"I’m fine." Camden River didn’t look at her, speaking softly, "Sorry to trouble you."
"It’s my duty." Mia Ginger smiled, spreading her hands, "I’m both the dorm leader and the class monitor, I can’t just stand by and watch her get into trouble."
"Hmm." Camden River’s voice was indifferent.
He sounded preoccupied.
Mia Ginger also found it helpless upon reflection. She pondered briefly and then said, "Windsor Myres does have a problem dealing with things, but she does seem to genuinely love you."
"Love?" Camden River sneered, "Do you think she loves me?"
"What is love?" Camden River stared at her fixedly, "Mia Ginger, don’t distort or insult love."
"..." Mia Ginger was momentarily speechless.
"What she feels for me isn’t love." Seeing her expression change slightly, Camden River smiled apologetically and continued, "It’s just possessiveness. Because she can’t have it, she wants it. The more I distance myself, the closer she gets. That’s all it is. Getting it doesn’t necessarily mean staying together for long, but not getting it turns into a consuming game of pursuit. Under the guise of love. In reality, isn’t it just a bit of unsatisfied selfishness at play?"
Mia Ginger contemplated but still said nothing.
Camden River turned his head to look at her and asked earnestly, "Have you ever been in love? I think the love in your heart certainly isn’t like hers."
Mia Ginger pressed her lips together and said to herself.
Her love refrains from putting Koa Jackson in trouble or discomfort even slightly. Her love must be pure, complete, loyal, a commitment of soul and life; it’s giving and dedication, not taking and possession. It’s putting his needs first, not hers.
Mia Ginger came back to her senses and inquired, "Then... will you be with her?"
After all, he said those words in front of so many people.
Camden River shifted his gaze, saying lightly, "I will."
He is a man who keeps his promises; this is something ingrained in him since childhood.
Precisely because he will, he’s this angry.
The thought of being with such an irrational girl, the thought of her being his nominal girlfriend, he found unbearable.
In truth, he is youthful and impetuous.
At this moment, he hasn’t thought at all—
The girl lying inside would eventually become the mark etched upon his heart.
He’s in for a love destined to hurt deeply.
Windsor Myres lay in the hospital for eleven days.
The suicide attempt stirred a huge uproar at school and earned her a warning once from the authorities.
She got her wish to have the title of Camden River’s girlfriend.
Her flamboyant nature toned down slightly, and the sharp, sarcastic tension with Mia Ginger eased.
Mia Ginger noticeably felt—
There was a certain indescribable feeling developing between the two of them.
Something akin to mutual admiration.
What Windsor Myres admired about her, Mia wasn’t too sure; she admired Windsor’s recklessness, her audacity.
Indeed, those traits were Camden River’s so-called possessiveness and selfishness.
But even so, Mia still admired them.
Simply because, in love, she considers too many things, is cautious and conscientious.
With a gesture, she tucked her laptop into her bag, organizing her things while lost in thought, completely unaware that the dormitory door had been pushed open from the outside.
A few classmates entered after class.
It was already Friday afternoon, the last class being an elective, and she had skipped half of it to come back and pack her things.