Chapter 19

I felt a pang in my heart. The sweet, juicy watermelon immediately turned sour in my mouth.

I kept my silence as I frowned and tossed the watermelon skin back onto the table. Then, I wiped myself clean with the towel.

Was that a harmless insult? Or did he really look down on me that much?

He was perfect. As someone who’d had a crush on him for the longest time ever, how much harder did I have to work to shift my affection to somebody else?

I didn’t know if I was destined to spend the rest of my life alone while waiting and hoping that my childhood sweetheart would finally come to his senses.

“Felix White, you’re a meanie. Can’t you stop being so cruel to me?” I whined inwardly.

It was bad enough that he didn’t like me. But he didn’t have to rob me of my peace either.

Please, could he just leave me the fuck alone?

Both our families still spent Christmas Eve together.

Mom, Dad, and I were all quickly ushered over to Uncle Austin’s house early in the morning. Mom then looked at Christmas dinner recipes with Aunt Mel while Dad and Uncle Austin pored over a game of

chess.

p with fairy

of the house was lights. We’d hear caroling outside the door from

home and burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me from leaving and suggested that I spend some time with Felix

his room.

but I also didn’t do as she told me. Instead, I

scrolling on

deeply embedded in my brain, and I didn’t allow myself to forget it either. Even

I was a very unforgiving person who held on to grudges, i just knew that there was a deep scar in my heart that never healed. Maybe I would never recover for the rest of my life.

heart and soul, but I also didn’t

here alone? You look like

suddenly snatched away, making me

was a tall person. He held onto the armrest on the

choose it because I liked tort was good. Rather, I chose it because it was a very long movie, and it was good for killing time when I had too much

it back to me,” I said, reaching

phone back come to my room

didn’t want to go to his room, much less chase after

saved them for a long, long time. He didn’t know about those photos. I

and went to his room to retrieve

by his table. He was holding my phone with one hand, and his other hand beckoned me in. “Come in. We

happily, showing all of his teeth. His

any false hope by leading me on. He should just let

time?

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