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

Chapter Twenty: Secret Rendezvous and Display of Jealousy

The discussion with the university’s current president wraps up on such an ebullient note.

Contrary to the expectations of most of the students there, this widely acclaimed individual isn’t really stern and unapproachable. In fact, Livius acts their age despite being older than them.

He turns out to be congenial and amicable even when their question-and-answer portion ends up like some sort of talk show instead of a serious discourse.

“Are you still single, Mr. Apollon?” asked one of the students at one point.

Even now, Leticia can’t help but keep replaying his answer to that question in her head. Classes are dismissed by now, but she still hasn’t moved on from that surprising chain of events.

“Am I still single…? Hmmm… What do you think? Try to guess it,” was what Livius first answered that time, pulling out the same approach he used on her this morning.

Most of the girls let out an applause of squeals at the luscious smirk he stretched out right then. They all guessed that his answer was yes and just proceeded to ask more questions.

“What’s she like, President?” some of them questioned ecstatically.

At that moment, Leticia no longer knew what to react. She just kept quiet and still on her seat, her heart beating so loud and fast that she’s afraid Gabriel would hear it.

“Well, for one… She’s super cute and pretty that I can’t help but wanna kiss her at this very second...”

And as Livius dropped those words with a love-struck look on his face, staring at her direction all the while, her cheeks were suddenly kissed red like a fully-bloomed rose. Leticia lost all her remaining composure at that point.

Then, before she knew it, the discussion finally came to an end.

“Just what am I doing…?” Leticia sighed to herself the moment she realized what she’s doing right now.

It just happened that Livius still stayed at the hall outside of their classroom. A swarm of male and female students encircle him, wanting to engage in a conversation a bit longer.

As much as she wanted to go to him and greet him at the very least, she didn’t have the courage to do so.

Leticia already had enough of that one with Gabriel earlier, and she’s not just about to dive into a similar situation again. For this reason, she decided to just snoop from inside the classroom, quietly taking a peek at Livius and observing the scene from a distance.

“Maybe, it’ll be fine if I just go ahead. We’ll meet each other later, anyway… B-But…” she trailed off, talking to no one in particular.

“I really wanna talk to him right now-”

“Ms. Selene?”

Then, she jolted.

Caught off guard by his sudden entrance again, Leticia feels her heart jump in surprise the moment Gabriel appears from behind her, cutting her monologue off. She ends up making a funny expression because of this, earning a fit of chuckles from him.

“What were you doing, Ms. Selene?” he asked mirthfully.

“U-Uhhh… N-Nothing. I’m doing nothing at all,” she replied nervously, flailing her hands about. 

Seeing her tense expression, he gets the impression that she isn’t really good at lying. That’s when he scoots closer to her and leans in for a bit, eyes narrowing in suspicion.

Taken aback by how Gabriel cuts the gap between them shorter, Leticia flinches in nonplus. She then gulps the moment he spreads a sly smirk – his charms and appeal overflowing at this point.  

“What are you hiding? You seem to be far from doing nothing at all,” he muttered playfully, voice low and breathy.

While the two of them were too caught up in this conversation of theirs, they failed to notice Livius peering at them through the corners of his eyes. He still has his smile on his face, but it starts to appear somewhat daunting as he narrows his eyes ominously and continues watching his girlfriend talk with another guy.

Right at that second, without any of the people there realizing, a dark glint begins glazing his hooded pupils all of the sudden.

Leticia, on the other hand, finds herself heaving a sigh in exhaustion a moment later.

Convincing Gabriel had been hard, but in the end, she managed to turn his attention back to the handkerchief. With that, he asked her to wait for him in the hall while he ran to get it from his locker.

He’s really an outgoing and upbeat fellow - so full of positive energy that she still ends up smiling despite the discomforts of being around a popular guy like him.

“Speaking of, I wonder when Livi left. He wasn’t there anymore after I finished talking with Gabriel earlier…” Leticia pondered out loud as she waited in an empty corridor, standing in front of the door of a vacant classroom.

“In the end, I wasn’t able to greet him at least.”

Everyone’s already out to take lunch by now. She’s all alone there with her train of thoughts serving as her sole companions.  

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