They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 451: Asking This Girl Out Like That?

“If I ever fall for a woman, I’ll court her directly. No time wasting. I want a wife, not a girlfriend.”

He said it with that unwavering seriousness that only Carl could manage.

So… this was his girlfriend?

Arthur didn’t say a word yet. But his silence was deafening.

The tension in the air grew sharper.

Jana could feel it, and her heart skipped.

Had she said too much?

Arthur’s eyes swept over Jana from head to toe, cold and unreadable. He wasn’t trying to be polite about it, his gaze was deliberate and clinical.

And frankly… unimpressed.

This is the girl Carl is supposedly dating?

She looked ordinary, painfully so. Her posture screamed arrogance trying to mask cowardice, and her eyes held the kind of pride that came from entitlement, not earned confidence.

Her manners were rough around the edges, and there was nothing remarkable about her presence. Not in grace. Not in elegance. Not even in boldness.

Carl? Attracted to this?

narrowed his

Nnenna entered the picture, Arthur’s standards, though already high, had been reset, unconsciously recalibrated to something more

academy and beyond: some bold, some wild, others delicate and refined. Yet none of them stood

her presence that demanded respect without trying… She

his taste, his logic, his intense dislike for superficial women,

without comparing Jana to Nnenna, even in a vacuum, this

Carl to choose from. And she certainly didn’t give off the

here, Arthur

expelling a student anymore.

if there was one thing Arthur couldn’t stand, it was someone playing games with him,

head to toe. But then another

embarrass his best friend, or his supposed future wife, without being sure. But his instincts screamed

chose to ask questions. If this girl really was one of those, the type who convinced themselves they were

did you two meet?” Arthur asked, his voice

her chin in a show of fake composure. Arthur was taller, but she tried to match his presence with boldness.

laced with false innocence. “After the first day he taught our class, he called me to his office to comfort me. I had just been publicly humiliated by some of the other students because of

paused and even gave a faint tremble in her voice, the kind that could make anyone feel pity, if they hadn’t heard

raised a brow slightly, his expression

was the perfect balance of vulnerability and pride, “w-we

thought, yes, being associated with him would be good for someone like me… but I didn’t want to take advantage of his kindness. So I

in the crowd murmured, touched by her supposed

called me,” she added with a faint blush and a little breathiness, like she was reliving a dreamy moment. “And he kept calling… until he finally asked me to be his girlfriend. He was so sincere,” she said, placing

as if