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

caroling outside the door from time to time, and the TV

to go 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.

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

scrolling on my

in my mind. It was already deeply embedded in my brain, and I didn’t allow myself

grudges, i just knew that there was a deep scar in my heart that never healed. Maybe

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

are you doing here alone? You look like a sad,

suddenly snatched away, making me

the armrest on the couch and brought my phone up to his

pulled up an 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

I said, reaching

saying, “If you want your phone back come to my room to get it.” Then, he turned

want to go to his room, much

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 photos by accident and kick

up and went to his room to retrieve my

with one hand, and his other hand beckoned

happily, showing all of his teeth. His eyes

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

time?

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