My Dear Enemy, My New Beginning

Ethan Blake's father was my family's bodyguard. He was brutally stabbed to death while rescuing me from kidnappers.

My father, consumed by guilt, took Ethan into our home and raised him as part of our family. He planned for Ethan to marry me when we grew up, as a way in honor of this debt of gratitude.

I also felt indebted and tried everything to win Ethan's affection, almost to the point of fawning over him.

However, Ethan always treated me with cold indifference, barely acknowledging my existence.

One evening, I was working on my personal statements for university applications, he suddenly came to see me and asked about my preparations for the Science Innovation Award.

I thought he had finally warmed up to me and excitedly shared all the details of my project with him.

One week later, I discovered that Ethan's childhood sweetheart, Olivia, had stolen my idea and submitted it as her own for the competition.

She ended up winning first place in the Science Innovation Award and received an early admission to Stanford University.

Heartbroken, I confronted Ethan about why he had extracted my ideas to help Olivia.

He replied with utter indifference, "Aren't you supposed to be capable? Even without the early admission opportunity, you should be able to get in on your own merit."