Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

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

decals, and the rest of the house was lights. We’d hear caroling outside the door from time to time, and the TV just kept

do, and I wanted nothing more than to go home and burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me from leaving

his room.

reject her offer, but I also didn’t do as she told me. Instead, I sat

and started scrolling on

my mind. It was already deeply embedded in my brain, and I didn’t allow myself to forget it either. Even if Felix had apologized multiple times, I still

if this would make it sound as if 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

him with all of my heart and soul, but I also didn’t dare to get any closer to him. Just

are you doing here alone? You look like a

phone was suddenly snatched away, making me jump in

on the couch and brought my phone up to his

action movie to watch. I didn’t 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 of it on

movie. Give it back to me,” I said, reaching up to try and snatch it

phone back come to my room to get it.” Then, he

to his room, much less chase after

taken by me, and I’d saved them for a long, long time. He didn’t know about those photos. I was worried that he would come across those

to

his table. He was holding my phone with one

showing all of his teeth.

not the person he liked. He shouldn’t give me any false hope by leading me on. He should just let me be my miserable

time?