"