Chapter 397: I-don't-care

The Skyline security guards tried their best to convince her to eat something but Roxy refused each time. She didn't want food now, all she needed was to hear Rian is healthy and she craved to see him.

Soon weakness overtook her body and slipped off to sleep on the chair watching the ICU board remembering many events of their life.

-- Five years ago --

At country A

As much as Roxy was excited about dating Rian, she was also afraid of losing him.

She was just five years old when she had seen her father beating her mother and the latter got hospitalized. She wasn't frightened by it, she was upset because her mother tolerated him every time.

Hence she distanced herself from Jasper and Scarlett who encourages him by being silent. She just waited until sixteen years and moved out. She had managed to change her name and shifted to country A to stay away from her parents.

She initially wanted to go to her maternal Uncle - Oliver Cooper who had rarely met her when he used to visit country X but she never got a chance to meet Aria after the age of four years.

But when she landed in country A, the first news that hit her was 'Oliver met with an accident.' She settled in the capital without going to city B thinking her parents might visit Aria.

She loved Rian's designs and visited city B Morgan Gallery but didn't get a chance to meet him and thought Aria might not like her presence. She was always bullied by her schoolmates in country X due to her mother having scars every time she visited school and Jasper never cared about her.

These all led her to become insecure and she was afraid to lose Rian. She never had friends because of the same.

Rian was exactly opposite to her. He had a loving family, amazing friends and he is handsome. She had thought he wouldn't agree to date her when she explained about her real relation with Aria but he didn't judge her and accepted.

Entering the reputed art university, her first class was the orientation course for the introduction, new environment, and the course. She left her dorm room and Rian was staying in a villa that Alan had arranged for him.

She wasn't late to the orientation hall, she checked out the vast hall where the paintings of university alumnus were on the wall. It was an inspiration and encouragement to watch those paintings and the wall was called a 'Wall of fame' given to a very few numbers of students and each one was an exceptional Artist.

In the vast hall, she found where Rian was sitting but the seats next to him were occupied and he was speaking to them. Snorting in mind, she sat down grumpily where she got the place without knowing Rian was watching her. 

The dean of the university and many senior fellows hosted the welcome party with the introduction to the university academic and academic calendar. All were attentive because it wasn't a normal college where you study and write the exam, it was an Art college especially focused on creativity so the academic was completely different too.

Everyone was yawning when the dean's speech started from the student topic and went to random unrelated things which were especially boring. Roxy is hard to get along with new people quickly and her tough look never attracted anybody to initiate the conversation either so her each side girls were talking with another other.

Whereas Rian had admirers and fans already, it may be his style or outgoing personality, both attracted girls and boys to have a conversation with him.

After about half an hour, the dean finally left them and the seniors took over the Diaz to entertain the junior and for the introduction. After the two stage performances, they get on the introduction. 

A senior boy excitedly announced, "Let's move on to the introduction. The microphone will pass from the first row and each one to introduce yourself and feel free to add an interesting and fun fact about yourself. And And And... anybody out there can ask any question to you including us so please be ready for a fun time."

Most of the students in the hall, cheered loudly while Roxy sat expressionlessly. She wanted to meet Rian and felt the orientation day was nothing but time waste.

After about twenty minutes, it was Roxy's turn. She received the microphone from the next girl and spoke coldly, "I am Roxy Stephen and I am from country A. Thank you."

She was passing the microphone, a senior asked her in amusement because every student over there gave a lengthy speech to impress telling about their accomplishments. "Ms.Stephen, what's the hurry? Tell everyone about yourself more? Are you new to this field?"

Roxy straightened her back hearing the pleasant tone of the senior. She pointed the fourth row towards a boy and said, "I joined this University for him and I am not a newbie."

A silence fell over in the hall for a few seconds while Rian wanted to break her forefinger which was pointing at him. He knows he agreed to date her and she joined the university on his word but it wasn't necessary to announce on their first day.

A senior spoke on the microphone and all new joiners started chattering about the duo. Some thought she followed him and some were surprised to know it, "Wow, is there a love story behind or ahead?"

Roxy nonchalantly responded, "Ahead."

"Who wants to hear the backstory of Ms.Stephen and the handsome guy?" Another senior asked the crowd.

While many students cheered aloud excitedly to hear, Roxy coldly cut off, "Our personal life doesn't have to be known by all." Then she passed the microphone and sat down without bothering about the dirty stares, exclamation, and chattering.

It was exactly the opposite to Rian, he was impressed by her boldness and I-don't-care nature of Roxy but he didn't like others saying mannerless to her. When it was his turn to speak, all were curious and were waiting to ask questions.

"I am Rian Morgan from country A..."

He was cut off by a girl who was sitting in a front row, "Do you love that girl Roxy Stephen?" Rian saw all anticipated gazes on him except one.

"Nope, I don't love her," Rian responded promptly and the whole hall burst into laughter looking at Roxy.