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

Chapter 454: She Has Faith in Me?

And someone was going to regret crossing the wrong people.

“You’re lying,” Arthur finally said, simply, plainly, as if it were a known fact.

His voice cut through the buzzing crowd like a blade through silk.

The crowd, which had been holding its breath in anticipation of him defending Jana, froze in stunned silence.

Did he just… call her a liar?

Jana’s eyes widened in disbelief. “N-No, I’m not!” she stammered, her voice shaking, though whether from fear, rage, or humiliation, even she didn’t know.

But Arthur didn’t blink, didn’t flinch, didn’t budge. His expression remained cold and unmoved.

That… frustrated her more than anything.

How dare he not believe her? How dare he humiliate her like this in front of everyone?

Fine. If you want to play that game, then don’t blame me for what happens next.

She took a step forward, her voice trembling with a mix of fake sorrow and veiled threat. “You’re Carl’s best friend, yet you’re refusing to help his girlfriend. That’s not what a good friend would do.”

The crowd tensed. Some eyes darted between Arthur and Jana, wondering where this was going.

Jana’s eyes shimmered with unshed tears, but her heart beat with fury.

“And there can only be one reason for your behavior…” she continued, her voice dropping just low enough to sound dramatic, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

“I didn’t want to even think about it,” she said with a deep, shaky breath, clutching her chest as if the pain was real, “much less say it out loud. I didn’t want to tell Carl… because I knew it would ruin everything. It could end your friendship with him if he ever found out.”

The crowd leaned in.

Jana lowered her gaze, voice heavy with accusation.

“But now… now I don’t have a choice.”

A silence thicker than fog spread over the courtyard.

Something explosive was coming.

Arthur didn’t respond.

He didn’t blink.

He just watched her… like a predator waiting for its prey to run out of moves.

But Jana wasn’t done.

shimmering again, his time

for me,”

Boom.

The crowd erupted.

across the

boy turned to his friend in shock. Whispers spread like

“So that’s why!”

had feelings for

he’s so

down, and now

made sense, at least to

to everyone. He always had been. It wasn’t

Jana’s carefully planted story gave them something juicy

nodded in

he wasn’t defending

he was grilling her instead

had been

And this was payback.

How tragic.

How human.

Arthur was just standing there, still silent, still watching Jana like she was unraveling a comedy

was one thing he didn’t feel

It was love.

help but roll

course he was cold to Jana. That was

the crowd, drunk on drama, had already created an entire

They

calmly found a seat and plopped down

too good, like a B list soap opera that thought it was Oscar

the seat next to her and, with zero shame, pulled out

her

me to bring popcorn…

chuckled softly. “And you were right. It is a good

girls leaned back slightly as if they were watching a performance unfold on

if Arthur would step in for

her comfort, he wasn’t dancing to

wasn’t blindly worshipping her like the Vice Chancellor, and that had to mean

she already knew the ending… maybe everything

Maybe.

stood there, calm, unmoved,

said, voice smooth