Rewriting Fate with My Apex War Goddess (by Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 26

Reborn. Apocalypse Ready, War Goddess by My Side

Chapter 26 Brewing Grudge

Their eyes met for just a fraction of a second.

Lilliana looked away first, her expression perfectly composed and utterly indifferent.

Two people who had spoken just yesterday, now moving past each other like strangers.

Steven found he didn’t mind that arrangement at all. Distance suited him fine.

After he passed, Lilliana’s seatmate and closest friend nudged her elbow gently.

“Lilliana? What happened yesterday?”

Lilliana kept her expression neutral. “Nothing. He moved on. That’s all there is to it.”

The girl’s eyes went wide. “There’s no way. You’d actually believe that? I sure don’t.”

Lilliana went still for a moment.

She’s right. Has he really moved on?

Finished

He’d pursued her for so long, more persistently than anyone. People didn’t just let go of that overnight.

Steven crossed the room and dropped into the seat beside Bianca with the ease of someone who’d been doing it for years.

He grinned at her. “You’re here early.”

Bianca made a small, shy sound of acknowledgment.

Steven didn’t hover. He chatted with her for a little while and then slumped forward onto his desk with nothing to do, his mind drifting back to the beast crystal problem.

Beast crystal was the central issue right now.

It directly elevated his physical stats, and he had no idea whether those stats had a ceiling. If they didn’t, the implications were staggering.

Which meant he needed beast crystal badly, and he needed a lot of it.

The morning crept by. Steven drifted in and out of paying attention.

Bianca absorbed every word of every lesson with her full, unwavering focus, and Steven made sure not to interrupt that.

Lunchtime came.

Steven looked over at Bianca, who showed no signs of standing up.

He leaned forward and put his face directly in front of hers.

Bianca let out a startled sound and lurched backward.

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Chapter 26 Brewing Grudge

She hadn’t expected him to appear that close without warning,

Another inch and their lips would’ve touched.

Her cheeks went scarlet in an instant.

“S–Steven, what are you doing?”

Steven rested his chin on his hand. “What? Do I have to get you out of your seat physically?”

“Huh?” Bianca blinked at him.

“Lunch. It’s time.”

“I…I brought something to eat.”

Steven’s brow pulled together slightly.

“Looks like you weren’t listening yesterday.”

Bianca looked flustered. “I was! It’s just…you keep paying for everything, and I feel terrible about it.”

Steven laughed. “If you feel that bad about it, just make sure you protect me down the line.”

“But I…I…” Bianca kept her eyes down.

Deep down, she was afraid. She didn’t believe she was the type to awaken an SSS–rank Divine Sigil.

Finished.

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And it’s kind of the only thing we can think to do….

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