The 100 Rules Dating the Male Lead Chapter 09

The 100 Rules Dating the Male Lead Chapter 09

“You deaf? She said no.” 

Then he sneered, “Guess the rule list went in one ear and out the other, huh?” 

The random dude was intimidated by Caspian’s 

height at first, then looked confused. “What rule 

list?” 

Caspian froze. 

I answered calmly, “He’s not my boyfriend, so he doesn’t have to memorize them.” 

“Not that I’d want to be with someone like this 

anyway.” 

Caspian relaxed a little. He gave the guy a warning glare, then proceeded to rip him apart from head 

to toe. 

I breathed a sigh of relief. 

As I got up, Caspian followed and suddenly said, 

“I’m sorry.” 

“The bet before… that was my fault.” 

I thought he was gonna say more. 

But he just looked down, flustered, and told me, “I didn’t agree to the marriage alliance.” 

Truth is, I knew exactly what he was up to, thanks to the bullet comments. But still, surprising. 

Especially when he publicly apologized that night. 

He came clean about getting dumped because of 

the bet. 

And, as promised, he didn’t leak our chat logs. 

Everyone was convinced I was the victim. 

Seraphina moved out of the dorm. 

She apologized to me before leaving, too. 

Because she’d told Caspian about the fifty grand 

behind my back. She said, “Sometimes I realize 

how pathetic I am.” 

I nodded, but I didn’t say ‘it’s okay.’” 

Just because someone says sorry doesn’t mean 

you have to forgive them. 

The comments said I was the reason the female 

lead got chased off. 

In the third month with no contact between the 

leads, the bullet comments vanished. 

Caspian looked for me a few more times after 

that. 

I saw him, even had a meal with him. Calm and 

civil. 

He’d changed. Less impatient. Actually listened. 

Since I didn’t say no, he started showing up more, 

but he was way more careful. Like he was still 

following the rule list. 

I knew he was trying to win me back, but I didn’t 

say yes. 

Not because of the bet, or Seraphina. 

But because I realized, 

I spent eighteen years playing the obedient. 

daughter everyone wanted. 

But I never spent much time just figuring out who I 

was. 

Senior year, I used the money I’d saved up and 

applied to study abroad. 

The new–and–improved Caspian is nice. 

But I decided to love myself first. 

So for now, I want to walk this path alone.