True Love Waits

Chapter 13 An Amiable Principal

That day was a rather challenging one for the university principal who was tapping his fingers on his desk, lost in thought. However, it was not only Curtis whose mind was bombarded with questions. The students also had questions that needed to be answered such as how Debbie and the principal knew each other and whether they were closely related.

Rumors had it that the girl with a strong personality had an even stronger background; so strong that the Lu family would bend over to cover up the feisty student's mistakes.

'Is this girl's reputation so strong that even Mr. Lu doesn't dare to offend her?' the students continued to contemplate.

Suspicion was filling up the principal's office.

This was when the principal finally came to a verdict. Curtis stood up from where he was seated and picked up a notice of criticism before releasing an official statement. "I've checked and verified the surveillance tape of the classroom incident. I have also seen with my own eyes that Benton Shao ad Erick Zhang started the fight. A notice of criticism will now be printed in the campus newspaper so that it will be circulated all over the university. On the other hand, Jared Han and the other students involved have to sprint ten laps around the racetrack as a form of punishment; consider it a consequence of your childish behaviors. As for you, Dixon Shu, though you didn't engage in the fight, you will be watching over your fellow classmates. When they are done serving their sentence in the field, come and inform me." After saying all his orders in just one go, the head of the university kept his silence.

Just as Curtis thought he had made himself clear, Benton could not help but complain, "Mr. Lu, it's not fair! Look at my face, it's all bruised and swollen. All of this trouble is just because of Debbie Nian. Are you not going to punish her?" The bloke pointed at Debbie who barely moved an inch.

The stubborn boy couldn't believe that the principal had no intention of punishing the girl who had beaten him up so good. If it weren't for Curtis' influential family, he would have thrown a fit and flipped the table that was right in front of him just to express how infuriated he was.

Debbie was just as perplexed as the boy she had beaten up. She questioned the judgement of their principal, suspecting that maybe Curtis knew about her.

Not taking any more of the chaos in the order of his school, Curtis flashed a glare at Benton and blatantly said, "Get out of my office. Debbie Nian stays."

Although the principal sounded completely calm and composed, the boy, along with his lemmings, did not dare to disobey.

They immediately did as the intimidating man said and left, but Jared and his friends were yet to follow them to the door.

They did not want to leave Debbie alone with the man. The girl's friends were worried that the principal would pin the whole situation on her. With Debbie's safety in mind, Jared pulled her behind him, faced the man behind the desk and defended, "Mr. Lu, Debbie didn't want to stir up conflict in the first place. I was the one who asked her to fight. Please, don't punish her. Let me take the consequences for my own mess."

Curtis smirked, impressed with the ability of the student before him to take responsibility. "I've heard you guys are good friends," the principal pointed out, "and it seems evidently true."

We are the best of friends, and I'll do anything

protecting Debbie had known her for the longest time; it was impossible for him to feel

he did his homework and had done extensive research on Debbie's family background, not excluding her friends and how their lives were lived. After all, he would not

ask her some questions. Kindly leave us," the authority

parties intensely as he was leaving with his

man who sat with the higher-ups of the university. All she knew was that the

were both left alone together in the room, the fearless student decided to take initiative. "Are you going to tell me that you told Carlos about, uh... the thing... I said those words in the grove..."

ignored her question and freed his hand of the paper he was holding. He eventually motioned at the chair before him and offered

no choice but to succumb to her principal's offer. She sat as she was asked to and was surprised

say something to break the ice. "Mr. Lu, could

whenever she was asked to see the dean, the teachers always shot her looks

strange that the principal did not exhibit any of the things her former educators had lived up to making her feel. Indeed, she was not used to how Curtis was

didn't tell Carlos about it. In other news, he already asked his secretary to look into who displayed the video

to herself. 'What is this man talking about? What

words and asked her to check the headlines of the news. He asked her to stay for more than just a reason; he had more agendas to fulfill with

to oversee, after all. Being as sharp as he was, the man recollected that at that particular moment, he was watching the launch event live which

knew Debbie way before the

couple times before, but mostly during unpleasant encounters..." the girl responded, putting a certain sense of trust on the authority of her school's principal. She answered honestly despite the doubts she had building up inside of

Carlos was so enraged at her. He knew that she was

of genuine concern, he told her, "Don't worry. You may now head back to your regular classes. As for Carlos' request, let me deal with it. You don't need to bother yourself about it. If you come across Carlos again, remember that it is best to stay away. If you have feelings for him, you must toughen up and lose them. He's dangerous and he's not the kind

being so nice to her. She thought, 'I caused a rumble, but instead of punishing me, he took care

with her as if he were her parent. She began to feel like she was being treated like his own daughter and though she could not understand

Debbie went back to class and immediately inquired her phone for the headline news that Curtis had told her to check out. It was then