The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 14

His roommates fired back immediately.

[Bullshit, I took that picture myself. What, do you have a fetish for ugly girls now?]

[I've seen her in person too! Damn, looking like that should be a crime.]

[I lost my appetite for three days just looking at her. 🤮]

The guy stole another rapid glance at Mika. Seeing she wasn't paying attention, his thumbs flew across the screen.

[Seriously, I'm in row nine, seat eight. Turn around and look for yourselves! She's right on my left!]

Taking advantage of the professor turning to the whiteboard, several guys in the front rows craned their necks to stare at Mika.

Within seconds, the group chat exploded.

[No way that's Mika. Mika is huge! The girl sitting next to you looks nothing like her!]

[Maybe they just have similar facial features?]

[Bro, that girl is cuter than our RA's girlfriend. How could that possibly be the ugly girl?]

The guy beside Mika immediately shot back, [I literally just called her Mika and she answered!]

As it turned out, Mika flying under the radar when she walked in wasn't because people didn't care about her transformation.

It was because they straight-up didn't recognize her!

Within the major, students shared plenty of mutual contacts.

The gossip spread like wildfire. More and more heads swiveled in Mika's direction until the professor finally snapped.

"What on earth is going on back there?! Are my lecture notes written on the back wall?!"

At that, the classroom finally settled down.

Mika kept her head down, alternating between studying the whiteboard and quietly taking notes in her textbook.

She had obviously noticed the intensely curious stares, but instead of being annoyed, she was thrilled.

After understanding the narrative script of this world, Mika realized the malice she had endured wasn't just about her appearance—it was a result of the author's cruel character design.

Only a universally despised, hideous girl would grovel in gratitude for the female lead's microscopic breadcrumbs of kindness.

Just to serve as Seraphina's lowly sidekick, she had been buried under a mountain of undeserved stigma.

This minor uproar among her classmates was entirely within her expectations.

At that very moment, Jude Jensen had just finished swim practice and was walking out of the aquatic center with his teammates.

His teammates were yammering in his ear, leaving an irritated scowl on his face.

"Hey, I heard you're actually dating that ugly girl. Is that true?"

"Hahaha! Jude, what is wrong with you? You passed up filet mignon for absolute garbage?"

Hearing his teammates' mocking laughter, a surge of uncontrollable disgust toward Mika welled up inside Jude.

Even though he was only fake-dating Mika to get closer to Seraphina.

Having the rumor reach his friends was still utterly humiliating.

Just then, one of his teammates stared toward the edge of the field for a few seconds before laughing and shoving Jude's shoulder.

"Yo, your girl is here for you. Better go get her, Jude!"

Jude spotted Mika's familiar silhouette from a distance, and his brow instantly furrowed.

A wave of embarrassed annoyance flushed through his chest.