42 ENEMIES ARE COMING (2/2)

'Huh…you like me? Love is just an illusion you feel seeing me be a good girl. You've never spoken to me, don't know anything about me, yet you're bold enough to say that you like me…try again.'

She had been right. He was fascinated with Zunnie Bai because she was different. Yet still, he confessed simply because he wanted to see everything through her eyes. He had no notion of what saying I like you meant until she rejected him. Back in high school, he thought that to be with someone who intrigued you had to be love.

The first time he saw Zunnie Bai, was in the library while studying for their first-year final exams. He sat at the table next to her and ogled over her every move.

FLASHBACK**

'She's pretty…' Carson thought as he watched Zunnie's every move.

He occasionally heard people saying she was like a white lily in a deep valley. Her aura warm when she flipped her notebook pages with grace. Her deep blue eyes ignited each time she read something interesting in her textbook. He could see her handwriting from here he sat; it was very elegant.

”Yo Carson, why did you go all the way to the back?” A loud voice disrupted the quietness. A nervous Carson glanced over to Zunnie. She was glaring at them. Seeing she was about to speak, Carson hurriedly grabbed his belongings and walked to meet his clique.

”Yeah, yeah, let's just go to the usual table.”

As they walked back to their usual table near the front window, Carson peeked behind him, only to see she had gone back to reading.

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As he reminisced about the past Carson Maule smiled and answered his friend, ”Yeah I saw her...”

When the girl sitting beside him saw his reaction, her heart ached. She had been in love with him ever since they were in high school. Witnessing him gab about Zunnie Bai after all these years, she gritted her teeth.