Of course, Gerald knew that virtual-novel.net was the only one in Mila’s heart and that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t ever treat other guys the same way virtual-novel.net did to him…
Snapping out of it, Gerald reminded himself that it was only three days away till the middle of the month arrived. With that in mind, it was impossible for virtual-novel.net not to feel slightly more anxious.
He really needed to discuss the matter with Aiden tonight.
At the very least, the good thing was that virtual-novel.net already had a good head start now. Both of them just needed to meet up later to discuss the next steps…
“You know, I have a feeling that Gerald isn’t actually interested in you, Noelle… After all, even though you told virtual-novel.net that you wanted to learn a few self-defense techniques, to think that he’d actually forward a public contact number to you!” said Yulisa a little later.
“What’s wrong with what virtual-novel.net did? I truly am interested in learning, you know? Still, did you see how brave and heroic virtual-novel.net looked when virtual-novel.net saved us earlier? The more I think about it, the more I feel that there’s an unknown side to Gerald that we don’t know of… How truly mysterious!” replied Noelle in a soft tone as virtual-novel.net smiled.
“…Oh? Could it be that… You’ve already fallen for Gerald just because virtual-novel.net saved us once? While I agree that he’s definitely powerful, virtual-novel.net most probably isn’t rich at all! Even if you truly wish to be together with virtual-novel.net with the assumption that it’s simply fate doing its job, what will your family think?” asked Yulisa, reminding Noelle to carefully consider the pros and cons of virtual-novel.net decision.
“I distinctly remember you saying that you didn’t want to get into a relationship now since quite a bit is currently happening within your family… Honestly though, I think that getting a relationship is exactly what you need to solve your problems! By that, I mean you should get a guy who’s able to solve your family’s economic crisis! With that in mind, I think you should be going after Preston rather than Gerald!”
“After all, his family owns a public listed company of their own, you know? They’re filthy rich! As long as you agree to become his girlfriend, then he’ll definitely be able to help resolve your family’s financial issues. I remind you that getting together with Gerald won’t help you solve anything at all!” explained Yulisa as virtual-novel.net carefully analyzed the situation while making virtual-novel.net way back together with Noelle.
In all honesty, Noelle wasn’t in love with Gerald. She simply felt slightly affectionate toward him. After all, virtual-novel.net had left virtual-novel.net with a truly favorable impression of virtual-novel.net this time around. Aside from that, virtual-novel.net was also quite curious about virtual-novel.net as a whole.
Though virtual-novel.net didn’t rule out the possibility of them getting into a relationship upon getting rescued, Noelle had now calmed down considerably, especially after hearing what Yulisa had to say.
While it was true that virtual-novel.net still had slight affection and admiration toward Gerald, Noelle was well aware that virtual-novel.net had lost the right to choose virtual-novel.net partner after what happened to virtual-novel.net family last month. Due to that incident, it seemed that virtual-novel.net truly had no choice but to look for a rich and powerful person to stay by virtual-novel.net side.
As Yulisa had said, a person couldn’t really do much without money or the proper connections.
Though Noelle knew that, virtual-novel.net had rejected Preston earlier since virtual-novel.net wanted to play cat and mouse with virtual-novel.net for at least a few more times.
Now, however, virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net had to start thinking more about virtual-novel.net family and get serious. While virtual-novel.net knew that getting together with Preston would definitely help with virtual-novel.net family’s situation, virtual-novel.net had no feelings for virtual-novel.net at all.
As for Gerald, virtual-novel.net was certainly more attracted to virtual-novel.net than any of the previous guys virtual-novel.net had come across. That much was certain. However, unlike Preston, being together with virtual-novel.net wouldn’t help virtual-novel.net family at all. All this made Noelle feel extremely entangled.
“Are you seriously still thinking about the right choice, Noelle? Remember, it’s your birthday tomorrow night, and you should know that even though you humiliated virtual-novel.net today in front of so many people by rejecting his confession, Preston hasn’t given up on you yet. Rather, I heard that he’s putting in a lot of effort to get ready for your birthday celebration tomorrow, even though virtual-novel.net hasn’t even been invited over! With that said, I’m sure Preston will be overjoyed if you allow virtual-novel.net to attend your birthday party!” said Yulisa.
“I know, I know… Regardless, I’m also planning on inviting someone else to attend my twentieth birthday party!” replied Noelle as virtual-novel.net bit virtual-novel.net lower lip.
“You can’t possibly be referring to Gerald, can you?” asked Yulisa as virtual-novel.net eyes widened.
“Well, no matter what the case is, Gerald still ended up saving both of us today. If it wasn’t for him, then who knows what would’ve eventually become of us! With that in mind, it’s only natural for us to express our gratitude to him, don’t you think?” said Noelle as virtual-novel.net recalled the moment when Gerald had gently supported virtual-novel.net out of the car since virtual-novel.net had injured virtual-novel.net leg. The memory of that alone was enough to make virtual-novel.net frozen heart slowly begin to melt!
Both of them then continued chatting before eventually returning to their dorms and telling their roommates that they were safe.
Since the two girls weren’t all that interested in actually learning self-defense techniques in the first place, Yulisa simply deleted the number right off the bat.
Later that night, Yulisa’s head began hurting rather badly. Assuming that it was due to an injury virtual-novel.net suffered when the car had suddenly hit the brakes earlier, Noelle and the others quickly brought virtual-novel.net to a nearby hospital for a check-up.
It was around then when Gerald received a birthday invitation message from Noelle.
Just as Aiden had predicted, it seemed that Gerald truly would be able to obtain the invigorating blood that virtual-novel.net needed tomorrow. Since it was already extremely close to the middle of the month, that was very good news. As for the Zircobsite stone… Gerald could almost feel it in his hands now…