Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Alex didn't want to ruin the balance and peace he had right now or allow himself to mess things up.

There was no point.

Aside from making things awkward between him and Xyla Quest, nothing good would come out of it.

Therefore, he would let things be.

He would secretly love her, look at her, and do everything he could for her as her friend and team member. He'd do anything to make her happy. Sometimes, loving someone didn't mean having to possess that person.

Seeing Xyla happy was a form of happiness for Alex, too.

While he'd feel jealous of Stanley Batton sometimes, he knew that nobody else would be good enough for Xyla other than him.

When his teammates heard what he said, they sighed in relief and stopped gossiping about him.

"That's great, or we'd be troubled."

"You scared me there, but that's great."

you had a crush on

her status, ordinary gamers like us

By ordinary standards, we're rich and famous, but to

these things, he felt as if something had pierced through his heart. Although what they said was unpleasant to hear,

started frowning deeply. "Stop gossiping and

to

instantly felt the air clearing up around him as soon as they left him

the match-making button to find that the LPL Spring Tournament was about

Team IM for the first

work hard in all the upcoming

to defend the champion title that belonged to Team XS and Xyla

XS win the championship title at

most commercially valuable team worldwide because that would make

thought, Alex

***

turned off her laptop

on

started carefully applying them to