Chapter 3: Why me?

When I turned to look at my friend, everyone didn't understand what was going on. They were a little worried for me. But I found Serena's expression very strange. She saw me looking, and she focused on her plate of spaghetti.

"Is he still after you?" Shara asked me. 

I looked in the direction Charles had just left. I shook my head at Shara.

"No, it's probably just a coincidence. Except that every day I had to be in the same class as Charles. He's not doing anything to me these days."

Serena stared at me, her expression making me a little scared.  

"Jenny, you must not vibrate with Charles. He doesn't know what love is. When he gets your heart and body, he will immediately kick you. That's who Charles is."

"He is so scary. How can one's love be made into a game like that?" 

There was a look of fear on Eira's face. In the country she lives in, girls are more conservative than we are here. A hello kiss was normal for us. But for Eira, the kiss was just as important as the first time she went to bed with her beloved. 

If Charles hadn't used violence and hadn't forced me to do "something" with him, I would have seen that everything was fine, nothing serious. But Serena seemed to react very harshly to Charles' story. There was something she wasn't about to tell us.

"Rest assured. I want to focus on my studies right now. I have no intention of giving my first love to a bad boy."

I smiled slightly reassuringly at everyone. After lunch, I went back to school. I want to go to the library to find some materials for the next two-day presentation. Literature is a subject I love, romance in every word.

I have a modest height, 1m54. For girls, I reach the average height of a girl. But the bookshelf here is over 6 ft high. Coincidentally the book I needed was on the top floor. I stood in front of the bookshelf, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get the book I needed. I was going to ask someone taller than me to help me get the books. I just turned my head a familiar handsome face appeared before me.

It's Charles. What did he come here for?

"I'll help you."

I don't know why he's here. His attitude was completely different from when he met me in the restaurant. This left me a little bewildered.

“Thank you, but no need. I can get it myself.”

Charles pressed me against the bookshelf, and I was immediately aware of the danger. I looked around, but no one noticed me.

“You… what do you want to do?”

His face was closer and closer to mine, his lips always laughing mockingly.

“I want to help you get the book. I don't like you saying no, but again and again, you put up with my refusal. Are you forcing me to use action?”

Who is forcing whom? I didn't want him to follow me. He's like this makes my heart scared. I was scared of him, but also a little excited. He was like a potion poison, if he tasted it he would die, but I was curious to touch it.

"Why me?"

I hugged the book he had just handed me. Finally, I asked the question I've always asked.

"I like you. I'm after you. Don't you realize?"

This is the first time I've received a confession from a person. I was a little vibration, excitement, and a little want response to his feelings. But Serena's warning was still there.

I didn't answer him, continuing to pretend I didn't know. I want to ask if he likes me. But would he answer honestly? Won't.

Out of his mouth, he said he liked me, loved me. In your heart, I just thought I wanted to go to bed with me. Feeling the novelty would throw me away like all the girls he'd ever met. I didn't feel like I had anything special about him loving "me alone" and not "any other girl."

I didn't see Alan and Brian, only Charles helped me find documents. The presentation also ended well. But I always felt that Alan and Brian's eyes were looking at me strangely. That bewildered me.

Serena made an appointment to meet me personally. When I went to the restaurant, I heard a familiar voice not far from me. Since the table Serena had placed was in the corner, they couldn't see me. But I see them very clearly. Charles was hugging a girl. The other girl was beautiful, luxurious, and charming.

My heart hurts a little. For a moment, I believed that Charles genuinely liked me. But now I saw his face of lies. The guy who always said he liked me right away and then cuddled with another girl. A liar is not trustworthy.

"Let you wait a long time."

Serena sat down next to me, a happy smile on her lips. I felt something hidden in this smile. Why did Serena invite me to this place privately? Did she want to have dinner with me? Serena's gaze fell on Charles, but she quickly bowed her head. At that moment, I felt her anger.

"Charles is a bad boy."

"You invited me out to eat mostly because you wanted me to see this situation, didn't you?"

Serena didn't want to fool me either, she nodded.

"I'm afraid you'll be fooled. Jenny, you know, from the first time I saw you I knew Charles would notice you."

I don't know what she relies on to assert this. Besides, how did Charles know he was going to study with me in the first place?

"Why did he notice me? Do I have anything to attract him?"

"Jenny, don't you know? You made others feel like you are deer. Predators who see you will be very excited. You're both strange, new, and beautiful."

If it was as simple as Serena had said, I'm sure there will be many people with the same personality as me in this vast university. I still don't know why the target is me. I always felt like from the beginning, Serena befriended me on purpose. She makes me feel that way now.