Reborn Heiress: Taking Back What Is Rightfully Hers!
Chapter 168: Custom-Made

Chapter 168: Custom-Made

"Why do you ask? Is she a classmate of yours?"

"Yes, she’s a new transfer who joined our class a few days ago. But I don’t have a good impression of her. She’s quite the actress, and her intentions are pretty shady," Ella replied coolly.

She clearly remembered that when she accidentally bumped into Rachel, the soup spilled on Rachel’s hand, causing only a slight redness. But later, Ella noticed that Rachel had blisters on her other hand. However, the soup had only spilled on one hand...

Ella recalled this detail vividly, which led her to the conclusion that Rachel must have intentionally burned her other hand after their encounter, just to gain sympathy or stir up trouble. Unfortunately for Rachel, she miscalculated, and the soup ended up on the wrong hand.

A girl like that, with such scheming tendencies, could be very dangerous.

"If you don’t like her, just ignore her. I don’t care for women who deliberately try to get close to me with ulterior motives," Eric said dismissively.

Honestly, even if Rachel hadn’t been so obvious about trying to get his attention, Eric still wouldn’t have been interested in someone like her.

A woman’s character often shows in her eyes.

Eric had noticed Rachel’s feelings for him right away, and he also saw her hostility towards Ella.

"Be careful around her. Don’t let her catch you off guard," Eric advised in a low voice.

Ella nodded. She was always vigilant, and even though this Rachel hadn’t been part of her past life, she was determined to stay on high alert against anyone who might pose a threat to her.

Thinking back to her earlier encounter with Rachel outside the school, Ella’s expression grew colder.

Suddenly, a sound of heavy breathing came from the screen, pulling Ella out of her thoughts.

She looked up in surprise to see the couple on screen locked in a passionate embrace.

They are in the wild, swept up in the throes of their first overwhelming desires.

Ella’s lips twitched. She had a feeling from the title that this wouldn’t be an innocent film.

Resting her head on Eric’s shoulder, she watched the characters’ emotions unfold on the screen.

In the movie, the handsome young man panted, "Angela, give... give it to me?"

The female lead’s face flushed as she nervously glanced around.

The male lead continued to kiss her face and her swan-like neck, "There’s... no one here. Angela, give it to me!"

His voice was full of urgent desire, but the female lead shook her head vigorously, "No... we’re only freshmen..."

The male lead’s face showed pained restraint as he firmly held the female lead’s hand, continuing to kiss her.

What followed was inevitable, with scenes so explicit that Ella’s heart raced, her face flushing as she quickly looked away from the screen, unable to bear watching any longer. The sounds in her ears were so intense that she almost felt like running out of the room.

"So... are you tempted?" Eric’s teasing voice whispered in her ear.

"Eric, you knew what kind of movie this was from the start, didn’t you?" Ella nudged him, trying to push away the embrace that was growing tighter.

Eric chuckled, "Guilty as charged... I’ve seen it quite a few times!"

"What?! You’re such a rascal!"

"Come on, they say that desire is a natural part of human nature... nothing unusual about it."

Eric continued to laugh mischievously, while the room echoed with the sounds of the passionate scene playing out on screen, making Ella too embarrassed to even glance up.

"How did a movie like this even pass censorship with such explicit content?" she muttered.

"This kind of film doesn’t need to go through censorship—it’s privately made," Eric said, raising an eyebrow. "Didn’t you know? Richard’s dream is to start an entertainment company that specializes in making films. He’s already begun experimenting by hiring people to make these kinds of movies, slowly figuring things out. His goal is to one day become a top producer and director, dominating the industry."

Ella was stunned. Richard, being a wealthy heir, certainly didn’t need to worry about money. Making these kinds of artistic, romantic films seemed like something he’d do just for himself and his friends to "enjoy."

Sure enough, when you have too much money, you find creative ways to burn it...

"So, you’re saying... this movie was directed by Richard?"

"Exactly. How’s the quality?" Eric’s breath brushed against Ella’s ear, causing her to shy away in panic. "But... don’t you think it’s a bit unrealistic? The male lead wants to be with the female lead, so he takes her to a cornfield? What if someone finds them? And the ground is dirty... no common sense at all!"

Ella shouted, pushing Eric away as he mischievously tried to get closer. "Eric, stop messing around! I really don’t want to do anything on this boat..."

Eric raised an eyebrow, his smile even more devilish. "Then... where do you want to? A hotel? At home?"

Ella’s face flushed deeply as she stammered, "You... Eric, can’t you stop thinking about that? This is Richard’s yacht, and I don’t want..."

Eric, seeing her flustered expression and the way her bright, moonlit eyes were full of emotion, couldn’t help but laugh. "Alright, I promise I won’t... here. Let’s just watch the movie, okay?"

Eric’s sultry voice made her heart race even faster, but by now, the intense scene on the screen had ended. The female lead was crying her heart out, while the male lead panicked, trying to wipe her tears away.

Male lead: "Please don’t cry... it won’t hurt next time!"

"Pfft..." Ella couldn’t help but laugh. The script was so cheesy—"it won’t hurt next time"? The screenwriter was probably a man.

Female lead: "Waaah... I can’t go on living, waaah! If my family finds out, they’ll kill me!"

What a melodramatic heroine!

Ella felt goosebumps rising on her skin. What era was this, anyway? It wasn’t like they were living in the olden days!

Male lead: "Sweetheart, just don’t tell them anything, okay?"

Ella laughed so hard her stomach hurt, but when she thought about it, she realized that young people in their teens often do get emotional and dramatic like this. She had simply lived through it once already and no longer had the same youthful naivety.

If she were still a blank slate, she might have acted just like the female lead, throwing tantrums at the man she loved and saying overly dramatic things, all to get his attention and make him care more.

Ella gave the movie an 80 out of 100. The actors did a good job portraying the awkwardness of first love, though the script needed some work. Overall, it was better than some of the mainstream coming-of-age films she’d seen.

In the end, the protagonists graduated but had to part ways, moving to different cities for work.

In the final scene, the female lead waited faithfully for the male lead’s return, only to see him on the beach, holding hands with another woman...

The female lead silently turned around and walked away, tears streaming down her face.

As the credits rolled, Ella felt her eyes grow moist too. The film had touched on something deep—everyone has that one person in their youth they hold onto in their heart.

You always think that if you stay in the same place, that person will eventually come back to find you.

Or you believe that if you go searching, you’ll be able to bring back what was lost.