Dear Ex-wife Marry Me novel (Maja) novel Chapter 1459

Maja couldn't help but chuckle. In this situation, anyone else would be quick to distance themselves from her But Quentin, with his tattoo, was untouchable for now, especially with the tests just two months away.

Before he was taken away to that place, he was someone to be protected at all costs.

"You're being ridiculous. Go get that wound looked at," she said, shaking her head.

But he was stubborn, a rare sight. His lips twitched. "I'm not going."

Those three words tugged at Maja's heartstrings. She reached out and tousled his hair, a fondness in her touch as if he were her little brother.

That's when the principal decided to chime in.

"Mr. Quentin, your injury is severe. You need to get it treated. Maja isn't going anywhere today, and you're the first in five years to be graced with a tattoo. Do you really want to throw away all your hard work because of a stranger?"

Quentin had been an orphan since childhood, clawing his way through life with sheer determination. Was he now going to let a stranger ruin his future?

Quentin found the idea laughable.

If he hadn't known all along that the tattoo wasn't an honor, he might have believed it.

He felt like a fattened lamb in a pen, just waiting for the slaughter, to be devoured until not even bones remained.

And the principal was still peddling this so-called honor as a bait.

He couldn't help but look up at the other students around him.

Envy lurked in their eyes. Everyone idolized the tattoo, striving and competing for the front ranks, all for this mark.

But who knew that for over a century, everything they knew about tattoos was a colossal lie?

A tattoo wasn't glory; it was an unpredictable fate. Yet, Quentin couldn't openly speak the truth.

Even if he did, no one would believe him. They were too brainwashed, likely to think he had lost his mind, babbling nonsense.

He would end up in a mental institution, which weren't exactly scarce around here.

So he stayed silent, gripping Maja's arm as if she were his lifeline.