Unexpectedly, Jeremy Lawrence actually rejected her.
Even now, she still rembers the look of surprise on his face when she tried. He thought she was joking with him, or that she had lost a bet or sothing.
Only when he was sure that she was serious did he refuse her without hesitation.
He said: "Regina, we are still young, and we should focus on our studies right now. If you really want to be in a relationship, you can look for soone else. I am not the one for you."
When he said this, his face was serious, looking like a veteran.
Regina had the kind of personality that grew more determined when faced with setbacks.
It was the first ti in her life that she pursued soone, only to be rejected. She felt that she couldn’t let it go.
She secretly swore that she would definitely win Jeremy over.
If not, she would read her own na backward.
At first, it was because she couldn’t accept defeat and wanted to save face. But as she continued chasing after him, she slowly found herself truly giving her heart away.
Jeremy wasn’t surprised by her words at all.
He had known all along that Regina was drawn to his appearance.
Because, at that ti, that was the best thing he had going for him.
"So, you like just because I’m good-looking," Jeremy paused, then continued, "Physical attraction is temporary because it can be replaced at any ti. I’m guessing that you persisted in pursuing after I rejected you because I hurt your pride?"
Regina: "...Yes."
"So, if I had agreed, I believe you would have lost interest in very quickly."
"No," Regina hastily denied, "At first, it was about saving face, but not anymore. Jeremy, after a while, I... I truly began to like you."
"I know." Jeremy sighed softly, "That’s why I can’t agree to be with you. I can’t give you happiness, and we would soon break up after getting together, which would hurt both of us."
"But now it’s different." A sudden light shone in Jeremy’s eyes, firmly locked onto Regina’s figure, his burning gaze falling on her, "Regina, I can give you everything you want now."
"The dresses, bags, and shoes you like, I can buy them all for you."
"Whichever restaurant you like to eat at, we can go there."
He was going to have surgery soon.
After the surgery, he would beco a normal, healthy person again.
He would be qualified to own everything he wanted.
He would no longer push away the person he liked.
Hearing these words, Regina didn’t know why, but she suddenly felt the sting of tears in her nose.
She never knew that Jeremy had so many considerations when he rejected her.
Feeling a lump in her throat, after a while, she managed to squeeze out a weak voice, "Jeremy, you just said you’re ill―What... what kind of illness do you have?"
Actually, anyone could see that Jeremy was sick.
His face was always pale and sickly. He was clearly different from normal people.
But he had been fine before.
It was only after he fainted during a sports et that he fell ill.
After that incident, he took a long leave of absence from school.
At that ti, she had just quarreled with him and decided to give up on him.
So when he fainted and was in the hospital, she didn’t go to see him out of anger.
So classmates did visit him, but when they ca back, they didn’t ntion what illness he had. They only said that he might not return to school again.
Later on, he did co back to school.
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