It wasn’t long after Celine had taken her seat that Irving arrived. Seeing a girl sitting next to Rowen, he assumed she was just another admirer there to confess her feelings to Rowen. He whistled and arched his eyebrows at Quentin Zadra next to him. “Which class is she from?”
Quentin nudged Irving. “Don’t talk nonsense. She’s our new classmate, Celine Lewis.”
Irving gasped. “Didn’t Rowen say he didn’t want a deskmate?”
Quentin shrugged, expressing his lack of knowledge in that matter.
After putting down his bag, Irving stole another glance at Celine. The more he looked, the more familiar she seemed. Just as he recalled she was the girl with monstrous strength from yesterday, the class bell rang.
He had no choice but to catch himself. He discreetly took out his phone to send Rowen a message.
As soon as he sent the message, Rowen showed up at the classroom door.
Carrying a backpack, Rowen strode into the classroom. He frowned at the sight of a girl sitting next to him. A classmate explained, “Rowen, she’s our new classmate, Celine Lewis.”
Celine Lewis? Isn’t she Lewinn’s new sister? Rowen gave a sidelong glance at the girl next to him.
He immediately recognized her as the girl from yesterday who had lifted her bully with one hand at Trinity Heritage Academy. Didn’t Lewinn say his little sister is very timid? She’s far from timid, judging by her impressive feat yesterday.
Seeing that the teacher hadn’t arrived, Irving wiggled his brows at Rowen. “Rowen, don’t make our new classmate cry!”
Rowen shot him a look. “Mind your own business, or I’ll make you cry instead.”
Knowing that the boy next to her was looking at her, Celine felt a little nervous. After hesitating briefly, she looked up at him and said, “Hello. My name is Celine Lewis.”
He drawled in response, “Okay.”
He took out his language textbook, rested his head on it, and ignored her.
Celine was momentarily stunned. Her face turned a little red. Isn’t this the boy I encountered at Trinity Heritage Academy yesterday?
Amidst her daze, the teacher on the podium had already started to talk about her. “We have a new student in our class, Celine Lewis. Celine, please stand up and introduce yourself.”
Hearing her name getting called, Celine clumsily got to her feet, and as she did, her elbow accidentally knocked a book off the desk, which landed on the floor between her and Rowen with a loud thud.
Rowen, who had just closed his eyes, felt slightly irritated. Having his nap disturbed, he opened his eyes and looked at Celine with a hint of annoyance.
Feeling embarrassed, she apologized in an undertone, “I’m sorry.”
Rowen didn’t answer but simply turned his face to the other side and shut his eyes to sleep again.
Celine was at a loss. It wasn’t until the homeroom teacher called her name again that she introduced herself, “Hello, everyone. My name is Celine Lewis.”
Her voice was soft. She had always been an introvert, so she didn’t speak loudly during her self-introduction. Despite her vaguely audible tone, even the normally strict homeroom teacher couldn’t bring himself to reprimand the gentle girl. He merely nodded and said, “Sit down.”
There was only half a month until the midterm exam. The sudden arrival of a new classmate didn’t make much of a difference to the teachers.
However, it was quite a change for the students in Grade Eleven Class Seven. Their soft-spoken female classmate sat next to Rowen, yet he didn’t chase her away. That wasn’t all. When she interrupted his nap earlier, he also didn’t lose his temper.
Following the strange occurrences, many people started discussing the new girl in class in hushed tones after the class ended.
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