Chapter 197 - Mike & Queen (3) (1/2)

Michael sighed. In his head, the pictures of their time when they were in the Uni appeared, as same as in Jacqueline's mind.

The university time had been an important part of their lives. Michael Mackenzie was a very popular star of the university with his handsome elegant appearance and social status. Everything that made up this man was so perfect that it was unbelievable.

The man had never walked alone without a beautiful female by his side. Jacqueline at that time always wondered how he managed his schedule with all the women tried to catch his attention.

His handsome, charismatic sex appeal made Michael Mackenzie never free from having ”dating”.

Their families had known each other from business and later, they had become close friends. Giving Jacqueline the opportunity to meet Michael at various parties since she was thirteen. The young Michael was into parties and campus activities, but lazy at studying. The young Jacqueline was a bookworm so they ended up studying in the same class at the university.

His mother then asked Jacqueline to help to tutor Michael sometimes. At first, she did not want to do it because she was secretly feeling uncomfortable when being close to him. But Jacqueline had to do it in the end because his mother was so nice to her.

That made him and her being friends ever since. So Jacqueline was Michael's close friend and private tutor, making many girls jealous of her at that time. Because she was the only woman who was seeing him most often, almost every day included weekends when he had to pick her up to his house for studying or he came to her house to do it when he felt want to change the atmosphere.

He dated a lot of women, but the only woman who had never come across his mind as a woman for dating was Jacqueline. She believed he put her in a different corner of his mind as his close friend, only.

”Do you remember Hunt?”

He asked her, pulling Jacqueline's mind back to the present time.

”Yes. I do. He was one of your friends. Why?”

She remembered the man with glasses who was very friendly to her. He was in Michael's gang. But one day she had heard Michael stopped being friends with him. That was when they were in the senior year.

”He liked you. He asked me if he could date you or not. So I said no.”

Michael remembered that day. He had an argument with Hunt. The man was stubborn and kept telling him how much he liked Jacqueline. She was close to him and was his tutor. So, Hunt was thinking that Michael could be his golden bridge to the pretty blonde hair woman who nobody could date.

It was Michael who stopped every man to date her. He was overprotective when it came to Jacqueline. His mother had ordered him to do so. She was fond of Jacqueline and asked him to look after the young pretty lady which Michael did not mind to follow his mother's request. She was his close friend so he was willing to take care of her for sure to showed his gratitude for her kindness about teaching him Maths.

Jacqueline raised her eyebrow up in a surprise gesture. She had no idea if a man had to ask Michael if he wanted to date her.

”Really? Why was that? I didn't have a clue he liked me.”

Jacqueline mumbled. Michael turned to look at her face. Their bodies are warm and he was touching her hand softy. She was still slim after all these years. It could be because of her outdoor activities did her good, or it could be her genes.

”That time I didn't know the real reason why I had to protect you from every man. I was thinking you were so young and innocent. I didn't want you to get into trouble with men. I felt as if it was my responsibility to take care of you. And that was the reason I told myself. Another reason I used to support my behavior was that I had to follow my mother's request.”

He told her. She looked at him and blinked. To Michael, he always felt like she was the same girl when she was eighteen.