Chapter 2

Everyone in our circle knew Chloe fell for me at first sight.

She was the cold, untouchable goddess of our university. She shut down every guy who tried to talk to her, yet the first time she saw me on campus, she froze and couldn't take her eyes off me.

After that, the ice queen melted. She chased me relentlessly for three years.

At first, I felt nothing. Sure, she was the dream girl for every engineering major on campus, but to me, she was just a stranger.

So, I rejected her.

But she didn't stop. If anything, my rejection only made her more determined.

Every morning, she’d wait outside my dorm with hot coffee and breakfast. During my basketball games, she was always the first to run over with water, stepping on her tiptoes to gently wipe the sweat from my forehead. She even volunteered to be the emcee for the Freshman Orientation show just so she could declare her love for me in front of the entire student body and faculty. It was loud, public, and passionate.

She made sure everyone knew she wouldn't marry anyone but me.

It got to the point where I had to cover my face whenever I went outside. Everyone knew me as the idiot who dared to reject the campus goddess.

I wasn’t a bad-looking guy myself, but in a tech school where girls were scarce, my rejection made me public enemy number one.

There were even rumors going around that I wasn't into girls.

Still, Chloe never tired. She chased me for three years.

Eventually, her persistence wore me down. I agreed to be her boyfriend.

After less than a year of dating, she gathered all of our friends and proposed to me in a grand, romantic gesture.

I said yes. She hugged me, crying tears of joy, saying she felt like she had won the entire world.

That night, she posted on her Instagram: *"Marrying the love of my life. I feel like I just won the ultimate victory."*

I liked the post.

I genuinely believed she loved me with all her heart.