The Moment I Stepped Into His World as the Fake Girlfriend, I Became the Real Prize novel Chapter 144

"Babe, are you really not jealous?"

Sterling held her hand the entire way up the stairs. Once they entered the classroom and grabbed some random seats, Elena couldn't help but lean in, whispering the question after noticing his prolonged silence.

"I'm jealous. Now what?"

He propped his head on his hand lazily, casting a sideways glance at her, his tone completely unreadable.

"Now you march down there, tear up the love letter, and loudly declare your status?"

Elena was baffled. According to standard romance protocols, that was exactly what he should have done.

The fact that he hadn't was genuinely shocking to her!

"So... why didn't you do it?"

Unable to crack his logic, Elena decided to just ask the man himself.

Sterling frowned slightly. "Why should I?"

Seeing her utterly lost expression, he spoke with agonizing slowness, "Didn't you say there was a one hundred percent chance she would reject him?"

"If she's never going to say yes, what is there for me to panic about?"

Elena blinked, utterly floored. It hadn't even crossed her mind that his total indifference to the confession was entirely based on something she had casually told him.

But what if? What if Lydia had gone rogue and accepted it just to spite him?

"Well, you see, Babe, human emotions can change in a split second. To be entirely honest... I wasn't technically one hundred percent sure she wouldn't accept it—"

Elena suddenly remembered her sole purpose at this school was to act as a catalyst for Lydia.

Sterling was both her cash cow and her shield. If her meddling accidentally backfired and caused him to lose the love of his life...

She would lose her protection and her massive paycheck! What a catastrophic loss that would be!

Hearing this, Sterling said nothing. He just stared at her, his dark, intense puppy-dog eyes fixed dead on her face.

Elena had no idea if Lydia had actually accepted the young man's confession or not.

She strongly believed the odds of a 'yes' were microscopic.

But what if?

Squirming under his heavy, unnerving stare, Elena tested the waters. "If she didn't reject him like I predicted... if she accidentally said yes... what would you think?"

"What do you want me to think?"

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