Chapter 30 - Playing Badminton with Roman

We headed to the badminton court at the university where Roman taught. It was clear that Roman hadn't lied; he was indeed a teacher there and quite popular. Every passing student greeted him warmly, especially some daring female students who even posed flirtatiously and threw seductive glances at him.

By the time he took out his badminton racket, we were surrounded by a crowd. I wasn't used to being in the spotlight like this... So, when someone came up and asked for my racket, I quickly handed it over. I let them fight over the chance to be Roman's practice partner and discreetly slipped into the crowd.

Roman glanced at me with curiosity and maneuvered through the students to approach me. Blushing and embarrassed, I looked around, afraid of drawing attention.

But what did he do? He knelt down on one knee in front of me, causing a wave of gasps from the surrounding students. I wanted to cry. The more I worried about standing out, the more awkward I became, and t