The 100 Rules Dating the Male Lead Chapter 06
He’d been playing me for weeks. One little prankÂ
was nothing. If he’s mad, he deserved it.Â
Bullet comments cackled: [She does not takeÂ
any crap. He yells at her, she turns around andÂ
bounces.]Â
[She’s playing with fire like this. Isn’t she scaredÂ
he’ll dump her later?]Â
Caspian felt a knot in his chest. He grabbed myÂ
arm, holding it tight.Â
If it weren’t for that stupid bet!Â
He would NOT be putting up with this insufferableÂ
woman!Â
Thinking about how much he’d done for Elowen,Â
only to get played, the anger surged up from hisÂ
gut.Â
The rage burned even hotter than when SeraphinaÂ
rejected him.Â
So frustrating!Â
Caspian finally snapped, raising his voice, “I wasÂ
actually worried about you!”Â
No sane person would follow that stupidÂ
hundred–item rule list!Â
He followed every single one, and she still treatedÂ
him like dirt?Â
What was he to her?Â
A toy?Â
But when he saw the cold, indifferent look inÂ
Elowen’s eyes, panic flickered in his chest.Â
I frowned. Caspian was too loud, too emotional. We were right outside the dorm, people wereÂ
staring.Â
I slapped his hand away.Â
Caspian caught the look of disgust on my face.Â
and couldn’t believe it. “You’re seriouslyÂ
embarrassed to be seen with me?!”Â
Okay, so the male lead isn’t an idiot. To figure me out, he’d spent the past week studying myÂ
micro–expressions.Â
The anger in his eyes faded, replaced by hurt.Â
He’s had everything too easy. He’s never had toÂ
work this hard for anyone.Â
Even when he liked Seraphina and got rejected, heÂ
just walked away.Â
I smirked.Â
“Caspian, you know I know a lot about you, right?”Â
“I mean, I know everything you like.”Â
Caspian looked confused, not sure why I wasÂ
bringing that up. He nodded stiffly and grunted,Â
“Yeah.”Â
“So, knowing you as well as I do, don’t you think IÂ
could tell you were only chasing me because yourÂ
like Seraphina?”Â
“Our families don’t exactly match. If she came toÂ
you tomorrow and proposed a marriage alliance,Â
would you say no?”Â
I don’t like waiting around for things to happen.Â
After throwing that out there, I pushed hisÂ
grabbing hands away.Â
Caspian looked ashamed.Â
I don’t know what story he told himself in his head, but his eyes softened when he looked at me.Â
“So… what do you want for dinner?”Â
He touched his nose.Â
I studied his expression and figured I’d at least get that two million breakup fee.Â
If he didn’t feel something and was justÂ
completing a bet, he wouldn’t have blown up likeÂ
that. Not with his pride.Â
Seraphina got back to the dorm late.Â
She looked rough.Â
I caught a bullet comment: [The male lead didn’tÂ
go racing, so no scene where he finds out theÂ
female lead has a stomach ache and rubs it forÂ
her.]Â
I glanced at Seraphina.Â
She was sitting ramrod straight, pale–faced.Â
She said tensely, “Seems I underestimated you.”Â
“What did you do to make Caspian that obedient?”Â
I poured a cup of hot water and put it on her desk.Â
“I don’t owe you an explanation.”Â
Seraphina’s expression started to thaw, then frozeÂ
again.Â
She didn’t say another word to me all night.Â
Or drink the water.Â
The next day, Seraphina said, “Well, Caspian and IÂ
are going the same way anyway. I’ll have him giveÂ
us a ride. You don’t mind, do you?”Â
Bullet comments buzzed: [Damn, the femaleÂ
lead is so rattled she actually added the male leadÂ
back and used the bet to blackmail him intoÂ
accepting.]Â
[Is the side chick gonna delete him again. because of this?]Â
Caspian looked at Seraphina, his face dark.Â
He texted her: [Are you seriously still mad I toldÂ
you to keep quiet about the bet yesterday?]Â
[I told you, Elowen doesn’t let me add girls!]Â
When I took his hand, he instinctively turned offÂ
his phone screen, looking nervous.Â
Seraphina’s face was cold.Â
In the car, she held her stomach a few times, butÂ
Caspian didn’t even notice.Â
At a red light, Caspian checked his phone.Â
He was almost… disappointed to see ElowenÂ
hadn’t deleted him.Â
What gives?Â
She’s not deleting him now?Â
After he got out of the car, he saw Seraphina’s reply: [Elowen will find out eventually. You did it,Â
but you’re afraid to own up?]Â
[Your family probably wouldn’t say no to a marriage alliance with mine. As for Elowen, if you want to date her for now, I don’t really care.]Â
She decided not to follow Lysander’s plan ofÂ
testing Caspian during a game.Â
So she texted him in advance.Â
Then saw his cold response: [Stop texting whileÂ
she’s around.)Â
Seraphina stared at her phone, her mood all overÂ
the place, and finally turned it off in irritation.

