MEILIN’S REBORN (Battle Of The Heart And Throne)

“And what if I say no?” Zachary asked with a daring look on his face.

“Then I’ll have no choice but to use force,” Angie replied with a smirk.

Sensing that they wanted to fight, Gianna immediately stood in their middle.

“I don’t think there’s any need for you guys to start fighting, Angie just left him” she said.

“No way” Angie shook his head.

“I’m seriously leaving him, he’s going to give me back the book” she added, looking at Zachary.

“You think I’ll give it back?” Zachary asked.

“I know you will,” she replied.

“Keep dreaming then” he scoffed and walked past her, Harmony immediately looked down when he got to her.

He paused and looked at her for a short while before finally leaving completely.

“You’re seriously going to let him leave like that, why didn’t you just let me hit him?” Angie asked angrily.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Because fighting is against the school rules and I don’t want you to get into trouble” she pouted.

Angie smiled widely when she said that.

“So you care about me?” He asked.

Gianna nodded slowly.

“Aren’t I supposed to care since you’re my friend now?” She muttered.

“Yes you should care about me because I’m your bestie and I should also care about you” he agreed with a smile.

She smiled too and arranged her hair backwards.

“So what do we do about your book, want me to go take it for you?” He asked and she shook her head.

“From the way I see things, Zachary looks like a strong headed guy. If you wanna go, he might pick a fight with you” she replied.

“So what?, I can also fight, look at my muscles, it’s bigger than his” he showed her his muscles.

Gianna narrowed her brows as she stared at him, the image of Zachary shirtless body appeared in her mind and she smiled.

“Ahhhhhh, you’re smiling…” He wiggled his brows and she chuckled again.

“I’m smiling because I think Zachary’s body is bigger than yours and he has a pretty tattoo too” she replied.

Angie frowned deeply.

“Pretty tattoo??” he repeated and took off his shirt.

“No no” Gianna smiled and held his shoulders tight to prevent him from doing so.

“My body is so attractive if you see it I’m sure you’re gonna faint. It’s just that I don’t have a tattoo but I promise you that I’ll get one” he scoffed.

“What do you wanna draw or write on your body?” She asked and he smiled.

“I’ll write your name on my left arm” he replied and she shook her head and let out a short laugh.

“So let’s get to class, it’s orally right?” He said holding her hands but she immediately withdrew.

“Why?” He asked.

“Because people might think that we are a thing” she replied and he laughed.

Gianna was about to reply but paused when she remembered Harmony.

She immediately turned to her left but couldn’t find her, to her right and she still couldn’t find her.

“Looking for someone?” Angie asked.

“Hmm that girl that I came here with” she replied.

“She must have left,” he said and she sighed.

“She was a new friend I just made this morning. We were coming to class together but I guess she left because she felt left out” Gianna replied.

“It must be because of me then, sorry” he muttered and she smiled.

“It’s okay, now that you’re here let’s go but first let’s go to the cafeteria. I’m super hungry” she hugged his arms and pulled him towards the direction of the cafeteria.

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AFTER CLASS

“So stressful” Gianna stretched her body the moment she stepped out of the classroom.

Today’s class was super boring to her, she sat alone because Nevaeh wasn’t well. Speaking of Nevaeh, she better go check up on her.

She went to her locker room to keep her books before going back to her hostel room.

When she got there, she met Nevaeh still sleeping, she walked up to her and touched her forehead.

She was still burning up.

“I hope she gets better” she muttered and crossed her arms, thinking of why she got sick in the first place.

She sighed and shook her head then looked at Nevaeh one more time before stepping out of the room.

“What should I do next?” She asked herself.

Her eyes brightened when she remembered that her book was still with Zachary.

“I better go look for him” she muttered and ran out of the girls hostel.

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BOYS HOSTEL, ROOM 150**

No one is in the room apart from Zachary who kept going through Gianna’s book with a confused look on his face.

He continued flipping pages to pages as he checked each chapter out.

Just what kind of novel is this? Why does this book look so damn familiar??, Was it because it has Chuyun, Daiyu and the Ouze palace inside??

But wait!!, Who is Xia Meilin because that was what he has been seeing in the book.

As he thought of that question, his heart began pounding really fast, his head began spinning, he began sweating and he began seeing double.

Xia Meilin…. Why does that name sound familiar??

He held his head tight and the book fell from his hand, slowly, he began seeing some flashback of a woman, fighting with a sword and baby cries filled the room but he just couldn’t seem to get what was happening in his head.

While facing this truma, his door kicked open and Gianna stepped in with a smile.

“Ahha!!” She exclaimed and pointed at him.

“Finally found you and hey, why did you drop my book on the floor?” She asked, rushing to pick the book.

She picked it up and dusted it then looked at him with a pout, he did not look okay.

“Hey” she called slowly but he just covered his face with both of his hands.

“Are you okay?” She slowly again.

“Get out” he replied in a hoarse voice.

“Huh?, You don’t look okay” she added and slowly dropped her book on the table.

She moved closer to him and made to touch his face but he cought her hands tight.

“I told you to leave didn’t I??” He said angrily, his eyes were still closed.

“But you…”

She suddenly gasped with widened eyes when she flew up from the ground and landed on the bed.

That’s right, Zachary had just lifted her up like she was nothing and threw her on top of his bed, then havored her with both hands above her head.

“I told you to leave didn’t I??” He repeated, staring directly into her eyes this time.

His eyes… They were pure red, what was happening??

“Your… eyes” she stuttered.

“What happened to them?” He asked.

“They are red,” she replied.

“Are you scared?” He asked again and she shook her head.

She stared deep into them, she stared like it’s the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

“They are beautiful,” she finally spoke.

What followed next was silence. She kept staring while Zachary began leaning closer to her face.

Her eyes widened as she watched him, his eyes were on her lips, it looked as if he wanted to crush his lips against hers, her heart was beating really fast but she couldn’t stop him.

She shut her eyes tight as he finally got closer to her and just as she thought his lips were about to touch her, he suddenly passed out right beside the crook of her neck.

Gianna’s eyes flew open and she immediately came back to her senses.

She pushed him off and immediately jumped off the bed.

“Just what the heck is your problem!!” She yelled and didn’t even wait for him to reply before rushing out of the room.

When she was finally out, she slapped her heated cheeks immediately.

Just what the hell was that, what was she even thinking when she closed her eyes, was she expecting him to kiss her or something??

What if he hadn’t passed out, would she have allowed him to kiss her??

“No no no Gianna, don’t start thinking of things like this, I need to get out of here” she said to herself then took some deep breaths before rushing out of the school.