When the test began, the professor read at the platform, and Kyle walked around to monitor the students.
Diana lowered her head and concentrated on the test. Meanwhile, Antonette, who was sitting next to her, was busy trying to flirt with Kyle, shooting him frequent glances and showing plenty of leg underneath her short skirt.
He looked back in Antonette’s direction but not to see her; he only had eyes for Diana.
Unaware of this, Antonette was happy to see him return her looks. Kyle was handsome and considerate. Though he couldn’t be compared with Brian, he would still make an ideal husband for her.
Antonette decided to take things to another level. She rolled her eyes, bit her lip, and moaned.
Everyone turned to look at her.
Antonette held her forehead and acted as if she was going to faint. She murmured, “Professor, I feel dizzy.”
Seeing her friend in apparent distress, Diana walked to her and asked, “What’s wrong, Antonette?
Antonette was panting heavily. “I feel it’s difficult to breathe. And my heart is beating crazily. Maybe I am just too tired these days…” Antonette said between forced coughs.
Kyle could tell Antonette was playing tricks. He slowly walked to her with a disappointed frown.
Diana put her fingers to Antonette’s wrist to measure her pulse.
A few seconds later, Diana said in confusion, “Antonette, your pulse is fine. It doesn’t seem like there’s anything wrong.”
The other students burst out laughing. Many of the girls hated Antonette for her feigned innocence.
“Well, what a coincidence. Who does she think she is?”
“Does she think she can lure Kyle like that? What a bitch!”
They continued criticizing Antonette, whose face went very red in response to their comments.
Diana stood up and shouted angrily, “What do you mean? I might have read her pulse wrong. You shouldn’t tease our classmates like that!”
“Silence!” the professor yelled. He raised his hand to order Diana to sit down. Then he directed his gaze at Kyle.
“Kyle, you send Antonette to the school clinic. She might have some kind of complicated illness.”
The rest of the students all laughed at the professor’s naivety.
Kyle answered humbly, “Yes, Sir.”
So, Antonette walked out of the classroom with Kyle’s help. Seeing those girls’ jealous, complaining looks, Diana shook her head in silence. Rumors could kill people.
After leaving the classroom, Antonette continued to act as if she were very weak. She covered her forehead and leaned almost her whole weight on Kyle.
“Kyle, I feel so dizzy…” Antonette moaned and reached out her hand to hold Kyle’s arm.
Kyle moved his body off Antonette’s silently. He lowered his voice and said, “It won’t take a long time to get to the school clinic. Can you walk any faster?”
Hearing Kyle talk to her so gently, Antonette felt excited. She put all her strength into the act as a weak patient.
Kyle’s eyes got colder and colder, while Antonette’s voice became sweeter and sweeter.
Finally, they arrived at the school clinic. But Antonette was worried her plan was going to fail as she wasn’t actually ill. She screamed and fell to the ground.
Although Kyle was disgusted by Antonette’s behavior, he couldn’t leave her there on the floor. Antonette clenched Kyle’s clothes and leaned on his body. She moaned, “Kyle, help me! My legs are so painful!”
Kyle felt sickened by her sweet voice, but he held his discomfort and tried to push her away.
As Kyle continued to suffer Antonette’s dramatics, Diana showed up.
She had been worried about Antonette and had not expected to witness such a scene.
Seeing Diana, Kyle was nervous about getting rid of Antonette and pushed Antonette away, a little harder than he intended. Antonette screamed out in shock as she fell to the ground, not faking this time.
At that moment, seeing Antonette’s attitude to Kyle, Diana suddenly figured out some things. Even so she ran to Antonette and held her. “Antonette, are you okay?”
Antonette was expecting Kyle to help her. Still, she pretended to have hurt her feet and sobbed. “It’s painful. Take your hands off me, Diana! “Kyle… I need you…”
Antonette was about to lean herself on Kyle, but finally, he had enough. He brushed her arm off him and said in a neutral tone, “You have arrived at the school clinic. You can go in there by yourself. Now I have to go.”
“Kyle! How could you?” Antonette said without thinking.
“He is busy,” Diana said, wanting to speak up for Kyle.
Kyle was about to say something, but seeing Diana was on his side, he was quite relieved and smiled. “Yes. I have to monitor the test. You go to see the doctor by yourself, Antonette. I will tell the professor about your situation.”
Before Antonette could say anything else, Kyle turned his back on her and walked quickly away.
Diana stood silently beside Antonette for a few moments, then hurried after Kyle. Although she was not that smart, she could tell Antonette was acting weirdly.
Hearing her footsteps coming after he made Kyle delighted. When Diana caught up with him, he smiled at her. “Diana, you needn’t have come for something so trivial.”
Diana shook her head and smiled. “I was worried about Antonette.”
Kyle wanted to tell Diana that Antonette wasn’t a good girl, but he was afraid that he might surprise her. So, he said in a much subtler way, “She’s fine. Her pain is probably in her head. How about you? What happened last night? I called you several times, but there was no answer.”
“What?” Diana looked at him in confusion. She took out her phone and checked the call records.
“There are no missed calls from you,” Diana said, showing Kyle her phone.
Kyle knew it must be one of Brian’s tricks. And he was actually pleased by that news; if Brian didn’t want Diana to contact him, then Brian viewed him as a threat.
He smiled as if he didn’t know anything and said, “Maybe you accidentally put my number on the blacklist, check that.”
Diana looked at the blacklist, and sure enough, the first number was Kyle’s. She knew instantly it must have been Brian. How annoying!
She moved Kyle’s number out and put Brian’s number there instead.
Kyle looked inquiringly at Diana, but she didn’t want to explain to Kyle what had happened between Brian and her.
“Silly me, sorry about that!” Diana said, shaking her head.
Kyle smiled slightly. “As long as you keep me in mind, then I’m happy.”
Diana felt strange after hearing Kyle say that, though she was not sure why. So she simply smiled in reply.