Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (most popular novels txt) 📖

Chapter Eighteen: A Seatmate and a Visitor

Ever since classes started, Leticia has been finding herself sighing a lot, her mind far from that place.

Only yesterday, she could still focus on the lessons despite thinking of Livius for many hours straight, but now, she could no longer find it in herself to keep up a tough act. It’s just that her boyfriend is really turning into an eternal mystery, though at the same time, his touches and gestures are always so straightforward.

“Hello there, Ms. Selene.”

Taken aback by someone’s sudden arrival, Leticia snaps out of her train of thoughts and turns to find Gabriel taking a seat beside her. He has his signature sunshine smile on his face as he greets her amicably.

“O-Oh, hello-”

Then, she flinched.

At that moment, Leticia can sense everyone in the classroom looking at their direction. Their attention is focused on them for some reason.

She doesn’t really need to guess this one, though. Judging by their baffled gazes alone, she can tell that this kind of sight is just so unusual for them. There’s even a few girls who’re glaring at her, envy evident in their scorching eyes.

Gabriel is one of the most popular guys in this university, after all. He’s bound to have a lot of admirers, friends, and supporters. Paying attention to an introvert like her isn’t something people normally see him does.

Leticia is practically burning right now with how his fan girls are directing their razor-edged gazes to her, jealousy ablaze. This gets her social anxiety rising to a whole new level.

Feeling a lot more uncomfortable than she has ever been since becoming a part of this class, she feels her figure shrink smaller as she stoops her head low and tries to hide her face with her hair. This kind of situation never happened to her before.

But then again, Gabriel never really talked to her so casually in class, much less sit right next to her.

“I heard that someone drove you to school yesterday. Is it your Dad?” he asked all of the sudden, much to her surprise.

“U-Umm... No, he’s not.”

“Your brother, perhaps?”

“I don’t have one.”

Once more, Leticia finds herself puzzled. She recalled the bumping incident in the café yesterday and thought that it could be the reason why he started talking with her.

But then, Gabriel seems to be interested in something like who took her to school out of nowhere. It’s a bit random and surprising, but not more than the fact that he’s really bent on engaging in a conversation with her after all this time.

“Oh, right, I’ve got your handkerchief cleaned already. I left in my locker for now. Can I give it back to you after this?” he questioned to which she just faintly smiled and nodded her head in reply.

“T-Thank you. You really didn’t have to go through all the trouble to clean it, though.”

“It’s all good. You’re being too modest, Ms. Selene.”

As Gabriel flashes her a good-natured grin, Leticia can’t help but wonder even more. While it may be true that he gets along with everyone, she is also aware that he doesn’t just spend time with anyone.

That line of thoughts attaches itself to her head when he decides to sit beside her for good. With that, they end up chatting for a moment longer until it gets to this unexpected turn.

“Say, Ms. Selene... Do you have a boyfriend?” Gabriel asked all of the sudden, his tone lower than earlier.

“Oh, ummmm...” Leticia trailed off in surprise, blushing almost instantly at the mention of that word.

“Y-Yes... Yes, I do.”

His eyes widened at her bashful display, caught off guard both by her soft expression and unanticipated answer. He completely thought that she’d be single for reasons that are obvious to almost everybody here.

“Really? What’s he like?” Gabriel continued, visibly intrigued.

“W-Well, h-he’s very kind and caring. He’s thoughtful, understanding and super handso-”

Then, she paused.

For some reason, Leticia suddenly can’t find it in herself to say that word out loud. It’s almost as if she went all tongue-tied. She felt her face heat up a little just by thinking of that word.

That’s because as she tries to say it, she can’t help but remember just how hot and attractive Livius really is – whether he’s smiling innocently, laughing mirthfully, talking eloquently or even being dangerously seductive.   

Perhaps, no one would believe it if she were to say that she’s in a relationship with that kind of man.

“He’s super what...?” Gabriel blurted out in puzzlement.

“H-He’s super... S-Super...” Leticia stammered out nervously, unable to get her boyfriend’s alluring look out of her head.

“Handsome?”

At that, the two of them turn their heads back to the front in surprise. It appears like their professor for today has finally arrived, but he’s not all alone.

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