Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 674 Do You Like Me Too

Harper was always full of energy and urgency in her actions. As soon as she decided to hire a home tutor, she called her mother from the bus.

Upon hearing that Harper wanted to hire a home tutor, her mother naturally agreed, without hesitation. After all, they were not short of money, and it was a good thing that her daughter was so enthusiastic about her studies.

Celine realized it was too late to stop Harper as she listened to Harper calling Irene right beside her.

She initially planned to invite Harper to come over to the Lewis residence in the evening for Rowen's tutoring session. However, she wasn't sure if Rowen would agree with it. She decided to ask Rowen later when they returned to the classroom.

However, Harper had already called her mother. Knowing her mother's personality, she might have already hired a home tutor on the spot.

Harper was oblivious to Celine's thoughts. She hung up the phone triumphantly and said, “My mom said leave it to her! Once we get to school, I'll tell Allan about it!”

Realizing that the situation was already decided, Celine didn't know what else to say. “Oh... Do you want me to go with you?”

“I should be the one to go. After all, I was the one who brought him out to tutor the two of us.”

Celine knew that Harper and Allan were close, so she didn't insist further. “All right.”

After some thought, Celine asked, “Harper, should we prepare a gift for Allan to show our appreciation?”

Although Harper was quite carefree, she was still a girl. When Celine mentioned it, she agreed by saying, “That makes sense. After all, we've been using his place for free for over a month! How about we pick out a gift for him this weekend?”

Celine was smiling with a curved lip. “All right, then.”

After returning to school, Harper went to find Allan. Celine, holding their water bottles, prepared to fill them up. As she got up, her gaze fell on the thermos on Rowen's desk. After a moment of hesitation, Celine still reached out and picked it up.

Rowen's thermos was transparent, filled to the brim with water, visible at a glance.

Irving came in with Rowen. They were on the school basketball team, training together in the morning.

As they had just finished training, they felt thirsty.

At a glance, Irving saw the thermos filled with water on Rowen's desk. It wasn't anything unusual, but the year before, after Harper accidentally knocked over the water she had filled for Rowen, he had outright said he didn't need it and to stop doing such meaningless things.

Rowen immediately poured the water from the thermos onto the washbasin outside the classroom, leaving Harper in tears on the spot.

Eventually, no girl dared to fetch water for Rowen anymore. After all, no one wanted to be humiliated by him like that.

After more than half a year, the thermos of Rowen was filled with water again. Irving was quite surprised. “Wow! Rowen, someone filled your thermos again!”

Rowen glanced at the thermos on his desk, his expression unpleasant, and tossed his backpack down.

Irving winked playfully at Rowen. “Who filled the water? They're quite bold, aren't they?”

Celine sensed something was off, stiffening slightly. Just as she was about to speak, Isobel, who was sitting in front of her, beat her to it with a sarcastic tone. “Who else could it be? It's our new classmate.”

Irving took a breath, looking at Rowen. However, before he could speak, Rowen had already silenced him by saying, “Shut your mouth.”

Irving was taken aback momentarily, then chuckled and mimed, zipping his lips shut.

Rowen glanced at Celine, picked up the thermos on the table, unscrewed the cap, and started drinking water straight from the bottle.

After waiting for a while, Isobel didn't see Rowen getting angry as expected. To her surprise, when she turned around, she found Rowen drinking water.

Her face turned pale for a moment as she cast a complex glance at Celine.

Rowen drank more than half of the warm water, sweat continuously trickling down his forehead.

He tugged at his collar, glancing sideways at Celine. “Thanks.”

Celine initially thought she had made another mistake. But when she heard him say thank you, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. “You're welcome.”

Rowen glanced at her hand clutching the pen and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Am I that scary? Why is she so nervous?

Harper was sitting right in front of Isobel. She deliberately opened her book and said unhurriedly, “Some people really have a loose tongue.” All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Her deskmate asked her who she was. Harper glanced at Isobel and said, “Someone you don't know.”

Upon hearing Harper's sarcasm, Isobel was so angry that her eyes turned red. However, she didn't dare to react in the same way as Harper, so she could only vent her anger on Celine. “Celine, you're really something. When others fill up Rowen's thermos, he usually pours it out. When you fill it, however, he actually drinks it!”

Isobel's words put Celine in an awkward situation. Rowen lightly clicked his tongue. “Do I need your permission to drink water now?”

Irving, who was standing by the side, loved a good spectacle. “That's right. Rowen loves drinking the water prepared by our classmate, Celine. Do you have a problem with that?”

Harper also chimed in, “Celine was just kindly helping Rowen fill up the water, not like some people,

harboring all sorts of improper thoughts.”

Isobel was under siege. “Didn't you also fill water for Rowen before?”

“Everyone in the world knows I used to have a thing for Rowen. What's the matter? Are you into Rowen too?” Harper responded.

Harper paused, chuckled, and added, “Well, I wouldn't know about that, would I?”

“What are you talking about? I just can't stand people who are hypocritical, that's all!” Isobel fumed.

“There's always been a difference in how we treat each other. We all love Cece because she's adorable and beautiful. What are you jealous of?” Evidently, Harper was the best at bickering.

After all, not everyone could be as shameless as Harper.

Unable to win the argument against Harper, Isobel simply broke down and cried.

Seeing that, Harper scoffed and winked triumphantly at Celine.

Celine was flabbergasted. She had no idea that her casual act of refilling water for Rowen could spark an argument.

The argument came to a halt, and Rowen instinctively looked toward the girl by his side.

Celine was looking down, lost in thought, a slight frown creasing her brows.

Rowen didn't even have to guess to know what Celine was thinking. “Do you like me too?” he asked.

“N-No!” Upon hearing Rowen's words, Celine blushed instantly.

Rowen scoffed. “What are you feeling guilty about? Surely you're not so easily swayed by their words that you'd even hesitate to refill my thermos in the future, are you?”

Rowen's two questions hit Celine right where it mattered. She hadn't felt guilty before, but at that moment, she was starting to. As a matter of fact, she even thought she would stop doing that in the future.

However, when Rowen asked those questions, it inadvertently made it seem like her decision to stop doing that in the future was akin to expressing her affection for him.

“No. From now on, I'll fill your thermos for you,” she said.

Rowen raised an eyebrow. “I'm keen to return the favor. Feel free to ask me if you don't understand something.”

Celine nodded, no longer standing on ceremony, and handed over a question that she had been looking at for a long time but still couldn't understand. “I don't quite get this question, R-Rowen.”

She still felt too shy to call him Rowie, especially in the classroom.