Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
Eddie looked at her, his eyes lighting up with surprise and joy.
But the next second, Eddie’s smile froze on his face.
Vicki held her cup and took a slow sip of water. When she noticed the change in Eddie’s expression, she didn’t quite understand what was going on.
Eddie stared at her and asked, “Vicki, did Camilla not tell you the whole story?”
He was such a mess back then. How could Vicki not think less of him?
Camilla must have wanted to save his dignity and didn’t tell Vicki about all the crazy things he did in the past.
“Hmm?” Vicki looked even more confused.
Eddie gave a smile tinged with sadness, then sat down across from Vicki, ready to open up about himself.
“I used to be a beast,” he said.
Vicki stared at him in shock, her fingers tightening around her cup.
Eddie didn’t look at her. He just stared at the floor, his voice low. “Ever since I came of age, I started dating. But I wasn’t like most people.
“If I liked someone, I’d make a move on them. And if someone liked me, I never turned anyone down.
“So yeah, I had a bunch of girlfriends at the same time. Honestly, I lost count of how many there were.”
Vicki looked at him, her face frozen in shock.
‘So that’s how it was? Unbelievable…’ she thought.
She always thought that when Camilla said Eddie had a colorful love life, it just meant he switched girlfriends like changing shirts. But the truth was, he was actually playing the field with a bunch of girls at the same time.
A scumbag, indeed.
Eddie looked up and caught the stunned look on Vicki’s face. Apparently, she hadn’t known any of this before.
‘No wonder she said she didn’t look down on me,’ he thought.
When Eddie looked at her, Vicki couldn’t help but blurt out, “Then why aren’t you like that anymore?”
Eddie lowered his gaze again.
He just couldn’t bring himself to meet Vicki’s gaze.
Her eyes were so clear and pure that, to someone as tainted as him, even looking at her felt like a kind of blasphemy.
TAug U
Eddie said, “This went on for years, until my sister, Camilla, returned to my family. Because of some bad blood between us, she decided to teach me a lesson.
“She reached out to all my girlfriends at once. When they found out I was playing them, they beat me up. Someone recorded the whole thin and put it online. I got cyberbullied hard…”
He paused for a moment, then added, “After that, I changed my ways. I’ve been single ever since.”
Vicki just stared blankly at Eddie. After a long while, she still had no idea what to say.
Eddie looked up at her, a bitter smile spreading across his lips. “Vicki, someone like me… Do I even deserve to face you?”
Vicki opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn’t say anything.
She just didn’t know what to say.
Her mind was all over the place.
Eddie’s confession really shook her understanding of him.
The Eddie she knew was calm, gentlemanly, handsome, and charming.
But according to what he said, he was a straight-up scumbag in the past.
If a guy like that showed up online these days, Vicki would definitely roast him in the comments, too.
She just couldn’t see the Eddie in front of her as the same person he used to be.
Vicki’s silence said it all to Eddie.
That was exactly what he expected.
All that excitement and joy he felt when he first saw Vicki had vanished, leaving behind nothing but endless regret and emptiness
“Go home,” Eddie said flatly.
He couldn’t even bring himself to look at Vicki’s face. He just stood up and went upstairs.
Vicki stared at him as he left, biting her lip.
Eddie sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, expressionless, watching Vicki’s retreating figure as she walked out of the villa.
He shut his eyes tightly, making himself turn away.
Cameron and Bradley soon returned.
After learning what had happened, Cameron sighed.
Bradley wrapped his arm around her and said, “Cam, we’ve already helped Eddie. Let’s just let things unfold.”
Cameron nodded.
That was all they could do.
The next day, Eddie left their house, tugging his suitcase.
His life went back to being as still and lifeless as a dead pond.
He holed up in his therapy office, burying himself in work from morning till night.
Time flew by, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Cameron gave birth to a healthy baby boy-adorable and lively, with features that took after her. They named him Peyton Saunders.
The Saunders and Yates families were overjoyed.
Everyone’s attention was shifted to Cameron and her baby boy.
When Eddie was chatting with Camilla, she casually mentioned, “Vicki’s dating someone.”
Eddie’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn’t respond.
Two more years slipped by, and Eddie hit thirty.
During these years, he happened to hear Camilla mention that Vicki had dated two boyfriends, but both ended in breakups-and neither. relationship lasted even a month.
For his thirtieth birthday, the Saunders family threw Eddie a huge party, inviting a bunch of socialites from all over Steerfall.
Nathan and Beth were hoping Eddie would finally find someone to settle down with.
The heiresses came over to toast him, and Eddie wore a polite, distant smile, chatting with them out of courtesy.
He looked so cold and detached, like no one there was even worth a second glance.
“Happy birthday, Eddie.”
Vicki walked up to him in a black strapless gown, holding a glass of red wine, smiling as she stopped in front of him.
The Saunders family had also invited her to Eddie’s birthday.
After all, Vicki was the younger sister of Eddie’s cousin-in-law, so she was basically family.
The usual indifference in Eddie’s alluring eyes melted away, replaced by amazement. He felt something caught in his throat, and a faint smile crept onto his lips. “Thanks.”
His hand trembled as he gently tapped his glass against Vicki’s.
How long had it been since they’d last seen each other?
Two years.
It had already been two years.
But even after all this time, just seeing her again was enough to stir up all his feelings, as if she could still get under his skin without even trying.
