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EYE ON YOU

MAYA'S Pov

By the next morning, the whispers had changed.

Not softer. Not quieter.

Sharper.

I felt it the moment I stepped onto campus. Conversations paused just a second too long. Eyes followed me just a second too closely. Phones tilted slightly in my direction before being lowered again.

Something had spread overnight.

And I didn’t need to guess what.

The hallway yesterday. Lucas. Adrian. The tension.

I tightened my grip on my bag and kept walking. Calm. Untouchable. That was still the plan.

But it was getting harder.

“Hey, scholarship girl.”

I stopped.

Not because I wanted to—but because the voice was right behind me.

I turned slowly. A girl I didn’t recognize stood there, arms crossed, her expression sharp with amusement. She wasn’t alone. Two others stood behind her, watching like this was entertainment.

“You’ve been busy,” she continued, glancing at her friends. “First Adrian, now Lucas. You really know how to climb, don’t you?”

The words were light. Casual.

But the meaning wasn’t.

I held her gaze. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

She smiled wider. “Of course you don’t.”

Before I could respond, a presence stepped in.

The air shifted instantly.

Adrian!!!

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ADRIAN Pov

I saw it before she did.

The way those girls approached her. The way their expressions changed—amusement mixed with calculation. They weren’t just talking. They were testing.

I moved before I even thought about it.

By the time I reached them, Maya had already responded. Calm. Controlled. But I could see the tension in her shoulders. Subtle. Hidden.

Not enough.

“She said she doesn’t know what you’re talking about.”

My voice cut through the moment. Low. Even.

The girl stiffened immediately. Her confidence flickered, just slightly, before she recovered.

“Oh… I didn’t realize you were involved,” she said, smiling, but it didn’t reach her eyes.

“I am.”

Two words.

Simple. Clear. Final.

The silence that followed was heavier than any argument.

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MAYA'S Pov

I didn’t look at him.

I didn’t want to.

Because the moment I did, everything would feel real. The attention. The protection. The tension.

But I felt it.

Adrian standing beside me. Not touching. Not close enough to raise suspicion. But close enough that no one could miss the message.

The girls exchanged glances.

“Whatever,” one of them muttered, stepping back. “Not worth it.”

They left. Just like that.

Like the storm had been cut off before it could even begin.

I exhaled slowly.

Then I turned to him.

“I didn’t need your help.”

The words came out sharper than I intended.

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Adrian Pov

Of course she would say that.

Maya Bennett didn’t like feeling protected.

Didn’t like feeling like she owed anyone anything.

That was exactly why she interested me.

“I know,” I said calmly.

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MAYA'S Pov

I didn’t respond immediately.

Because I didn’t know how to.

Part of me wanted to argue. To push back. To insist I could handle it.

But another part—the honest part—knew something else.

He had stepped in without hesitation. Without asking. Without making a scene.

And it worked.

That was what unsettled me the most.

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Adrian Pov

The whispers had grown louder.

I could hear them as we walked. Students watching. Observing. Guessing.

Lucas had started this, Serena would escalate it.

The campus would feed on it.

But none of that mattered.

Because Maya was walking beside me now.

Not behind. Not avoiding.

Beside.

And that alone was enough to shift everything.

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MAYA'S Pov

We walked in silence.

Not awkward. Not comfortable. Just… heavy.

Like something unspoken sat between us, waiting.

I stopped suddenly.

“Why me?”

The question slipped out before I could

stop it.

Adrian stopped too.

For a moment, he didn’t answer.

Then he looked at me.

Really looked.

“You don’t follow rules,” he said.

I blinked. “That’s your reason?”

“It’s enough.”

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It was more than that.

But I wasn’t going to explain it, Not yet.

She didn’t need to know that she was the only one who had ever looked at me without fear, Without expectation. Without calculation.

That she had stepped into my world and refused to bend.

That I noticed.

And once I noticed… I didn’t let go.

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MAYA'S Pov

Before I could respond, another voice cut through the moment.

“Still following him around?”

I turned.

Serena!!!

She stood a few steps away, elegant as always, her expression calm but her eyes sharp. Observing. Calculating.

Not surprised.

Of course she had seen

Of course she had heard.

“Or is it the other way around?” she added lightly.

The tension snapped back instantly.

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Adrian Pov

There it was.

Serena.!!

Right on Time .

Her gaze moved between Maya and me, assessing, measuring, already forming conclusions.

Lucas had started the fire

Serena would pour fuel on it.

And the campus…

Would watch it burn.

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MAYA'S POV

I straightened.

Calm. Untouchable.

But inside…

I knew one thing for certain.

This wasn’t just attention anymore.

This was a war.

And I was right in the middle of it.

one thing I knew is that neither is Adrian.

none Lucas was ready to give up .

and now Serena too,

The news is spreading around campus like wide fire

I could feel it in the way people looked at me now.

Not just curiosity anymore.

Expectation.

Like they were waiting for something to happen. Waiting for me to react. Waiting for everything to fall apart.

My fingers tightened slightly around my bag as I walked past them, ignoring the whispers that followed behind me.

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t ignore the truth.

This wasn’t something I could walk away from anymore.

Not when Adrian’s presence lingered like a shadow I couldn’t escape.

Not when Lucas watched from a distance like he was planning his next move.

And definitely not when Serena stood there, calm and confident, like she had already claimed her place.

I exhaled slowly.

The game had already started.

And whether I liked it or not…

I was already playing.