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Ava rushed outside the university, leaving Abigail and Debra behind. She got a glimpse of two boys fighting each other.
She began to push the crowd and try to peek at them.
She was startled when she saw lan hit Luke with his head, and Luke fell to the ground.
Her body froze when she saw Luke lying on the ground, and blood was coming out of his head.
A flashback to the past came to her mind.
Her father was lying on the ground like that; he was trying to save himself, but those wolves ran to attack him and killed him.
“Hit him.”
“Ian”
“Ian.”
She heard other people’s voices.
She came back to her senses and noticed Ian raise his hand to punch Luke again.
So Ava screamed out loud,
“STOP.”
To her surprise, Ian stopped and turned his head in her direction. He slowly stood up and glared at her.
But she pushed him and crouched down to Luke, which shocked everyone in the crowd.
She patted Luke’s cheek and mumbled,
“No, no, no. You can’t die. I can’t let you die. Please open your eyes.”
Even though her eyes were on Luke, her thoughts kept going back to when she was five years old and she was staring at her father, who was lying in a pool of blood on the ground.
Luke opened his eyes and coughed blood. He looked at her and gave her a slight smile.
“I’m okay. Relax, Ava.”
Abigail and Debra both ran to Luke. They said they had already called the doctors and that they were on their way.
“You will be fine. Nothing will happen to you,” Ava said to Luke, but it was like she was convincing herself by saying that.
She was crying, and everyone witnessed it.
Meanwhile,
Ian did not move after Ava pushed him. He was staring at Ava with his furious eyes.
Her reaction caught him off guard. He had been in so many fights before. But he had never seen a girl behave this way for him as she did for Luke.
“Ian, you almost killed the boy,” Ronald said as he came to stand next to him.
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Though his friends wanted to stop him, Luke was the one who started the fight, so they did not come in lan’s way. But they did not expect lan to be so angry.
Ian did not respond to Ronald. His gaze remained fixed on va as she spoke with Luke, who looked fine even with the wounds.
All of his friends followed his gaze.
“The way he came to fight for her. It looks like he really likes her,” Stephen muttered.
“Did you notice how she reacted? It is obvious that she also likes him,” Ronald said, lighting a cigarette. Then he started to walk to his car, which was parked close to that area.
Ian glanced at his other friends before approaching Ronald He snatched the cigarette that Ronald had just lit for himself and leaned against his car.
His other friends joined him in smoking while he was trying to understand his mood.
Ronald lit another cigarette for himself since his best friend’s mood was really bad right now.
Ian glanced at Ava again, who was helping the doctors take Luke to the clinic.
Ava was about to go with them, but she turned her head toward him. Ian was about to move his gaze away since he thought he had no interest in this girl.
But for some unknown reason, he could not move his eyes. She looked at him through her large glasses. He scoffed at her when she turned around and left with her friends to be with Luke.
“I think you have some misunderstandings. She doesn’t want to be with you forever.” If you had not rejected her, she would have done it on her own,” Cyrus said.
Ian slowly turned his head toward him. “What did you just say? She would have rejected me. Are you crazy? I could read her eyes. She was dying to be with me.”
“But now she’s with another guy. Maybe you couldn’t read it properly, you know.” Ronald mocked him and then chuckled while puffing out the smoke.
Ian’s eyes turned darker. ‘How can she move on overnight? thought she would not face me in one year. It looks like she has some guts,‘ he thought.
Suddenly, Ian frowned at himself. ‘I don’t care if that nerd shows concern for anyone.”
Ian and his friends went into the lobby. They were directed to the cafe and took their table.
“Ian, I heard you had a fight with Luke,” Nova said, approaching their table with a worried expression.
Ian glanced at her. She was in a hot dress, showing her curves perfectly. She was as prepared as if today were her birthday.
He responded by nodding his head at her. She sat next to him and cupped his face. She touched the corner of his lips, which had already healed, but the blood tint was still there.
Ian moved her hand away from his face.
“What are you doing here, Nova? Don’t you have any classes?” Ian asked her.
His friends were observing both of them as they listened to their conversation.
“I have classes, baby. But I was very worried for you, you know. That’s why I rushed out of the class before it was over.” Nova replied with a smile.
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“Hmm.”
That was all lan’s response.
A cafe employee brought five cans of iced cola and set them on the table.
“Ian, I thought you would introduce me to your friends,” Nova munnured, playing with the ribbons on her dress.
“She is Nova Wilson, my girlfriend,” Ian said to his friends simply.
His friends raised their eyebrows at his introduction.
“For real?” Paul asked.
Nova’s lips parted in surprise. She turned her head toward Tan. “Why are they reacting as if you are not serious?”
Ian sighed and wrapped his right arm around her shoulder,
“I’m damn serious, baby. Don’t mind their weird looks. They are not used to it.”
Nova’s cheeks flushed hard. Ian had never talked to a girl like that. She was the only one, and she would always be the only one in his life. She glanced at the whole cafe.
‘All the students were looking at them. It was proven that Nova was not lying at all. Pretty soon, she would be their Luna.
Ian saw the satisfying look on Nova’s face, but he was indifferent. He could not help but think,
‘Is she really my girlfriend? Do I really want this?‘
