@XMLrm ma'am or sir idk , have you ever tried to convince yourself that someone doesn't love you so you don't get your hopes up? It's a shi*** feeling ngl and I believe most people have gone through this once or twice
If they were acting uninterested I'd get my hopes up but this whole dude has been so obvious.
and that original story bs is so dumb. How you expect it to stay the same when you become the hottest topic jn society WHICH WASNT MENTIONED IN THE NOVEL.