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.

the events of yesterday. I especially did not want to see Felix. But our houses were next to each other, and even bumping into each other was a normal

reason I wanted

and in the past, I loved things like hiking and other

changed. I no longer liked

crowds. I just wanted to stay quietly by

in a group, I preferred finding a quiet place to read or

in

the front door, Felix was coincidentally putting on

Lilac on his arm.

my year. I couldn’t believe that

not planning to

Let’s go. I

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startled. “You

course. Are we just going to let you gallivant off by yourself?” Felix

felt the chill

earth were they barging in on this hike? Couldn’t they just

myself?

go? But I was the one who had organized this, and if I

kill me.

present, I really

to see the two of them, but now, they were right under my nose! I was just

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