Chapter 197 The Female Students

"Where are you?" Joseph's voice was extremely calm.

"I..." Kate wanted to say at the gate of the university. But Rowen was there. She was afraid that Joseph would be jealous again, so she lied, "At home."

"Home?" Joseph didn't believe her, "Then why do I hear so many cars? Are you on the side of the road?"

She was indeed on the side of the road, and the traffic was very noisy. She was not good at lying, “I…”

"Where are you?" Joseph’s tone suddenly became serious.

Kate had to tell the truth, "At the gate of the university."

"With whom?" he asked.

She could understand his concern for her. But his sudden serious tone made her feel very uncomfortable. Kate snapped, "Must I be with someone? Can't I be alone? Besides, if I say anything, we will only fight, and you will go after him. Instead of having you misunderstood, it is better to lie…"

Kate realized what she had said and prepared herself for Joseph’s reply.

"So, you are with Rowen?" he said slowly, but his voice was getting colder.

She knew he must be angry and did not deny, "Yes."

Joseph remained silent for a while.

Kate didn't care to have another argument, so she said, "I will hang up then!"

"Wait for me at the tea shop next to the school gate. I am on my way to pick you up,” Joseph ordered.

She didn't tell him no and felt better after hearing he was on his way. She regretted sounding angry with Joseph since he was not the one who upset her.

Rowen took a step toward her when she hung up the phone. Kate apologized, "Joseph is coming to pick me up right away, so I won't be able to go inside. Thank you, though."

The polite words suddenly seemed to create more distance between Rowen and her. He liked Kate, so he respected her. Even if he felt unhappy, he nodded and then took off his coat to put around her. He smiled and said, "It is cold out; I don't want you to get sick. I am going to go, so be careful."

"Rowen, I don't need your clothes..." But before she could say anything more, Rowen walked away. She took his coat off to prevent an argument with Joseph.

Although she and Rowen were innocent, she still didn't want Joseph to be jealous. She was already hurting and didn’t want to inflict any more pain upon herself.

After a while, Joseph walked over to her. It was nearly eleven o'clock, but the tea shop was open later since it was near the school. As young female students walked in and out of the shop, they admired Joseph.

Kate couldn't help but think of when the female students at the school chased Rowen. She wondered if the same thing would happen to Joseph. As she watched him walk toward her, Kate saw a few girls take the initiative to ask him, “Are you the new teacher? What do you teach?”

Joseph glanced at her, then said with a blank expression, "I'm here to pick up my girlfriend!"

Kate couldn’t help but smile when he called her his girlfriend.

"Girlfriend?" The girls looked around curiously, looking for a beautiful model.

"Who is your girlfriend? Is she beautiful? And are you a teacher at this university? You are so handsome. We will all go to your class!"

"Yes, yes, we all go; we all go!" The other girls responded positively.

Joseph's face was cold, and his brows furrowed. When he was about to speak, one of the girls exclaimed, “I think he is more handsome than Professor Rowen!”

"Oh no! Don't compare him with Professor Rowen. This man is an iceberg; Professor Rowen is warm and caring. They are two entirely different people!"

"He is more handsome than Professor Rowen!"

"Professor Rowen is more handsome!"

With a cold expression, Joseph walked around the arguing girls and went over to Kate.

As she saw Joseph walking toward her, Kate lowered her head and looked at her tea.

"Was that a good show?” His soft eyes smiled at her.

Kate's face turned red, and she pretended to be dumb, "I just didn’t want to disturb you."

Joseph didn’t want to talk about the girls. He asked, “Do you want to order something else?”

As soon as he finished asking, Kate hiccupped. She raised her head awkwardly and looked at Joseph for fear of being teased. She held his arm and ordered, "Don't laugh at me!"

"Okay, I won't laugh," Joseph sat straight with a serious expression on his face.

Kate couldn't help laughing; he certainly was a funny man in her eyes.

"Let's take the tea home," he assumed by her hiccup that she had dinner.

A few female students followed them to the car. After they were inside, Kate finally let out a sigh of relief, "It seems that you are not able to be around a place with a lot of girls!"

"Why?"

"Because you are so attractive to women!" Kate deliberately teased him.

"But I just want to attract you," Joseph flirted.

Kate looked out of the car window and said nothing.

"What happened? It seems that you are in a bad mood,” Joseph asked.

"Nothing, I'm just tired and don't want to talk anymore," She was very annoyed at the thought of the quarrel with Daisy, though it eased a little after seeing Joseph.

Seeing that she was not as happy as usual, Joseph stopped the car, "We made a deal that we should tell the other person anything that happens so that they will not worry.”

"I did say anything," She commented impatiently.

"Look at me," He reached out and turned her toward him.

Kate didn't dare to look at him. If she looked at him, she knew she couldn't hide what happened with Daisy and Anna. It was her business, and she didn't want to tell Joseph. It would be pointless, and she would only be annoyed with him too.