Rebirth Revenge? No, I Watch Her Choose Wrong

A few days later, Maya showed up late at our class' graduation party.

She was born and raised in the countryside, so she usually dressed plainly. However, she was covered in designer brands from head to toe that day. The moment she walked in, she practically blinded everyone.

Maya flipped her hair and walked straight up to me. As soon as she took her seat, she pinched her nose and scowled. "What is that? I'm allergic to cheap red wine. Hurry up and take it away!

"Bring us your best red wine. Don't try to fool us with this garbage!"

Then, she raised her voice. "Everything tonight is on me! Go ahead and eat whatever you want!"

Our classmates gaped at her.

Maya had always been unbelievably frugal. Honestly, it wasn't her fault.

Her family was dirt poor. Sometimes, she had to split a single sandwich into two meals. She had never even tasted real wine, much less bought it for others.

"Maya, are you alright…?" one of them asked cautiously.

Maya immediately pulled out a credit card from her bag and waved it in front of us. "Mr. Reed and I are officially together."

The room exploded. "Maya, you're seeing Mr. Reed?"

Maya lifted her freshly done nails and nodded smugly, grinning from ear to ear. "Mmhmm. He pursued me for days. Initially, I was hesitant, but I ultimately agreed to be with him."

As soon as her words sank in, several of our classmates hurried over to suck up to her.

Maya shot me a disdainful look. "Why do you still look so shabby, Lumiere? You've already graduated from high school, yet you don't own even one decent outfit? How embarrassing!

"But I suppose that's what happens when you have a textbook for a brain. You're not going anywhere in life."

The moment those words left her lips, our classmate jumped in to defend me. "Cut it out, Maya. Lumiere has been accepted into Kingsley University!"

Maya scoffed when she heard that. "So what if she has been accepted into Kingsley University? At the end of the day, she still has to get married, have kids, and work herself into the ground for pennies!

"Lumiere, if you butter me up, perhaps when I marry into wealth, I'll give you a bite to eat and let you ride on my coattails for once."

I merely plastered a smile on my face when I heard that.

Several of our classmates couldn't take it anymore. They snorted and whispered among themselves.

"She sure loves to daydream. Why would Mr. Reed ever marry someone like her? She should seriously take a good look at herself!"

"He's definitely tied to a business alliance. He's only messing around with her. She's genuinely overestimating herself."

"Exactly. It's not like he's blind. There's no way he'd go for someone like her!"

Yet, I was the only one who knew that Maya would truly be able to marry Noah.

…

In the days that followed, Maya updated her social media every day. She was glued to Noah, traveling all over the world as though she'd already become part of high society. She sent me tons of videos to show off, but I ignored all of them because I had already experienced that in my previous life.