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.

to each other, and even bumping into each other was a normal

reason

was very athletic, and in the past, I loved things like hiking and

cut off ties with me, I suddenly changed. I no longer

I just wanted to stay

a

to do this in order

opened the front door, Felix

Lilac on his arm.

my year. I couldn’t believe that I had

planning to

you’re pretty punctual. Let’s go. I called

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was startled. “You guys are going,

just going to let you gallivant off by yourself?”

chill

were they barging in on this hike? Couldn’t they just let me have

myself?

not go? But I was the one who had organized this, and if

kill me.

there hadn’t been others present, I really wanted to slap myself in the

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

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