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

was lights. We’d hear caroling outside the door from time to time, and the TV just

burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me

his room.

as she told me. Instead, I

and started scrolling

from the past kept flashing in my mind. It was already deeply embedded in my brain, and I didn’t allow myself to forget it

if this would make it sound as if I was a very unforgiving person who held on to grudges, i just knew that there

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

you doing here alone? You look like a

snatched away, making me jump

held onto the armrest on the couch and brought my

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

to me,” I said, reaching

took a step back and threw me a glance, saying, “If you want your phone back come to

go to his room, much less

been secretly taken by me, and I’d saved them for a long, long time.

and went to his room

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

happily, showing all of his teeth. His eyes were also bright and

hope by leading me on. He should just let me be my miserable self for the day. Why couldn’t he just leave me

time?

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