Chapter 25

I smiled and leaned on Aunt Mel’s shoulder like I used to do when I was young. I said playfully, “Aunt Mel, please don’t say things like this again. If my boyfriend finds out, he’ll be unhappy.”

That night, I lay in bed sleeplessly for a long time. The pain in my heart continued to spread, and I gritted my teeth as I endured it.

When it was almost dawn, Felix sent me a message on WhatsApp. “Do you really have a boyfriend? Who

is he?”

I stared at the phone screen unblinkingly for a long time until my eyes began to ache.

No matter who he was, it wasn’t Felix. Why did he still have to ask so much?

I put the phone on silent mode and tossed it at the foot of the bed without replying.

I didn’t have a boyfriend. Whoever he was, it was my business and had nothing to do with Felix. I had no

reason to tell him anything.

The next morning, with huge dark circles under my eyes, I made plans with a few of my high school

friends to go hiking.

see Felix. But our houses were next to each other, and even bumping

was the reason

very athletic, and in the past, I loved things

off ties with me, I suddenly changed. I no longer liked sports that were too extreme, nor

just wanted to stay quietly by

preferred finding a quiet place to read or daydream.

in order to avoid certain

ready and opened the front door, Felix was

Lilac on his arm.

I couldn’t believe that I had met them

not planning to say

Let’s go. I called a cab

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was startled. “You guys are going,

just going to let you gallivant off by yourself?” Felix looked sideways at me, and there was

only felt the chill

were they barging in on this hike? Couldn’t

myself?

one who had organized this, and if I were to cancel now, the

kill me.

been others present, I really

to go out because I didn’t want to see the two of them, but now, they were right under my nose! I was just punishing myself at

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