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

with Christmas decals, and the rest of the house was lights. We’d hear caroling outside the door

burrow under my warm, cozy blankets. But Aunt Mel stopped me from leaving and suggested that

his room.

offer, but I also didn’t do as she told

started scrolling on my

my brain, and I didn’t allow myself to forget it either.

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

I also didn’t dare to get any closer

here alone? You look like

snatched away,

a tall person. He held onto the armrest on the couch and brought my phone up to his

liked tort was good. Rather, I chose it because it was a very long movie, and it was good for killing

back to me,” I said, reaching up to try and

a glance, saying, “If you want your phone back

go to his room, much less

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 photos by accident and kick up another huge fuss

up and went to his room to retrieve my

reached his room, he was sitting by his table. He was holding my phone with

showing all of his teeth.

just let

time?

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