Semua Bab Everyone Can See It, Except Me: Bab 1 - Bab 10

At our graduation party, our homeroom teacher had a little too much to drink and jokingly suggested that my deskmate, Elaine Jenkins, and I would make a good couple.Elaine, however, openly mocked me for being a nerd.The mood in the room instantly turned awkward.Meanwhile, in Elaine's private group chat, a few of her closest friends were having a field day.[Elaine is playing the whole hot-and-cold game again! Who was it that secretly gave Jordan vitamins last time? And who stayed up half the night studying because she wanted to get into the same college as him?][She's just trying to get his attention! That is what girls do when they like a guy. She totally adores him!]After Elaine became my deskmate, I secretly created an anonymous account and slipped into her private group chat with her friends. I only wanted to figure out what she actually liked.From their casual conversations, I accidentally discovered that Elaine had a crush on me too.Hence, for a long time, I convin

Lawrence casually slung an arm around Elaine's shoulders, his expression cocky."Come on, Elaine. Don't talk about Jordan like that. He's good at science. If he studies physics, he could actually make something of himself. Unlike me, I can only study this useless stuff."Elaine's voice immediately softened. "How is it useless? I happen to like guys like you. Not like some people who are as stiff as a rock."I watched the two of them trade lines with icy eyes.My phone buzzed again in my pocket. I did not even need to look. I already knew one of her best friends was probably live-commenting everything in their group chat.[Elaine is freaking out! She definitely wants Jordan to choose a school in the same city as her!][Exactly! She's afraid that if Jordan goes to Westbridge University, the two of them will drift apart.][She's totally using Lawrence to provoke Jordan. That possessiveness is insane!]I looked at Elaine's smug expression and only found the whole thing ridiculous.

The students around us started craning their necks to see what was going on. Every notebook was covered inside and out with ugly drawings of turtles and pig faces, along with insults like 'nerd', 'ugly freak', and 'sissy'."This is what you call looking out for me?" My gaze turned icy as I stared straight at Elaine."I wear clean, decent clothes, and you mock me in front of the entire class, saying I look like some tasteless old-fashioned nerd."I came in first in the citywide math competition, and you went around telling everyone I had studied so hard I was practically going bald. You even hinted that I might have cheated."My notes were something I worked hard on. You snatched them away and scribbled all over them. You even tore up pages I had spent so much time writing!"My voice remained calm, but every word carried more weight than the last, as if I were finally dumping all the anger and hurt I had buried for three years right in front of her."Every single day, you acted li

"Jordan, have you no shame?"Elaine snapped back to reality, her eyes locked on Nancy's hand as she wiped the sweat from my forehead. Her eyes were practically bloodshot. She rushed toward us, like a wild animal whose territory had been invaded."What are you doing, hanging all over this painfully quiet girl? It's just your first day of university, and you're already that desperate to hook up?"Elaine pointed at Nancy, her voice loud enough to draw the attention of several nearby freshmen.I looked at Elaine's face, twisted with jealousy and anger. She clearly thought I was deliberately using Nancy to make her jealous."I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?" When I ignored her, Elaine reached out to grab my arm. "Don't think you can put on some fake act with this nerd and fool me! Get rid of her!"Before her hand could touch me, Nancy stepped forward and firmly positioned herself between us, knocking Elaine's hand away."Please show some respect."Elaine curled her lips into a mock

I stared at the vicious speculation filling the screen, my expression turning grim.Nancy, however, remained calm. She patted my shoulder."Don't panic. We ran every set of data ourselves, and we still have all the original records. There's no way they can fake those."That afternoon, just as we were preparing to submit our evidence to the competition committee, I received a call from an unknown number. The voice on the other end was Elaine's, filled with barely restrained excitement and a twisted sense of triumph."Jordan, did you see the post on the forum?"My grip tightened around my phone. "You did this?""So what if I did?" Elaine sneered through the phone. "Isn't Nancy supposed to be some genius? The top student everyone worships? I want to see how she plans to stay in academia with a record of academic fraud hanging over her head!""Elaine, you're insane! What you did is a crime!""So what if I'm insane?" she screamed. "Why do you two get to shine at Westbridge Universit