(✔️) The Villainess' Secret | Bang Chan

16 | Strange Attitude

Liverra's POV

"There will be new couples on every trip!"

Sir Jason, the youngest lecturer and part of Student Adviser at Woodstones shouted happily, followed by the sparkling eyes of the new students who were full of college-love-trope. By the way, the SA members just visited our class today and of course remembered those cringey but beautiful memories in their first year. Uni-life was indeed a definition of youth love.

SA's Social and Human Resources Division and several Executives were currently socializing our upcoming trip activities, what we should bring and do, as well as forming a group of six consisting of boys and girls. In our class, the girls moved quickly to target the most handsome or popular boys and boom– an exclusive group was just created. And anyway, Madelaine Hayes as the head of this division was of course here as well, along with Allina and Chan as the representative of the Executives.

I didn't have the slightest desire to move for group making while the others were busy forming the perfect group. Apart from me still feeling awkward towards Chan after our wedding, plus his girlfriend was right next to him, I also wanted this trip to be over because I was physically and mentally tired. I didn't have much energy left over everything that's happened lately–

"Liv, Anne, would you like to join us?"

A boy, with two other boys who– well, they were called as the most handsome and popular boys in our class that I mentioned earlier. I didn't understand what they saw in me, but I still stuck to my stance that 'I don't want to be the crazy girl I used to be'. In the past, I would have approached Chan and his friends for group activities because I was proud to be with the popular students. So from now on rejecting them was the best option, but on the other hand, I was afraid of being considered a 'pick me girl' or arrogant if I reject.

Whatever villainess did will be wrong in every aspect because basically we were subjective cruel humans. We were subjective because of feelings, love, and protecting the people we love. We might make sacrifices by covering up the loved one's mistakes. And with this fact I realized that no one would defend me, because no one loved me, so I was trained to be more objective and depend on my logic. I wasn't proud of this, frankly, but this was just my way to live my life knowing my little heart always asking otherwise.

It was just the numero-una who was currently looking at me from a distance and was trying to destroy the logic that I have built so strongly. I felt crazy, how if people realized his gaze on me? How could he show that 'we have a relationship' in front of his own girlfriend and in front of everyone? The gossip about us at dinner that day had disappeared, and that peace could be back if there was a new one.

"Liv?"

"Oh—" I flinched a bit. Anne just nudged my arm and glanced at the boys who were still waiting for my answer. I swallowed hard when I felt glances slowly coming from some people: the girls in my class who looked jealous, the SA members and Sir Jason who looked excited, Maddie and Allina who smiled strangely, and him who of course still– no, he no longer looked at me but at his phone as if he didn't care.

"Why me?"

My question seemed to confuse the boys, maybe they thought I would just join in without thinking. "Uhm– do you need a reason?"

The boy's eyes were sparkling and his tone when he spoke was a bit– I didn't know, very slow and seemed sad if I rejected him. I didn't know what his intention was, but–

"Liverra, if you don't want to join Jaehyun, you can just join us." Oh, I just found out that his name was Jaehyun. I hadn't memorized all my friends' names completely. And as for the other group that just invited me, I didn't even know their names either. "We already have five people, we need one more girl."