HIS REGRET (Ex-Husband wants Me Back) novel Chapter 1024

After that day, Eli enjoyed her life at Raven University even more. Her class schedule remained busy, but she began to get used to sharing it with David. Sometimes David picked her up after class. At other times, they ate together before David went back to practice. If their schedules allowed, David also accompanied Eli while she studied in the library.

Eli began to get used to having David in her everyday life. However, there was one thing she gradually realized: David never showed how close they were in front of many people.

When they were alone, David could be very attentive. He would bring Eli drinks, ask whether she had eaten, and sometimes even deliberately wait until Eli's class was over just to walk her back to the dormitory.

But as soon as they were among many people, his attitude changed. David kept his distance without feeling the slightest bit guilty. There was no hand-holding, no special terms of endearment, and nothing that showed they were a couple.

At first, Eli did not make much of it. But after it happened several times, curiosity began to arise.

One afternoon, as they walked toward the parking lot after class, Eli finally asked, "David."

"Hm?"

"Why are you always like that?" Eli asked curiously.

David turned to her. "Like what?"

Eli hesitated for a moment before explaining. "When it's just the two of us, you're different. But when there are a lot of people around, you act like you don't know me."

David immediately understood what she meant. "That's just how you feel, sweetheart."

But Eli was not easily convinced. "Really?"

David stopped walking and looked at Eli. "It's not that I don't want to be near you when there are a lot of people around."

Eli gave David room to explain.

"I'm the captain of the Raven basketball team, Eli. A lot of people know me. Anything I do can become a topic of conversation."

David moved closer and held Eli's hand tightly.

"I don't want my private life to become a problem. If people find out I have a girlfriend, they might try to find out about you. I don't want you to get into trouble just because you're with me."

The reason sounded reasonable. Eli even felt a little touched. Maybe Natalie had been right. David was only trying to protect her from unnecessary attention.

"So you're doing this to protect me?"

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