One Hundred Rules to Tame My Impossible Billionaire Boss Chapter 12

One Hundred Rules to Tame My Impossible Billionaire Boss Chapter 12

I said calmly, “Go ahead.”

Blair couldn’t stand being in the dorm anymore. She stormed out.

She bought the first month.

The bullet comments said their relationship made zero progress.

Then she paid for a second month.

I replied, [Thanks for renewing.]

The female lead blocked me.

Chase found out he wasn’t blood related to Blair earlier than in the original plot and started chasing her.

But he pissed off Blair, who cared a lot about appearances.

When people found out he was after her and the gossip started, she cut him off completely.

Bullet comments, [Who anonymously texted Chase to tell him he’s not related to the female lead?]

[His ex-girlfriend army is roasting him for being cold and distant.]

I quietly cleared my chat history.

I hold grudges too.

For a long time, I didn’t see the male lead.

But bullet comments said he kept looking at our old chats.

Once I confirmed he wasn’t going to post me online, I relaxed.

My family was strict. Maybe being forced to play the good girl for eighteen years made me rebellious.

The male lead was the opposite. His family was strict too, so he’d always been defiant.

Thinking about him, I laughed and shook my head.

Don’t get greedy.

You can’t keep getting emotional support and money without giving anything back.

Mom, [You’re in college now. You should be dating. Your aunt found a nice guy—he goes to your school.]

Dad, [Don’t wait too long to settle down. After twenty-five, your options start drying up.]

I bit my lip and looked at the family chat. [I’m only a freshman. No rush.]

The guy’s photos were awful.

Especially compared to all these model-hot guys around.

But I agreed to meet him out of politeness. Turn him down in person. Hope he got the hint.

He didn’t.

He went on about how kids should take his last name. Even brought up trying living together before marriage.

I listened to his grating voice, annoyed.

“You look sweet. Our families know each other, so it’s safe.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t do anything if we move in. Once we’re engaged, your parents will be fine with it.”

A chair scraped loudly behind me.

Miles was standing there, staring at us with a dark look. Then he sat down next to me.

“Did you not hear her say no?”

Then he laughed coldly. “Guess those rules went right to the dog.”

The blind date guy was intimidated by Miles’s height. “What rules?”

Miles froze.

I said calmly, “He’s not my boyfriend, so he doesn’t have to memorize them.”

“Besides, I’m not into guys like him anyway.”

Miles’s tense shoulders relaxed a little. He gave the guy a warning glare, then tore him apart from head to toe.

I stared at my phone. My group chats were about to blow up tonight.

But I also felt relieved.

I stood up. Miles followed me, then suddenly said, “I’m sorry.”

“The bet. That was my fault.”

I thought he might say more.

But he just lowered his head and told me, “I said no to the engagement.”

I always knew what he was up to, thanks to the bullet comments. But what surprised me was,

He publicly apologized that night.

He admitted he got dumped because of the bet.

And he kept his word—never shared our chat logs.

Everyone believed I was the victim.

Blair moved out of the dorm.

Before she left, she apologized too.

She told me she’d told Miles about the $75k. “Sometimes I think I’m pretty awful.”

I nodded. But I didn’t say “it’s okay.”

Just because someone apologizes doesn’t mean you have to forgive them.

The bullet comments said Blair left because of me.

Three months with no interaction between the male and female leads, and the bullet comments disappeared.

Miles reached out a few more times.

I saw him. Had a few calm meals with him.

He’d changed. Less impulsive. Actually listened.

When I didn’t push him away, he showed up more often. More careful. Like he was still following the rules.

I knew he was trying to win me back. But I didn’t say yes.

Not because of the bet. Not because of Blair.

Because I realized, I spent eighteen years playing the obedient daughter everyone wanted me to be. But I never spent much time just being myself.

Senior year. My parents started pushing me to find someone again. Laying out my life for me.

I took the money I’d saved and applied to study abroad.

Miles after changing? He was great.

But I decided to love myself first. So this time, I wanted to walk alone for a while.