' I know you are pretending.' Jade says to Jayden.
Jayden looked shocked.
' What do you mean?' Jayden asked.
' I mean that you are currently hiding your appearance and you have grievances you can't express and it is slowly becoming a mountain of bitterness but I don't want you to change. You don't need to taint your nature for the sake of vengeance. Don't dirty your hands,leave the dirty work for me to do.' Jade says.
Realization dawned on Jayden. So the recent concern was because she was afraid he would act against Liam.
' What if it's something concerning Liam?' Jayden says.
' So Liam offended you? No problem, give me till tomorrow night. I'll find some dirt on him and place it in the school's forum anonymously. Is there anybody else that offended you? I will teach them not to touch my person.' Jade asks.
Jayden subconsciously smiled when she said, my person. The feeling of being valued and..
He shook his head.
' One more thing, learn to air out your grievances. Don't keep them in and after you've expressed it, then I'll go beat up the culprit. Don't taint your innocent mind.' Jade says.
Innocent mind? Was he innocent?
' What about your innocence?' Jayden asks amused.
' Don't bother, it's gone and it's never coming back. But don't worry, I won't go overboard. I still have little inner goodness within me.' Jade replies.
(AUTHOR: She isn't kidding when she says little.)
Now another question confused Jayden.
' Why me?' He asked.
' Honestly I didn't care much about you before till I saw you here. It's like seeing a blooming flower trapped in a bush of weeds and thorns, a little lamb in a wolves den. It's like this, imagine walking in a desert under scorching heat desperate for shade. And when you look ahead, you see people trying to uproot a tall tree.' Jade explains.
Jayden falls into thought. What made this girl's mind set this way? Did she just get Jane King's looks and not brains?
' What do you want from me?' Jayden asks.
' I will tell you in two months.' Jade replies. Of course she wanted nothing from him. She just didn't want him to drag her into his mess. If he became a villain, that mysterious bigshot wouldn't spare them.
' What are you still doing here? Go away, I'm still annoyed by you.' Jade says with pursed lips.
He needed him to go. She was.....
*Rumble*Rumble*
Her stomach gave a cry. There goes her reputation.
Jayden looked at her.
Jade was so embarrassed but her face remained calm. ' What! Haven't you seen a hungry girl before?' Jade asks as she gets out chocolate bars. Stupid camp! Nobody gave her food.
Jayden looked away to avoid laughing.
At that moment,
' Demoness! We brought you food!.' Justin announced.
' Come in quickly!' Jade says happily.
Justin, Tyler and Matt entered carrying about eight takeout boxes.
' These are children after my heart. You came at the right moment.' Jade says with a big smile.
Soon the table was filled with varieties of dishes,
French toast casserole, barbecue ribs, Philly cheese steak, chicken fried steak, buffalo chicken wings and chicken stew.
Jade ate with relish. She piled food on her plate as though she was afraid the guys would snatch it.
Jayden was amused. How could someone eat so crudely yet still refined.
It was funny how she used her fork to stab the food and then use her knife to cut through it at great speed.
She ate at least two servings of each dish and ate 4 chicken wings out of the ten that was brought.
Justin offered her soda.
' No thank you. I can't drink soda, I'm on a diet.' Jade says.
Justin: '...'
Tyler: '...'
Matt: '.....'
Jayden: '...:
' What's your regular feeding ration?' Tyler asked curiously.
' It depends. If I'm happy I could eat 4 servings, if I'm not in a good mood, I would just eat two. And of course I will eat more if the food is very delicious. But I stick to one serving of each dish when I'm on a diet except if I'm very hungry.' Jade explained.
All eyes turned to her stomach.
Tyler felt heartache, he remembered how hard he starved himself and worked out just so he could stay in shape but look at her flat stomach despite having eaten so much.
' Are you those type of novel female leads that doesn't gain weight no matter how much they eat?' Justin asks.
' No, I'm definitely not female lead material probably villainess. Secondly, it isn't a "novel thing" It's a physiological condition called Anoxeria Cachexia Syndrome. You can call it wasting syndrome. It means your body doesn't absorb the water fats and it burns of calories very quickly. Humph, ain't I very smart?' Jade says proudly.
' Yes yes Demoness. You are very smart.' Justin says immediately.
' Are you mocking me?' Jade ask.
' No we are serious. Anyone who can play games as good as you is definitely smart.' Tyler says.
In her previous life, she liked to play games when she felt too stressed and she was a quick learner so she got very good at it.
' You could be a professional eSports player.' Matt says.
' See, Matt's cousin is an eSports champion, so he's telling the truth.' Justin says.
Jade paused. eSports champion? Dylan Jones, second male lead. A diehard lackey of Ruby's.