"What are you talking about? Fiancé? What evaluation?"

I pulled out my phone and dialed a number. The call connected immediately.

I said, "Dad, the evaluation is complete. Lucas is a good-for-nothing, morally rotten, and completely unreliable.

"Notify the Hartley family that our engagement is canceled. All ongoing cooperative projects are to cease immediately. I also want a full-scale takedown of their business. I expect them to go bankrupt within a week."

My dad's steady, authoritative voice came through the line.

"Okay. I'm sorry you had to go through this, sweetheart," he said.

"Sienna, have you completely lost your mind after being dumped?" Bella asked. "Lucas, looks like you've won this round of 'Cupid Blind Box.'"

She doubled over with laughter, pointing at me with utter contempt.

She continued, "Isn't your dad farming in some remote village? And is one phone call going to 

Lucas crumpled to the ground, his eyes vacant as he muttered incoherently, "This can't be real. You're from a poor family. How could you be Mr. Torres' daughter? Grandpa said I couldn't mess up the Torres family engagement, or he'd disown me."

He suddenly looked up and scrambled toward me on his hands and knees, lunging for my ankles.

"Sienna… No, Ms. Torres! I'm sorry. I was wrong."

Tears and snot streamed down his face. He looked pathetic, nothing like the polished student council president anymore.

"I'm a scumbag and a fool. I couldn't see what was right in front of me. You're the one I love. I've always loved you. Please give me another chance. Please tell your father not to cancel our engagement."

The bodyguards behind my dad stepped forward immediately. They grabbed Lucas under each arm and hauled him up like he weighed nothing.

I looked at him coldly, feeling nothing but dis

The month-long deadline had finally arrived, and I received a text message from Lucas.

"Tomorrow at 7:00 pm, I'll be waiting for you at Lover's Lake. There's something important I need to tell you."

"Sure. I'll bring a gift for you too. It's a special surprise I prepared just for you," I replied.

Natalie saw my reply and started pacing frantically.

"Sienna, are you crazy? You're actually going? He's definitely going to dump you tomorrow, and you're still preparing a gift for him?" she asked.

"I know," I responded calmly. "That's exactly why I'm preparing a special gift for him."

I would give him a gift that he'd remember for the rest of his life.

The next evening, I arrived at Lover's Lake as planned. 

Lucas was already waiting there. He looked like a prince from a fairy tale, but beneath that familiar gentle smile lurked the thrill of a hunter.

Hidden in the shadows of the trees, Bella and her other wealthy friends who participated in "Cupid Blind Box" had their phones raised and ready to record.

Lucas said, "Sienna, I've thought about this for a long time, and we should break up. Our backgrounds are too different. My mother would never approve. I care about you, but it's better to end this now rather than drag it out.

"Breaking up sooner is better for you. You're a good person, so I hope you'll find someone who can marry you someday."

He delivered his lines with such conviction that he could land a role as the tragic second male lead in a soap opera.

If this were an acting contest, I bet my skills would easily outshine his.

"So, everything that happened this month—all your kindness and affection—was just a game, huh?" I asked, looking at him with tears in my eyes.

Lucas laughed, his smirk dripping with undisguised mockery.

"Since you've already figured it out, I won't pretend anymore. That's right. It was all a game. Did you actually think I could fall for a student from a poor family?"

He pointed at the dress I was wearing, then at the necklace around my neck. He sneered.

"Do you even deserve these things? Now that the game's over, give back everything that doesn't belong to you, especially that diamond necklace. I was planning to give that to Bella."

Bella and her little entourage stepped forward behind Lucas, ready to strip the clothes off my back.

I raised my hand and removed the diamond necklace he'd given me. Then, in front of everyone, I swung my arm back and threw it.

The diamond necklace traced a sparkling arc through the air before splashing into the lake with a plop and sinking to the bottom.

Bella shrieked, "My diamond necklace! Sienna, are you out of your mind?"

Her followers stood there with their jaws dropped, too stunned to speak.

I responded, "Lucas, you're absolutely right. A diamond necklace of this quality really doesn't suit me. I've never seen diamonds of such poor quality before.

"As for this dress, Bella, open your eyes and look carefully. Is this really the same dress your brother gave me?"

One of the more observant followers whispered to her, "That doesn't look like your brother's haute couture piece. It looks more like the Starlit Galaxy evening dress designed by that international master for the Torres family's heiress."

Bella glared at the follower.

"Have you also lost your mind? Just because Sienna's last name is Torres doesn't make her the Torres family's heiress! As if a poor student could afford to wear something like that," she snapped.

It was almost time for my beauty sleep, so I'd better wrap this up.

"Lucas, I'm tired of playing along with you people. The evaluation period is over. Congratulations, my fiancé. You've been eliminated," I said.

"What are you talking about? Fiancé? What evaluation?"

I pulled out my phone and dialed a number. The call connected immediately.

I said, "Dad, the evaluation is complete. Lucas is a good-for-nothing, morally rotten, and completely unreliable.

"Notify the Hartley family that our engagement is canceled. All ongoing cooperative projects are to cease immediately. I also want a full-scale takedown of their business. I expect them to go bankrupt within a week."

My dad's steady, authoritative voice came through the line.

"Okay. I'm sorry you had to go through this, sweetheart," he said.

"Sienna, have you completely lost your mind after being dumped?" Bella asked. "Lucas, looks like you've won this round of 'Cupid Blind Box.'"

She doubled over with laughter, pointing at me with utter contempt.

She continued, "Isn't your dad farming in some remote village? And is one phone call going to bankrupt the Hartleys? Do you actually think you're some heiress? You've been reading too many trash

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